서면바로치과의원 (Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 87.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#187.2/100
- Best for Expats#186.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#185.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#192.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#186.5/100
- 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
English-facing dental clinic five minutes from Seomyeon Station in Busanjin-gu, run by two dentists board-certified in Advanced General Dentistry. It publishes a full standing non-covered fee list in English and answers enquiries on WhatsApp and KakaoTalk. Registered with HIRA as Seomyeon Baro Chigwa-uiwon, provider code 21523479, opened 2026-05-26.
Both the English name and the Hangul name are published by the clinic itself (schema.org name / alternateName), so no romanisation was needed. Coordinates come from the clinic's entry in the HIRA national institution register (WGS84 published per institution), not from a Google Maps place page — Google Maps and Google Search were not accessible on the date of reading, so all Google-derived reputation fields are left unverified and the place page is. The clinic's own Google Maps link is a bare ?cid= URL and therefore carries no coordinates.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Lee Seung-hee (director) and Dr. Lee Do-hoon, named on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Both named as board-certified specialists in Advanced General Dentistry; the director also holds a Master's in Orthodontics from Kyungpook National University, and both are listed as Osstem AIC implant faculty. HIRA records the institution as having two dentists, both board-certified specialists in Advanced General Dentistry. [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Implants, clear aligners, braces and orthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, crowns and prosthetics, general dentistry, TMJ treatment. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Landline, WhatsApp number and KakaoTalk channel; landline and address match the HIRA register entry. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site is English-first; the clinic runs a separate Korean-language site at seomyeonbaro.co.kr. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 Standing non-covered fee list covering implants, orthodontics, whitening, prosthetics, restorative work and diagnostics — not a time-limited promotion. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Scaling only KRW 60,000; first visit plus scaling KRW 90,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Simple resin filling KRW 80,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Zirconia crown KRW 400,000–450,000; E-max inlay/onlay KRW 250,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Standard implant with custom abutment and crown KRW 750,000; Osstem KS KRW 1,150,000; Straumann KRW 1,700,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed First visit, diagnosis only KRW 40,000; written estimates over WhatsApp are free. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Non-covered CT scan KRW 30,000. [s2] | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 8 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 0 one-star. The buckets sum to 8, matching the 8 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 5.000 reproduces the published 5. [gmp1] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 8 [seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 days 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. 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] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replied to two of the three reviews Google renders, both in English. 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 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. 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 A 5.0 over an 8-review base is not itself a signal. The three visible reviews are written by three plainly different people (a German name, a Korean-American name, a Japanese name), their wording has nothing in common, and their dates are spread over a month, so no manipulation signature is present. The base is small enough that the reading is weak, and the note says so. 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 Facebook page "Busan BARO Dental Clinic" (9 followers) with posts up to 2026-08-23, found under the clinic's name; its About section gives the clinic's address, phone and website. [seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-presence-2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic Busan" and "Seomyeon Baro"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-tripadvisor] [seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Naver Place, South Korea's main local review platform, with 151 visitor reviews. [seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-presence] | 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 HIRA's equipment register records a cone-beam CT at this institution, and the clinic publishes a CT fee. [reg2] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Returned by the HIRA institution search filtered on equipment code 12 (cone-beam CT) for Busan / dental clinic. [reg2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Metal and self-ligating ceramic braces, partial braces and Cerafin clear aligners. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Bone grafting and crestal/lateral sinus lift procedures are priced on the fee list. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry The published service list carries no children's dentistry. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care No emergency or same-day service is documented; the clinic is closed Wednesdays and Sundays. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Consultations, treatment plans and post-care instructions are handled in English; written estimates before arrival. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp +82 10-3939-9980. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The clinic invites patients to send their case on WhatsApp and receive a written estimate before travelling; the estimate itself is free. [s1] [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Tue and Thu until 21:00, Sat 10:30–15:00; closed Wed, Sun and public holidays. [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] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Korea [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Korea [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org JSON-LD graph with Organization plus Dentist/MedicalClinic/LocalBusiness, PostalAddress, GeoCoordinates and OpeningHoursSpecification. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality The clinic's own domain surfaced for several core-service queries about Busan. [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for implants, clear aligners, orthodontics, cosmetic, prosthetics and general dentistry. [s1] | 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: HIRA provider code 21523479 — Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic, dental clinic, individually owned, opened 2026-05-26, registered with HIRA at Busan, Busanjin-gu, Jungang-daero 698-1, SJ Medical, 5th floor, Unit 501 (Bujeon-dong). Business registration number 397-92-02116 published by the clinic itself. (Verified live on 2026-09-04 in the HIRA register's detailed-criteria institution search (region = Busan, type = dental clinic, institution name = 'Seomyeon Baro'): exactly one result, whose address and phone number match the clinic's own site. Korea has no clinic operating-licence number separate from the HIRA provider code, and the register is queried live, so no snapshot date applies. Searched in Hangul, as romanisation does not work in Korean registers.) [reg1] [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lee Seung-hee [s1] | Director; board-certified specialist in Advanced General Dentistry; Master's in Orthodontics, Kyungpook National University; Osstem AIC implant faculty | not verified |
| Dr. Lee Do-hoon [s1] | Board-certified specialist in Advanced General Dentistry; DDS, Dankook University College of Dentistry; Osstem AIC implant faculty | 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
- 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.busandentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82 51-946-2875 |
| +82 10-3939-9980 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/Busan-BARO-Dental-Clinic-61593456251289/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 5F Unit 501, SJ Medical Bldg, 698-1 Jungang-daero, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47295, 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.busandentalclinic.com/ | Clinic name in English and Hangul, address, phone, WhatsApp, dentists and their credentials, service list, opening hours, English support, premises photos, structured data, linked social channels | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.busandentalclinic.com/pricing | Standing non-covered fee list: implants, bone graft and sinus lift, orthodontics and aligners, whitening, zirconia crowns and inlays, resin fillings, first-visit and scaling fees, CT fee | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/dtlCndHospSrch/dtlCndHospSrch.do?pgmid=HI… | HIRA detailed-condition institution finder, searched region=Busan / category=dental clinic / institution name='Seomyeon Baro' — one result, Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic, Busan, Busanjin-gu, Jungang-daero 698-1, SJ Medical 5F Unit 501 (Bujeon-dong), 051-946-2875; institution detail gives institution code 21523479, opening date 2026-05-26, ownership type: individual, two dentists both board-certified specialists in integrated dentistry | 2026-09-04 |
| reg2 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/dtlCndHospSrch/dtlCndHospSrch.do?pgmid=HI… | Same HIRA register, filtered on equipment condition cone-beam CT (oftFmtNomCd=12) for Busan / dental clinic — Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic is returned, confirming a cone-beam CT is registered at the institution | 2026-09-04 |
| sq | search:best dentist Busan / English speaking dentist Busan / dental implants Busan / emergency dentist Busan / Busan dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04, run as the five canonical city queries | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%EC%84%9C%EB%A9%B4%EB%B0%94%EB%A1… | 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 |
| seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17126135842240020325&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 5 from 14 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 14; newest review dated 2026-09-24; 5 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-24. | 2026-09-26 |
| seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-presence | https://m.place.naver.com/hospital/1614406616/home | Naver Place page of Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic (category: dentist), 5F, SJ Medical Bldg, 698-1 Jungang-daero, Busanjin-gu, Busan — the card's address: 151 visitor reviews; phone 0507-1479-2875, a Naver forwarding number ending in the clinic's 2875 (read 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-presence-2 | https://www.facebook.com/p/Busan-BARO-Dental-Clinic-61593456251289/ | Facebook page "Busan BARO Dental Clinic" (9 followers, Dental clinic), read 2026-10-02; newest post 2026-08-23; Not yet rated (0 reviews); address 5F, SJ Medical Building, 698-1 Jungang-daero, Busanjin-gu, Busan; phone +82 51-946-2875; website busandentalclinic.com, the clinic's own site | 2026-10-02 |
| seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Seomyeon Baro Dental Clinic Busan" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Busan; 12 suggestions for "Seomyeon Baro" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Busan; "Dahlia Aesthetic Busan Seomyeon" (10-1 Saesak-ro) is a different business; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| seomyeon-baro-dental-busan-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.busandentalclinic.com/ | 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 | Facebook presence re-checked on 2026-10-02: live Facebook page confirmed. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence re-checked: presence on other review platforms — yes. |
| 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 count 14 (was 8) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 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 busandentalclinic.com and its price page, and against the HIRA national institution register (provider code 21523479). No public per-dentist licence search exists in South Korea, so both dentists' licence numbers are recorded as unverified rather than as a negative finding. Google Maps reputation fields and the map pin were not obtainable automatically and are queued for a manual browser check. |
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