Citygate Specialist Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 75/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
75/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#875/100
- Best for Expats#1066.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#972/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#585/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1064.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#1068.5/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#275/100
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ✓ General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Dedicated sedation-dentistry page describes inhalation (nitrous oxide, conscious — not counted on its own) AND general anaesthetic at Bon Secours Hospital Cork ("the child is put under general anaesthetic by a consultant anaesthetist"), which does qualify under the methodology’s GA/deep-sedation definition. [s3]
Summary
Referral-only, multi-specialist dental clinic in Mahon, Cork, whose team of periodontists, an oral surgeon, an endodontist, a prosthodontist, a paediatric specialist and an oral-and-maxillofacial surgeon each publish their own Dental Council registration number.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16.5 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
20 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Team page names seven specialists: Jennifer Kearney, Dr. Ian Reynolds, Jennifer McCafferty, John Browne, Seamus Sharkey, Dr Laura O’Sullivan, Mr. John Edward O’Connell. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Every team member’s specialty is stated: Periodontist (×2), Paediatric Dentist, Endodontist, Prosthodontist, Oral Surgeon, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon — each alongside their own Irish Dental Council (IDC) registration number. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Verified visually on the clinic's Google place page on 2026-09-08: the lead photograph is the practice's own reception, with roughly eighteen members of its staff — clinicians in blue and navy scrubs, administrators in business dress — seated and standing together in front of the clinic's own illuminated «Citygate … dental» wall sign. Team, premises and signage of this clinic on its own claimed profile. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Specialty-organised treatment menu: periodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, prosthodontics, paediatric dentistry, sedation/GA. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Own schema.org markup and the Google Maps listing both place the clinic at City Gate, Mahon, Cork. [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published The site nav item "Pricing" points at why-choose-us.html, whose "Fee Guide and Financing" block publishes a permanent itemised fee list of fifteen procedures headed "Fees correct as of January 2025" — a dated standing list, not a promotion. The initial data collection recorded false after reading only the homepage, team page and sedation page. [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Hygienist €100–350 (per visit); Non surgical periodontal treatment €300–1000 (per session). [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed White (Composite Resin) Filling €175–€650. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crowns €1300–€2300; Core/Post Preparation €300–450. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Dental Implant Surgery €1450. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Periodontal Assessment €180; Prosthodontic Assessment €180; Paediatric Assessment €150; Endodontic Assessment €150. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed OPG €50–70; CBCT €200–300. [s4] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
16.5 / 20
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 61 five-star, 4 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star and 2 one-star — sums to 67, matching the 67 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.821 reproduces the published 4.8. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card held 67 and the listing has not moved since. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 months old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 3 and 11 months, two entries at 1 year, one at 2 years, one at 3 years, one at 4 years and one at 5 years. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers four of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No critical account is readable in the visible sample: all eight reviews are five-star and describe referred specialist work — gum grafts, wisdom-tooth surgery, a multi-clinician cosmetic treatment plan — under named specialists. Two one-star ratings exist in the distribution and neither carries text that relevance ordering surfaces. One- and two-star ratings together are 2 of 67, 3.0 % of the base, well below the 25 % at which the methodology's rule withholds a verdict. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. The distribution 61/4/0/0/2 keeps a real negative tail under a published 4.8 and is not a wall. The visible dates spread from three months to five years with no cluster, the accounts are long and clinically specific and name four different specialists (Dr Sharkey, Dr Jennifer Kearney, Dr Akbar Khan, Dr John Ed), several describe being referred here by their own dentist — which is what a specialist referral practice's review base should look like — and the owner answers half of them. Nothing suggests solicited or purchased review activity. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/CitygateSpecialistDental published in the clinic’s own schema.org sameAs list. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Citygate Specialist Dental Clinic Cork" and "Citygate dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor. [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence] [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-2] [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Doctify or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-4] [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-5] [citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray OPG priced at €50–70 on the clinic’s own fee guide. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT priced at €200–300 on the clinic’s own fee guide. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology The clinic’s own site carries a full Dental Implants section (Single Missing Tooth, Bone Grafts, Sinus Lift, Multiple Missing Teeth, Zygomatic Implants, Teeth in a Day) and its fee guide prices Dental Implant Surgery at €1450. Re-sourced away from the search-position pseudo-source the initial data collection had used. [s1] [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Checked the full treatment nav and the fee guide: the practice covers periodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, prosthodontics, paediatric dentistry and cosmetic work — no orthodontic service, and no orthodontist on the team page. [s1] [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dedicated Oral Surgery specialty and named oral/maxillofacial surgeons. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Jennifer McCafferty is named as a "Paediatric Dentist (Children’s Specialist)". [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Checked the full treatment nav and the fee guide: no emergency or same-day service is advertised (the word "emergency" appears only in the appointment-cancellation policy). This is a referral-only specialist practice. [s1] [s4] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
2.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Settled from null on 2026-09-08: the clinic's own Google Business Profile publishes the full week — Monday to Friday 08:30–17:15, Saturday and Sunday closed. Under the rule this index applies to every card — evening hours credited only from a close at 19:00 or later on at least one weekday, or any weekend opening — that is a checked negative rather than an unassessed field. [gmp2] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
4 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Ireland", "English speaking dentist Ireland", "dental implants Ireland", "emergency dentist Ireland", "Ireland dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Ireland [av1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ireland [av3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ireland Rank 2 and rank 4 of 10 (two of its own pages) for "dental implants Cork Ireland" (AI-visibility pass, 2026-09-07). [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ireland [av4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats Query not run in AI-visibility pass — the single centralised canonical-query AI-visibility pass ran the "dental clinic for expats" query only for the first research city per country (Dublin); Cork was not queried for this key. | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Own schema.org markup, type "Dentist", with name, address, telephone, url, image, priceRange, openingHours and sameAs — genuine LocalBusiness-equivalent markup. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages per specialty (periodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, sedation dentistry, etc.). [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #13Dental Limerick53.6 of 100View report →
- #2Portobello Dental Clinic39.6 of 100View report →
- #3Alexandra Dental Limerick60.8 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ian Reynolds [reg1] | Periodontist | IDC 3715 | — |
| John Browne [reg2] | Endodontist | IDC 6202 | — |
| Dr Laura O’Sullivan [reg3] [reg8] | Oral Surgeon | IDC 6409 | Also on the Dental Council’s Register of Oral Surgeons, entry 1DS22. |
| Jennifer Kearney [reg4] | Periodontist | IDC 15405 | — |
| Jennifer McCafferty [reg5] | Paediatric Dentist (Children’s Specialist) | IDC 6705 | — |
| Seamus Sharkey [reg6] | Prosthodontist | IDC 2505 | — |
| Mr. John Edward O’Connell [reg7] | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | IDC 1506 | Also on the Dental Council’s Register of Oral Surgeons, entry 3DS16. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://www.citygatedental.ie/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +353 21 461 4520 |
| https://www.facebook.com/CitygateSpecialistDental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Unit 2002 City Gate, St Michael’s Road, Mahon, Cork, Ireland |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.citygatedental.ie/ | Clinic homepage: schema.org Dentist markup (address/phone/hours/sameAs), nav, no price list found | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.citygatedental.ie/dental-team.html | Team page naming seven specialists with their specialty and self-published IDC registration numbers | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.citygatedental.ie/sedation-dentistry.html | Describes inhalation sedation and general anaesthetic (at Bon Secours Hospital Cork) for nervous/child patients | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/search?tbm=map&q=Citygate%20Specialist%20Den… | Google Maps automated lookup: rating, geo, address, phone, website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg0 | https://www.hiqa.ie/find-a-centre | Confirms Ireland has no institutional/facility register covering private dental practices | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Reynolds | Dental Council Register of Dentists entry for Ian Reynolds | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Browne | Dental Council Register of Dentists entry for John Browne | 2026-09-07 |
| reg3 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/oral_surgeons?keyword_filter=O%27Sullivan | Dental Council Register of Oral Surgeons entry for Laura O’Sullivan | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Cork Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:dental implants Cork Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:English speaking dentist Cork Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Cork Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://www.citygatedental.ie/why-choose-us.html | Clinic’s own "Fee Guide and Financing" section (the page the site nav labels "Pricing"): itemised fee list, "Fees correct as of January 2025" | 2026-09-07 |
| reg4 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Kearney | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Jennifer Kearney | 2026-09-07 |
| reg5 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=McCafferty | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Jennifer McCafferty | 2026-09-07 |
| reg6 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Sharkey | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Seamus Sharkey | 2026-09-07 |
| reg7 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=O'Connell | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Mr John Edward O’Connell | 2026-09-07 |
| reg8 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=O'Sullivan | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Laura O’Sullivan (main Register of Dentists entry) | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp2 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@51.8856119,-8.4046899,17z/data… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@51.8856119,-8.4046899,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4844852c0d926899:0x1e82c61cc223c3cc!8m2!3d51.8856119!4d-8.4046899?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Citygate dental clinic», category Dental clinic, at Unit 2002 City Gate, St Michael's Drive, Mahon, Cork, telephone +353 21 461 4520, website citygatedental.ie — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Citygate… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Citygate Specialist Dental Clinic Cork", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. DUO specialists dental clinic, Osaka; Viet Han Dental Clinic, Nha Trang; Symmetry Dental and Aesthetics Clinics, Cancun) | 2026-10-02 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Citygate… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Citygate dental", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Citygate Outlets, Hong Kong; Citygate Building, Huidong County; Studio Citygate, Anderlecht) | 2026-10-02 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-3 | https://www.citygatedental.ie/ | Clinic's website (home page) read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-4 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ireland/county-cork/cork | WhatClinic: its Cork city dentist listing read page by page (4 pages, 32 of the 33 clinics it declares), checked against its profile sitemaps (18 Cork city profiles; the 2 not shown in the listing opened, neither is this practice) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name ("citygate-specialist-dental-clinic" and "citygate-dental" lead back to the Cork listing, i.e. a former profile was removed); no profile of the practice (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-5 | https://www.doctify.com/sitemap.ie.practices.xml | Doctify: none of the 2,012 Irish practice profiles in its practice sitemap is this practice, by name or address (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| citygate-specialist-dental-clinic-cork-presence-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/citygatedental.ie | Trustpilot: no page for citygatedental.ie (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; no profile on WhatClinic, Doctify or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (61/4/0/0/2 = 67, weighted mean 4.821), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification: the site nav item "Pricing" leads to a standing "Fee Guide and Financing" list of fifteen procedures ("Fees correct as of January 2025") on why-choose-us.html, which the initial data collection had not read — pricesPublished and all six itemised price criteria corrected false → true, hasXray and hasCBCT null → true (added as s4). offersImplantology re-sourced from a search-position pseudo-source to the clinic’s own pages; offersOrthodontics and offersEmergency settled null → false after checking the full nav and the fee guide. googleReviewCount read live (67). All seven named specialists checked against a full download of the Dental Council registers — all seven found, the four previously unchecked IDC numbers matching the clinic’s own published numbers. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection: clinic website (home, team, sedation dentistry), Dental Council of Ireland Register of Dentists and Register of Oral Surgeons (three of seven named specialists checked and found, matching the clinic’s own published IDC numbers), Google Maps automated lookup, AI-visibility pass canonical-query file. |
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