Renmore Dental
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#769/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1071.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#485.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#767.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
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.
Summary
General and implant dentistry practice in Renmore, Galway, established 2008 by Dr. Tony McLoughlin and Dr. Ronan Dunne, now a team of five with over twenty staff, publishing a fully itemised fee schedule from exams through Straumann implants.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 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
18 / 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 About-us page names Dr. Tony McLoughlin, Dr. Ronan Dunne, Dr. Harris Sidelsky, Dr. Aoife Burke and Dr. Adela Dragoi. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Checked: the founders’ and team bios describe experience and practice history but do not name a specific specialty/qualification for any individual dentist. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Verified visually on the clinic's Google place page on 2026-09-08: the lead photograph shows the practice's own building at 5 Old Dublin Road with «RENMORE DENTAL» lettering mounted over its entrance, set beside a panel of the clinic's own letterhead carrying its address and fax number. Premises and signage of this clinic on its own claimed profile. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Fully itemised fee schedule across x-ray, hygiene, fillings, crowns/bridges/veneers, root canal, extractions, whitening, implants and dentures. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [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 Permanent itemised fee schedule of ~25 procedures. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Comprehensive Scale and Polish €90; Annual PRSI Cleaning €15. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite White Fillings €120–200. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crowns €900–1,200. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Straumann Implant (including implant crown) from €2,900. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Examination €60. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Small x-ray €20; Large x-ray (OPG) €60; CBCT Scan €195. [s3] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19 / 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 — 318 five-star, 5 four-star, 2 three-star, 1 two-star and 2 one-star — sums to 328, matching the 328 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.939 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | 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 328 and the listing has not moved since. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 2 months old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 months and two entries at 10 months. 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 all eight 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 positive and describe first visits, referrals, hygienist appointments and extractions under named clinicians; one of the eight is a four-star whose only reservation is untraceable behind Google's truncation. Two one-star and one two-star rating exist in the distribution and none carries text that relevance ordering surfaces. One- and two-star ratings together are 3 of 328, 0.9 % of the base — among the smallest negative shares in the group — so nothing substantial is hidden behind the reading. 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 318/5/2/1/2 has a rating in every bucket under a published 4.9, which is an organic shape rather than a wall. The visible dates spread across ten months without clustering, the accounts name six different people at the practice (Dr Ronan Dunne, Dr Adela, Dr Aoife Burke, Dr Tony McLoughlin, the hygienist Marina, Tony on radiographs), one is written by a parent whose daughter was only referred there and who reviews the reception rather than the treatment, and the owner answers all eight individually and by first name. Nothing suggests solicited or purchased review activity. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Renmore Dental Galway" and "Renmore dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor. [renmore-dental-galway-presence] [renmore-dental-galway-presence-2] [renmore-dental-galway-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic: rating 4.8 from 8 reviews. [renmore-dental-galway-deepen] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) "CBCT Scan €195" priced as an own service. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Checked the homepage and full fee schedule — no orthodontics/braces service found. [s1] [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Surgical Extraction €175–300. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Checked the homepage and full fee schedule — no children’s/paediatric dentistry service found. [s1] [s3] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care [s1] [s3] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 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 and Tuesday 08:15–17:00, Wednesday and Thursday 07:15–20:00, Friday 08:15–16:30, Saturday and Sunday closed. Two weekday evenings to 20:00, opening at 07:15 on those days, satisfy the rule this index applies to every card, so this is a verified positive rather than an unassessed field. [gmp2] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3.5 / 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 Rank 8 of 8 for "English speaking dentist Galway" (AI-visibility pass, 2026-09-07). [av3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ireland Rank 7 of 8 for "dental implants Galway" (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); Galway was not queried for this key. | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website Only generic Yoast SEO WebPage/WebSite/Organization JSON-LD; no address or phone in the Organization node. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages The site has separate pages for individual treatments, e.g. /implants/, /teeth-whitening/, /crowns/. [renmore-dental-galway-site] [renmore-dental-galway-site-2] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Tony McLoughlin [reg1] | — | IDC 5804 |
| Dr. Ronan Dunne [reg2] | — | IDC 7501 |
| Dr. Harris Sidelsky [reg3] | — | not found in the public register (checked 7 September 2026) |
| Dr. Aoife Burke [reg4] | — | IDC 9320 |
| Dr. Adela Dragoi [reg5] | — | IDC 9011 |
One or more named dentists could not be found in the public register on the date checked — recorded as unverified, no penalty.
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 | http://www.renmoredental.ie/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +353 91 757 678 |
| https://www.facebook.com/Renmore | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 5 Old Dublin Road, Renmore, Galway, H91 RF9H, Ireland |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | http://www.renmoredental.ie/ | Clinic homepage: schema.org Organization block, social links | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://renmoredental.ie/about-us/ | Named team page (five dentists) | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://renmoredental.ie/fees/ | Permanent itemised fee schedule | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/search?tbm=map&q=Renmore%20Dental%2C%20Galwa… | 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=Loughlin | Dental Council Register of Dentists entry for Anthony (Tony) McLoughlin | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Dunne | Dental Council Register of Dentists entry for Ronan Dunne | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Galway | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:dental implants Galway | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:English speaking dentist Galway | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Galway | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| reg3 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Sidelsky | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Harris Sidelsky (no matching entry) | 2026-09-07 |
| reg4 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Burke | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Aoife Burke | 2026-09-07 |
| reg5 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Dragoi | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Adela Dragoi | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp2 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@53.2794644,-9.0241297,17z/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/@53.2794644,-9.0241297,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x485b96cf6d7a0dc3:0x3c160ace6e64091b!8m2!3d53.2794644!4d-9.0241297?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Renmore Dental», category Dentist, at 5 Old Dublin Road, Renmore, Galway, H91 RF9H, telephone +353 91 757 678, website renmoredental.ie — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| renmore-dental-galway-deepen | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ireland/county-galway/renmore/r… | WhatClinic: profile 'Renmore Dental Practice', Renmore, Galway, rating 4.8 from 8 reviews (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| renmore-dental-galway-presence | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Renmore%… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Renmore Dental Galway", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Renmore Garrison Church, Galway; Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester; Doc Holliday Dental Office, Griffin) | 2026-10-02 |
| renmore-dental-galway-presence-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Renmore%… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Renmore dental", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Renmore Garrison Church, Galway; Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester; Doc Holliday Dental Office, Griffin) | 2026-10-02 |
| renmore-dental-galway-presence-3 | https://renmoredental.ie/ | Clinic's website (home and contact pages) read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| renmore-dental-galway-site | https://renmoredental.ie/ | Home page read 2026-10-02: the navigation links separate treatment pages, e.g. /implants/, /teeth-whitening/, /crowns/ | 2026-10-02 |
| renmore-dental-galway-site-2 | https://renmoredental.ie/sitemap_index.xml | Sitemap read 2026-10-02: 66 URLs, including separate treatment pages | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: separate treatment pages found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic (rating 4.8 from 8 reviews). |
| 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 (318/5/2/1/2 = 328, weighted mean 4.939), 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: googleReviewCount read live (328); the three previously unchecked dentists resolved against a full download of the Register of Dentists — Burke and Dragoi found, Sidelsky recorded as licenseNotFound; the "Mc Loughlin, Anthony" spacing match re-confirmed. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection: clinic website (home, about-us, fees), Dental Council of Ireland Register of Dentists (two of five named dentists checked and found, one requiring a surname-spacing retry: "Mc Loughlin"), Google Maps automated lookup, AI-visibility pass canonical-query file. |
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