서울플란트치과의원 (SeoulPlant Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 50.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #20 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2050.6/100
- Best for Expats#1745.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1948.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1259.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#1145.6/100
- 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
Implant- and surgery-oriented practice in the Dunsan district of Daejeon, registered since 2010 and occupying two floors of its own building. Four named dentists, headed by an oral & maxillofacial surgery specialist, and one of the few Daejeon clinics that publishes a complete itemized fee schedule.
The clinic site gives the phone as 042-526-2885 while the HIRA institution record lists 042-841-2228 for the same street address; the discrepancy is recorded rather than resolved.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Reputation & Reviews: 6 of 16 verifiable points (missing: google review volume; clinic responds to reviews; active Facebook presence; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 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)
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 Four dentists named on the clinic's own About Us page: Lee Bong-ho (director), Lee Gi-cheol (adviser), Jeong A-hyeon, Gwon I-gyeong. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Lee Bong-ho — Korean board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, implant training-course director; Lee Gi-cheol — board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and training supervisor, former head of OMFS at Soonchunhyang University Hospital. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Dedicated gallery and advanced-equipment sections on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Per-treatment pages for implants, orthodontics, aesthetics, caries, paediatric care and periodontal disease. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clear contact details Confirmed live on 2026-09-04 from both ends. seoulplant.or.kr publishes 042-526-2885 in its own header and footer and carries no other landline; the HIRA institution record for provider code 34507191 at the same 17 Daedeok-daero 220beon-gil address carries 042-841-2228. Two different numbers for one clinic. [s1] [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | English website version The site is Korean-only apart from a few English headings; no English version is offered. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address in the site header and footer plus a dedicated directions page. [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 schedule covering implants, dentures, crowns, orthodontics, whitening, restorations and certificate fees. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Tartar removal (scaling) 50,000 KRW. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Resin restoration 50,000–150,000 KRW; ceramic restoration 250,000–450,000 KRW; gold restoration 300,000–450,000 KRW. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Full metal crown 350,000 KRW, PFM 500,000 KRW, zirconia 500,000 KRW, full ceramic 600,000–700,000 KRW. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant including crown: domestic fixture 1.0–1.2 m KRW, imported fixture 1.7–2.0 m KRW. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed The fee schedule prices treatments and certificates but not an initial consultation. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No radiography or imaging line in the published fee schedule. [s3] | 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: 2 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 0 one-star. The buckets sum to 2, matching the 2 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 5.000 reproduces the published 5. [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] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 1 month old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 2 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 Google listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"), so no owner replies to reviews (read 2026-09-26). [seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence Its Facebook page (Seoul Plant Dental, an implant clinic in Dunsan-dong, Daejeon) has posted nothing since January 2015; the clinic's live channels are its website and its Naver Place listing. [seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-presence] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "SeoulPlant Dental Clinic Daejeon" and "SeoulPlant Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-tripadvisor] [seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-tripadvisor-2] | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Two oral & maxillofacial surgery specialists on the named team. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated paediatric treatment section. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken The fee schedule prices an English-language medical certificate at 20,000 KRW, which implies English paperwork is issued, but the clinic makes no statement about English-speaking staff. | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Weekdays 09:40–18:30 and Saturdays 09:40–15:00, published on the site. [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 [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 Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Daejeon" (named results were Sun Dental Hospital, DIER Dental Clinic, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "Daejeon dental clinic for expats" (named results were DIER Dental Clinic and an unidentified renamed "Star White Dental Clinic" in Dunsan 2-dong, not attributable to any specific card). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website Re-checked 2026-09-04: the page DOES carry one JSON-LD block, but it is the Wix boilerplate {"@type":"WebSite","name":"seoulplant"} only - no LocalBusiness, Dentist, MedicalClinic, PostalAddress or GeoCoordinates node. The verdict stands; the earlier note "No schema.org JSON-LD block in the page source" was wrong on the fact. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality seoulplant.or.kr appears twice (homepage, about-us) from position 6, competing with similarly named competitor clinics and an unrelated Facebook page (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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 national health-insurance provider code 34507191 — dental clinic, opened 2010-01-29; as listed in the live Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service institution finder on 2026-09-04. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 이봉호 (Lee Bong-ho — Revised Romanization) [s2] | Director — board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon (Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons); Seoul National University DDS, MSD and PhD; AIC implant training-course director | not verified |
| 이기철 (Lee Gi-cheol — Revised Romanization) [s2] | Adviser — board-certified specialist and instructor, Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; former head of oral & maxillofacial surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital | not verified |
| 정아현 (Jeong A-hyeon — Revised Romanization) [s2] | Director — restorative dentistry (full member, Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry) | not verified |
| 권이경 (Gwon I-gyeong — Revised Romanization) [s2] | Director — Seoul National University School of Dentistry graduate | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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
| Website | http://www.seoulplant.or.kr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-42-526-2885 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 대전광역시 서구 대덕대로220번길 17, 서울플란트빌딩 3~4층 (둔산동) / 3-4F, 17 Daedeok-daero 220beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 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 | http://www.seoulplant.or.kr/ | Clinic name, address, phone, opening hours, service list and per-treatment pages, gallery and equipment sections | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.seoulplant.or.kr/about-us | Named dentist roster with specializations and training records | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://www.seoulplant.or.kr/services-2 | Standing non-covered fee schedule: implants, dentures, crowns, orthodontics, whitening, restorations, scaling, certificate fees | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/hosp/getHealthMap.do?pgmid=HIRAA030002010000 | HIRA institution record: SeoulPlant Dental Clinic, institution code 34507191, dental clinic, Daejeon, Seo-gu, Daedeok-daero 220beon-gil 17, 042-841-2228, opened 2010-01-29, WGS84 coordinates | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Daejeon / English speaking dentist Daejeon / dental implants Daejeon | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%ED%94%8C%EB%9E… | 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 |
| sq2 | search:emergency dentist Daejeon | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:Daejeon dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:서울플란트치과 대전 SeoulPlant Dental Daejeon | seoulplant.or.kr appears twice (homepage, about-us) from position 6, competing with similarly named competitor clinics and an unrelated Facebook page | 2026-09-07 |
| seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14673043857846931373&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 5 from 2 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 2; newest review dated 2026-08-04; the listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"). | 2026-09-26 |
| seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-presence | https://www.facebook.com/seoulplant | Facebook page "Seoul Plant Dental", read 2026-10-02: 397 followers, described as an implant-focused dental clinic in Dunsan-dong, Daejeon; newest post 8 January 2015, no review count shown | 2026-10-02 |
| seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "SeoulPlant Dental Clinic Daejeon" (6 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Daejeon; 12 suggestions for "SeoulPlant Dental" (8 attractions, 4 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Daejeon; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| seoul-plant-dental-daejeon-tripadvisor-2 | http://www.seoulplant.or.kr/ | 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 | Presence re-checked: Facebook presence — no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no recurring complaints and no suspicious review patterns now unverified: 2 Google reviews are too few to show a pattern; active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established; 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 seoulplant.or.kr including its published fee schedule and team page, and the HIRA national institution register. |
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