Saigon Center Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 39.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#239.2/100
- Best for Expats#236/100
- Best for Dental Implants#233/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#134.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#322.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#240/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
District 3 dental clinic oriented to international patients and dental tourists, noted for All-on-X implants. Chief physician named as Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tan.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8.5 of 10 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 [sgc-web] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Chief physician Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tan named. [sgc-search] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [sgc-search] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [sgc-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [sgc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [sgc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sgc-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 | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
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) Reported 4.9/5 on Google via third-party summary; not directly verified on Google Maps. [sgc-search] | 3/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [sgc-web] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on WhatClinic, PlacidWay, Trustindex. [sgc-search] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology All-On-X implants highlighted. [sgc-search] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Implant surgery. [sgc-search] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Publishes an emergency dentistry page. [sgc-emergency] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Reports 3,000+ foreign patients per year. [sgc-search] | 2/2 |
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 [sgc-web] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Sat 08:00-18:00, Sun 08:00-16:00. [sgc-search] | 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 Ho Chi Minh City", "English speaking dentist Ho Chi Minh City", "dental implants Ho Chi Minh City", "emergency dentist Ho Chi Minh City", "Ho Chi Minh City dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Ho Chi Minh City [sq-best] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ho Chi Minh City [sq-english] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ho Chi Minh City [sq-implants] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ho Chi Minh City [sq-emergency] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Ho Chi Minh City dental clinic for expats [sq-expats] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sgc-web] [sq-best] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [sgc-emergency] | 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. Nguyen Ngoc Tan [sgc-search] | Chief physician / implantology | 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
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- 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://saigoncenterdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +84 973 199 986 |
| https://www.facebook.com/saigoncenterdentalclinic/ | |
| Address | 378B Vo Van Tan, Ward 5 / Ban Co Ward, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sgc-web | https://saigoncenterdental.com/ | Website, English version, contacts, services, foreigner focus | 2026-07-12 |
| sgc-search | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/vietnam/ho-chi-minh-city/distri… | Address, hotline, hours, chief physician, Google rating, foreign patient volume | 2026-07-12 |
| sgc-emergency | https://saigoncenterdental.com/emergency-dentistry-in-saigon-vietnam | Emergency dentistry dedicated page | 2026-07-12 |
| sq-best | search:best dentist Ho Chi Minh City | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq-english | search:English speaking dentist Ho Chi Minh City | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq-implants | search:dental implants Ho Chi Minh City | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq-emergency | search:emergency dentist Ho Chi Minh City | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq-expats | search:Ho Chi Minh City dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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