맥치과의원 (Mac Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 19.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #25 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2519.1/100
- Best for Expats#2022/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2513/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1324.3/100
- 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.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified
Summary
Beomeo-dong practice in Suseong-gu registered since 2018, listed by the U.S. Embassy Seoul among Daegu dentists known to speak English. Led by Dr. Cho Young-joon; periodontics, endodontics and comprehensive general dentistry.
The U.S. Embassy list files this practice as "MAC DENTAL HOSPITAL", but HIRA registers it as a chigwa-uiwon (dental clinic), not a chigwa-byeongwon (dental hospital). Address (3F, 2398 Dalgubeol-daero, Suseong-gu) and phone (053-745-2876) match exactly, so this is the same practice under a looser English label. Re-checked live in HIRA on 2026-09-04 (region = Daegu, type = dental clinic, institution name = 'Maek', typed in Hangul): Daegu has five other dental clinics whose name contains 'Maek' - Maek-aen-Jeongin, Chilgok Maek, Chimsan Maek, Hyeonpung Maek and a second Maek Chigwa-uiwon at 861 Dalgubeol-daero, Dasa-eup, Dalseong-gun (provider code 37524119, 053-583-2876) - not nine. Exactly two carry the bare name Maek Chigwa-uiwon, so the address (2398 Dalgubeol-daero, 3F, Beomeo-dong, Suseong-gu) and phone (053-745-2876) match against provider code 37525166 is what separates them.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- Information Transparency: 4 of 18 verifiable points (missing: has a working website; dentist names listed; dentist specializations listed; service list published; english website version)
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- Reputation & Reviews: 9 of 19 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Korea; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Korea; mentioned for: dental implants Korea; mentioned for: emergency dentist Korea; mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; google indexing quality; dedicated service pages)
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 No homepage is recorded in the clinic's HIRA institution entry and none surfaced in the five canonical city queries. [reg1] | 0/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed The practice publishes no channel of its own; the dentist's name is known only from the U.S. Embassy list, which is not a clinic channel. [reg1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Service list published No clinic website, social profile or Google Business listing with a treatment list was found. [reg1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone 053-745-2876 is consistent between the HIRA register and the U.S. Embassy list. [reg1] [emb1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version No website of any language. [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address and WGS84 coordinates published in the HIRA national institution register. [reg1] | 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 No clinic channel publishes prices. [reg1] | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 3 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star. The buckets sum to 5, matching the 5 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.000 reproduces the published 4. [gmp1] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-04-26 (listing read 2026-09-26). [mac-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews The Google listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"), so no owner replies to reviews (read 2026-09-26). [mac-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints One critical review in the visible sample (3 years old, about the front-desk staff), against one one-star rating in a five-review base. A single grievance is not a repeated theme. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. A newest-first sort was not available; a re-check on the Reviews tab returned the same three reviews, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram shape, spread of wording and dates, and reviewer-account variety show no sign of manipulation. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. A newest-first sort was not available; a re-check on the Reviews tab returned the same three reviews, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Not established: the clinic has no website that could link a Facebook page, and Facebook itself could not be searched (checked 2026-10-02). | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Mac Dental Clinic Daegu" and "Mac Dental"; the clinic has no website that could link one (checked 2026-10-05). [mac-dental-daegu-tripadvisor] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms [reg1] | 0/0.5 |
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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Listed by the U.S. Embassy Seoul among dentists known to speak acceptable English, with business hours supplied by the practice. [emb1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
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 [emb1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Clear service explanations No clinic-published material of any kind. [reg1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Weekdays 09:30–18:30 and Saturdays 09:30–14:00 per the hours the practice supplied to the U.S. Embassy. [emb1] | 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 [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Korea [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Korea [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Korea [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No website. [reg1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality the clinic has no independent domain on file; the only clinic-specific results are a Suseong district government mention and a Korean doctor-finder directory listing for a Gwangjang branch, surrounded by unrelated Wikipedia entries (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages No website. [reg1] | 0/1.5 |
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: HIRA national health-insurance provider code 37525166 — dental clinic, opened 2018-01-16; as listed in the live Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service institution finder on 2026-09-04. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 조영준 / Dr. Cho, Young-Joon — Latin form as printed on the U.S. Embassy list [emb1] | Periodontics, endodontics, comprehensive general dentistry | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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
| Phone | +82-53-745-2876 |
|---|---|
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 대구광역시 수성구 달구벌대로 2398, 3층 (범어동) / 3F, 2398 Dalgubeol-daero, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| reg1 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/hosp/getHealthMap.do?pgmid=HIRAA030002010000 | HIRA institution record: Mac Dental Clinic, institution code 37525166, dental clinic, Daegu, Suseong-gu, Dalgubeol-daero 2398, 3F, 053-745-2876, opened 2018-01-16, no homepage recorded, WGS84 coordinates | 2026-09-04 |
| emb1 | https://kr.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2024/09/DENTIS… | U.S. Embassy Seoul list of English-speaking dentists (updated July 2024): MAC DENTAL HOSPITAL — Dr. Cho, Young-Joon, 3F 2398 Dalgubeol-daero Suseong-gu Daegu, 82-53-745-2876, weekday and Saturday hours, periodontics/endodontics/comprehensive general dentistry. These names have been furnished by the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Korea. | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Daegu / English speaking dentist Daegu / dental implants Daegu | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq2 | search:emergency dentist Daegu / Daegu dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%EB%A7%A5%EC%B9%98%EA%B3%BC%EC%9D… | 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:맥치과의원 대구 Mac Dental Clinic Daegu | the clinic has no independent domain on file; the only clinic-specific results are a Suseong district government mention and a Korean doctor-finder directory listing for a Gwangjang branch, surrounded by unrelated Wikipedia entries | 2026-09-07 |
| mac-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14669607669650391435&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4 from 5 reviews; star histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 3; newest review dated 2026-04-26; the listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"). | 2026-09-26 |
| mac-dental-daegu-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Mac Dental Clinic Daegu" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Daegu; 12 suggestions for "Mac Dental" (5 attractions, 4 hotels, 3 restaurants), none of them a dental practice in or near Daegu; no listing for this clinic | 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: active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established; review recency within a year (newest review dated 2026-04-26); no owner replies to reviews: the Google listing is unclaimed. |
| 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's own channels. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Korea Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via the HIRA national institution register and the U.S. Embassy Seoul list of English-speaking dentists. |
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