Gangnam Dentique Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1167.8/100
- Best for Expats#669.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1363/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#172.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#1846.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#574.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#373.7/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#167.8/100
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 Site sedation page: General Anesthesia - patients 'completely unconscious during the procedure'. [gangnam-dentique-sedation]
Summary
English-speaking dental clinic near Eonju Station (Line 9) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, oriented toward international patients. Offers implants, orthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, veneers, restorative treatment, pediatric and emergency care. Led by Dr. Junhee Cho and Dr. Sung Min Shin, both trained in the USA and at Seoul National University.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address published; interactive map not confirmed. [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 188 five-star, 2 four-star, 2 three-star, 1 two-star, 0 one-star. The buckets sum to 193, matching the 193 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.953 reproduces the published 5.0. [gmp1] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card previously held 189, read on 2026-08-26 — the listing has grown since. [gmp1] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 2 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. [gmp1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replied to all three reviews Google renders. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No repeated complaint theme appears in the visible sample. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 188/2/2/1/0 spread is not a flat wall — it carries four-, three- and two-star reviews — and nothing in the visible sample repeats a wording or a date cluster, so no manipulation signature is present. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Not established: the clinic's website (26 pages read 2026-10-02) links no Facebook page and none was found under its website or Instagram name; Facebook itself could not be searched that day. | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Gangnam Dentique Clinic Seoul" and "Gangnam Dentique"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [gangnam-dentique-tripadvisor] [gangnam-dentique-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Naver Place, Korea's main local review platform, with 199 visitor reviews. [gangnam-dentique-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp contact available. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Clinic markets pre-treatment consultations for international patients. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open Monday-Saturday and Sundays 10:00-16:00. [s1] | 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 Korea", "English speaking dentist Korea", "dental implants Korea", "emergency dentist Korea", "Korea dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Korea [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Korea [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Korea Appears in 'dental implants Seoul' search results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Korea [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Home page HTML carries JSON-LD of schema.org type Dentist. [gangnam-dentique-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Multiple pages surfaced in web search. [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate service pages (cosmetic dentistry, dentures, implants). [s1] [sq] | 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: Dentique Dental Clinic — HIRA-registered dental clinic (Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service detailed-condition institution finder), Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil 3, basement level 1 (Nonhyeon-dong, Human Space mixed-use apartment building) (Re-checked 2026-08-26: street/building number match confirmed (Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil 3, Gangnam-gu, Hyumeon Seupeiseu Jusang-bokhap Apateu, a mixed-use apartment building), but HIRA records the unit as basement level 1 (B1F) while clinics.json's stored address says '1F' — floor discrepancy recorded honestly rather than claimed as an exact match. HIRA detailed-criteria institution search (region = Seoul, type = dental clinic): searched name variant 'Dentikeu' (Dentique transliteration, typed in Hangul); 1 result. 2026-08-26.) [gangnam-dentique-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Junhee Cho [s1] | Implant and cosmetic dentistry; Certified Specialist in Comprehensive Dentistry (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea) | not verified |
| Dr. Sung Min Shin [s1] | Integrated dentistry; Certified Specialist in Integrated Dentistry (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea) | 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
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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.gangnam.dental/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-10-4290-7528 |
| +82-10-4290-7528 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 1F, 3 Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
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.gangnam.dental/ | Clinic name, address, phone, dentists, services, English support, hours, social media | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:dental implants Seoul / best dentist Seoul | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| gangnam-dentique-sedation | https://www.gangnam.dental/korea-dental-services/sedation-dentistry… | "General Anesthesia: Patients are completely unconscious during the procedure." | 2026-08-25 |
| gangnam-dentique-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dentique+Dental+Clinic/@37.507762… | Google rating 5.0 (189 reviews) as of 2026-08-26. Maps lists the business as 'Dentique Dental Clinic' at 1F, 3 Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil, Gangnam-gu — same address as record on file. | 2026-08-26 |
| gangnam-dentique-lic | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/dtlCndHospSrch/dtlCndHospSrch.do?pgmid=HI… | searched: Dentique, region=Seoul, category=dental clinic — returned 'Dentique Dental Clinic', Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil 3, B1 (Nonhyeon-dong, Human Space mixed-use building) | 2026-08-26 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dentique+Dental+Clinic/@37.507762… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page — the one this card already records as contacts.googleMapsUrl — opened and read live in a real browser on 2026-09-06: star rating, review-count header, full star histogram, review dates and owner replies. The trail does not restate the place-page URL, so the URL recorded here is the card’s own; the listing name and address it reports match this card. | 2026-09-06 |
| gangnam-dentique-platforms | https://m.place.naver.com/hospital/1234004726/home | Naver Place listing of Dentique Dental Clinic Gangnam, 3 Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil (1F), Gangnam-gu, Seoul: 199 visitor reviews (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| gangnam-dentique-site | https://www.gangnam.dental/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD block with @type Dentist (alongside FAQPage, Person) | 2026-10-02 |
| gangnam-dentique-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Gangnam Dentique Clinic Seoul" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Seoul; 12 suggestions for "Gangnam Dentique" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Seoul; "Muse Clinic Gangnam" (452 Gangnam-daero) is a different business; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| gangnam-dentique-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.gangnam.dental/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: business structured data found. |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-09-07 | Reputation block written from the live measurement taken on 2026-09-06, which read this clinic’s Google Maps place page but could not write to it: the twin carries no entry in data/research/*.json, so import-research.js left it untouched and the figures stayed in the trail (browser/korea-japan.md, «Open for the gate» item 2). Written now: googleRating 5.0 → 5.0, googleReviewCount 189 → 193 (histogram 188/2/2/1/0 = 193, weighted mean 4.953), respondsToReviews → true, reviewRecency → within_3_months, recurringComplaints → false, suspiciousReviewPatterns → false. The country twin on korea-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26, re-checked 2026-08-26 against HIRA (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service): clinic confirmed as registered Dentikeu Chigwa-uiwon at the same street/building (Nonhyeon-ro 111-gil 3, Gangnam-gu); HIRA records the unit as B1F (basement level 1) while the address on file says 1F — floor discrepancy noted, not resolved as an exact match. No public name-searchable dentist licence register exists in South Korea (lic.mohw.go.kr is document/barcode verification only) — both named doctors left null with that note. |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed website live at gangnam.dental, name/address/phone unchanged, clinic open (not permanently closed). Newly captured Google Maps rating 5.0 (189 reviews, most recent review ~2 months old) with pin coordinates via live Maps visit — Maps lists the business as 'Dentique Dental Clinic' (Dentikeu Chigwa-uiwon), same address. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site sedation page: General Anesthesia - patients 'completely unconscious during the procedure'. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live at https://www.gangnam.dental/, name/address/phone unchanged. Google Maps rating/review data not captured — Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Mojeek and Brave search were all blocked or CAPTCHA-walled on the date of reading; no other changes. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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