上鼎牙醫診所
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 51.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #20 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
51.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2051.1/100
- Best for Expats#2047.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1947/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2035.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- 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.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified
Summary
Appointment-only practice on Huaxia Rd. in Zuoying, NHI-contracted since 2000 and led by Wu Wen-Hsin, who trained in implantology and periodontics at the University of Michigan. Three dentists are named with their full credentials, the weekly session grid shows which dentist sits in each session, and the equipment page documents a 3D CBCT unit, digital panoramic and cephalometric X-ray, an X-ray unit inside the operating room, a surgical microscope, a laser and piezosurgery. The clinic’s stated focus is tooth preservation, non-surgical periodontal treatment, microscopic endodontics and minimally invasive wisdom-tooth removal. The clinic publishes no Latin name of its own beyond its domain; the slug follows Hanyu Pinyin without tones (Shangding).
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Taiwan; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Taiwan; mentioned for: dental implants Taiwan; mentioned for: emergency dentist Taiwan; mentioned for: Taiwan dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; google indexing quality)
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 Three dentists named on the dentist-team page: Wu Wen-Hsin (director), Lin Ming-Hsien, Kuo Li-Ju. The MOHW institution record counts 1 dentist registered at these premises (checked 2026-09-04); the register never publishes their names, so the published roster and the registration count cannot be reconciled from any official source. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Full credential lists, e.g. Wu Wen-Hsin — implant and periodontics specialty training at the University of Michigan (USA), implant specialist of the Taiwan implant dentistry society, Invisalign clear-aligner international specialist certification. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Photographs of the premises and treatment rooms across the homepage and case pages. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published The treatments section lists general NHI care, minimally invasive extraction, periodontal treatment, halitosis treatment, anterior aesthetics, microscopic root-canal treatment and removable dentures. [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Consultation line, second mobile number and address in the header and footer of every page. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Traditional Chinese only. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address published site-wide with a Google Maps link; matches the MOHW register entry. [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No fee page: the navigation has no fees section and the treatment and case pages carry no figures. [s1] [s4] | 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
12.5 / 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 155 five-star, 4 four-star, 0 three-star, 2 two-star, 27 one-star. The buckets sum to 188, matching the 188 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.372 reproduces the published 4.4. [gmp1] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the three reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies appear only on older reviews (latest 2021-08-19); none of the 6 reviews from the last 12 months read carries one. [shangding-dental-kaohsiung-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints 1–2★ ratings are 30 of 189 (15.9 %), but the lowest-rated reviews read a mix (profit-driven implant care, a hurried visit with a registration fee, a filling the dentist could not finish, a prescription despite a recorded allergy), none shared by three. [shangding-dental-kaohsiung-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 155/4/0/2/27 distribution is bimodal, which is the signature of a divided patient base rather than of manipulation. Sample: the three reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic links its own page, facebook.com/denttop. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for the clinic's name and a short form of it; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [shangding-dental-kaohsiung-tripadvisor] [shangding-dental-kaohsiung-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Dent&Co profile carries several thousand public patient reviews. [s5] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
10 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Full-mouth digital X-ray, orthodontic cephalometric X-ray and an X-ray unit inside the operating room, all on the professional-equipment page. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D CT on the professional-equipment page. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology A Japanese NSK implant motor on the equipment page and implant consultation as a bookable item on the clinic’s appointment form. [s3] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Clear-aligner consultation on the appointment form; the director holds Invisalign and French CIDFORMATION aligner certifications. [s6] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Minimally invasive extraction and minimally invasive wisdom-tooth removal, with a French piezosurgery unit on the equipment page. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Neither the treatments list nor the appointment form offers children’s dentistry. [s4] [s6] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 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 The footer has a "Line ID：" label but no ID or add-friend link. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The appointment-booking form lets patients state their concern from a checklist and be called back to fix an appointment. [s6] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations A page per treatment explaining the procedure in plain language. [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Published weekly grid with evening sessions 18:15–20:15 Monday to Thursday; no weekend sessions. [s5b] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Taiwan", "English speaking dentist Taiwan", "dental implants Taiwan", "emergency dentist Taiwan", "Taiwan dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Taiwan Not named in the top answer. [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Taiwan Not named in the top answer. [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Taiwan Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Kaohsiung" (top results were Kaohsiung VGH International Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and generic Taiwan implant-cost articles). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Taiwan Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Kaohsiung" (top results were Big W Dental Clinic, AIT health-provider directory, and Kaohsiung VGH). [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Taiwan dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "Kaohsiung dental clinic for expats" (top results were Kaohsiung VGH International Medical Center and Big W Dental Clinic). [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No schema.org JSON-LD in the page source. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality the clinic's own domain (aitooth.com.tw) does not appear anywhere in 10 results; only the clinic's own Facebook page, unrelated same-city competitor Facebook pages and unrelated Kaohsiung-institution Wikipedia entries surfaced (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages A separate page per treatment (product-7 … product-17). [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
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: 3702031448 — MOHW institution code; facility type general dental clinic, operating status operating, NHI-contracted since 2000-06-29. Checked in the MOHW institution register on 2026-09-04. [reg1] [reg3]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 吳文鑫 [s2] [reg2] | Director; postgraduate implant and periodontics training, University of Michigan, USA; board-certified implant specialist, Taiwan Academy of Implant Dentistry; Master's degree in periodontics and prosthodontics, Kaohsiung Medical University; Master's degree in implant dentistry, Taipei Medical University | not verified |
| 林明賢 [s2] [reg2] | Attending dentist; board-certified specialist, Republic of China Academy of Family Dentistry; board-certified specialist, Taipei Academy of Oral Rehabilitation; postgraduate periodontics and implant-treatment training, University of Southern California, USA | not verified |
| 郭立儒 [s2] [reg2] | Attending dentist; Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University; Graduate Institute of Periodontics and Prosthodontics, Kaohsiung Medical University; Southern Taiwan executive director, Taiwan Academy of Implant Dentistry | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
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.aitooth.com.tw/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +886 7 347 0388 |
| https://www.facebook.com/denttop/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 高雄市左營區華夏路722號1、2樓 (No. 722, Huaxia Rd., Zuoying Dist., Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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.aitooth.com.tw/ | Clinic homepage: contacts, Facebook link, premises photographs, absence of a fee page and of an English version | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/article-team.html | Dentist-team page — three dentists with full credentials | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/book-1.html | Equipment page — 3D CBCT, digital panoramic and cephalometric X-ray, operating-room X-ray, surgical microscope, laser, piezosurgery, NSK implant motor | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/product2.html | Treatment-services page — the seven treatment areas and their individual pages; no prices | 2026-09-04 |
| s5b | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/article-outpatient.html | Clinic-hours page — the weekly session grid with evening sessions and the dentist on duty | 2026-09-04 |
| s6 | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/contact.html | Booking page — the appointment form listing implant, aligner, whitening and denture consultations as bookable items | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://ma.mohw.gov.tw/Accessibility/BASSearch/MASearchBAS | MOHW medical institution search (Ministry of Health and Welfare medical institution register): institution code, ownership class, facility type, operating status, phone, street address and NHI-contract flag | 2026-09-04 |
| reg2 | https://ma.mohw.gov.tw/Accessibility/DOCSearch/MASearchDOC | MOHW medical personnel search (Ministry of Health and Welfare medical personnel register): confirms that a named person is a currently registered practising dentist and the county of practice. The register publishes no licence number and no person-to-clinic link. | 2026-09-04 |
| reg3 | https://info.nhi.gov.tw/api/iode0000s01/Dataset?rId=A21030000I-D210… | National Health Insurance Administration open dataset (NHI-contracted institutions – clinics; daily refresh, file timestamp 2026-09-04): institution code, name, phone, address, contract start date and contract-end / closure date | 2026-09-04 |
| s5 | https://www.dentco.tw/clinic/3702031448 | Dent&Co ("Dentist's Helper") directory profile: corroborates address and phone and carries 2,455 public patient reviews (existence and third-party review presence only; not a clinic channel) | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Kaohsiung | Canonical visibility query run 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Kaohsiung | Canonical visibility query run 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Kaohsiung | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Kaohsiung | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Kaohsiung dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E4%B8%8A%E9%BC%8E%E7%89%99%E9%86… | Live Google Maps place page read in a browser: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:上鼎牙醫診所 高雄 Shangding Dental Clinic Kaohsiung | the clinic's own domain (aitooth.com.tw) does not appear anywhere in 10 results; only the clinic's own Facebook page, unrelated same-city competitor Facebook pages and unrelated Kaohsiung-institution Wikipedia entries surfaced | 2026-09-07 |
| shangding-dental-kaohsiung-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6131778742104440042&hl=en | Google listing the clinic's own (Periodontist; No. 722, Huasia Rd, Xinguang Village, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 813), read 2026-10-05 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 4.4 from 189 reviews (1★ 28 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 155); 12 distinct reviews read, dated 2021-06-21 to 2026-09-09, 2 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
| shangding-dental-kaohsiung-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for the clinic's name in its own script with "Kaohsiung" (1 place, 4 attractions, 6 hotels, 1 restaurant), none of them a dental practice in or near Kaohsiung; no suggestions for the clinic's name in its own script; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| shangding-dental-kaohsiung-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.aitooth.com.tw/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
| shangding-dental-kaohsiung-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6131778742104440042&hl=en | Google listing the clinic's own (Periodontist; No. 722, Huasia Rd, Xinguang Village, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 813), read 2026-10-05 in 4 review orders (highest-rated first, lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first): 4.4 from 189 reviews (1★ 28 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 155); 12 distinct reviews read, dated 2021-06-21 to 2026-09-09, 2 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no recurring complaints now unverified: 1–2★ ratings are 29 of 188 and the low reviews themselves were not read; clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 3 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-06 | Checked by hand in a browser: the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the checks that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic own channels. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Taiwan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic’s own site, the MOHW institution and personnel registers and the NHI daily open dataset. |
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