Smile Cliniq
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 68.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#168.1/100
- Best for Expats#165.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#167/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#163.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#175.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#164.7/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
Two-location private practice (St John's Wood and Finchley) offering general, implant, orthodontic, endodontic, surgical and emergency dentistry, with a published fee list and named clinicians.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
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
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [sc-web] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [sc-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [sc-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sc-web] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published [sc-fees] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Simple Hygiene Treatment £110; Extended Hygiene Treatment £150. [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite fillings from £220 (small) to £295 (large). [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Porcelain-bonded £500; Emax £750; Zirconia £850. [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Single dental implant with crown £2000. [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed New patient evaluation £75 (usually £150); specialist consultation £195. [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Small digital radiographs £30; panoramic £80. [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
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) [sc-web] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume 459 reviews for St John's Wood; 359 for Finchley. [sc-web] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [sc-web] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [sq] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [sc-fees] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [sc-web] [sq] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [sc-web] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [sc-fees] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [sc-web] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open Mon-Sat; late until 20:00 Mondays. [sc-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist London", "English speaking dentist London", "dental implants London", "emergency dentist London", "London dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist London [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist London | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants London [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist London [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: London dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [sc-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Chetan Kaher [sc-web] | Principal Dentist | not published |
| Dr Sarita Kotecha [sc-web] | Principal Dentist | not published |
| Dr Krishen Shah [sc-web] | Endodontics | not published |
| Dr Viraj Patel [sc-web] | Implant Surgery | not published |
| Dr Jitesh Patel [sc-web] | Oral Surgery | not published |
| Dr Evdokia Chasioti [sc-web] | Periodontics | not published |
| Dr Francesca Pasqualicchio [sc-web] | Orthodontics | not published |
| Dr Najla Nizarali [sc-web] | Sedation / Special Care | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist London
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: London dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.smilecliniq.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 020 7328 1200 |
| https://www.facebook.com/Smilecliniqlondon/ | |
| Address | 102 Boundary Rd, London NW8 0RH, UK (St John's Wood); 138 Ballards Ln, London N3 2PA, UK (Finchley) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sc-web | https://www.smilecliniq.com/ | Clinic names, two addresses, phone, email, Facebook, dentist names and specializations, services, CBCT, Google rating 4.7 with review counts, opening hours, clinic photos. | 2026-07-10 |
| sc-fees | https://www.smilecliniq.com/fees/ | Published prices for consultation, hygiene, fillings, crowns, implant and x-rays. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:...London | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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