원광대학교 대전치과병원 (Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 54.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #18 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 7 September 2026
54.4/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1854.4/100
- Best for Expats#1548.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1655.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#651.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1161.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#952.2/100
- 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 The hospital runs an anaesthesiology department and a special-needs oral care centre, which usually implies general anaesthesia, but no statement about sleep dentistry was read.
Summary
University dental hospital in Dunsan, Daejeon, run by the Wonkwang University school foundation and operating since 2007. Ten clinical departments including oral & maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, oral radiology and anaesthesiology, plus a dental emergency room and a special-needs oral care centre. HIRA records 11 inpatient beds, one operating theatre and one emergency room.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Reputation & Reviews: 7 of 20 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; no recurring complaints; active Facebook presence; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 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; 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
16 / 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 The hospital publishes a named roster, but by clinical department rather than on one team page, which is why the static-page sweep missed it. The clinical departments menu lists eleven departments (conservative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, paediatric dentistry, student clinic, oral medicine, orthodontics, anaesthesiology and pain medicine, oral care centre for people with disabilities), each with its own page; the conservative dentistry page was opened on 2026-09-07 and names Professor Seo Min-seok and Professor Jeon Su-jin, each with a full profile — board certification by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, degrees, training hospitals and society posts. The roster is published; it is simply distributed across eleven pages. [y1a] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Ten named clinical departments published: conservative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, paediatric dentistry, comprehensive care clinic, oral medicine, orthodontics, anaesthesiology and pain medicine. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Departmental pages plus five specialist clinics (orthodontics, aesthetic prosthetics, implants, TMJ/facial pain, orthognathic surgery). [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone 042-366-1114 and the Dunsan-ro address match the HIRA institution record. [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version The site navigation offers no English version. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Dedicated directions and floor guide pages. [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
11 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Itemized non-covered items table published by the hospital with per-item minimum and maximum prices, procedure codes and whether materials and drugs are included. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Tartar removal (full mouth) 50,000 KRW on the hospital’s own non-covered items page; read 2026-09-04. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Light-cured composite resin filling: Class 1 154,000 KRW, Class 2 205,000, Class 5 108,000; light-cured glass ionomer filling 35,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed All-ceramic crown A 675,000 KRW / B 700,000; cast gold crown A 1,100,000; porcelain-fused-to-metal crown 550,000-600,000; laminate veneer (C) 630,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant, domestic 1 1,500,000-2,000,000 KRW, domestic 2 1,800,000-2,300,000, imported 2,300,000-2,800,000; implant bone grafting 500,000-800,000. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No consultation or first-visit fee appears in the non-covered items table. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed The only radiography lines sit under certificate fees - X-ray copy 5,000 KRW and X-ray copy (CT included) 10,000 - i.e. the fee for a COPY of an image already taken, not the price of the imaging itself. [s2] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
7 / 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: 16 five-star, 2 four-star, 1 three-star, 3 two-star, 10 one-star. The buckets sum to 32, matching the 32 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 3.344 reproduces the published 3.3. [gmp1] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | 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. 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). [wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Two of the three reviews Google renders are critical and both describe the same thing: manner and impersonality rather than a clinical failure. One (two-star) says treatment simply takes a very long time and that staff are not particularly friendly; the other (two-star) says the first of two treatments was performed roughly by an intern or resident and then reported to the doctor, and that the junior doctor was rude, unfriendly and did not examine the mouth properly. The histogram agrees: 13 of 32 ratings, 41 per cent, are two-star or one-star. Two independent reviews on one theme over a base that is 41 per cent negative is a repeated pattern, so this is recorded as true. 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] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 16/2/1/3/10 shape is a divided base, which is what a teaching hospital with resident-delivered care produces; manipulation inflates the five-star bucket and leaves a thin negative tail, and this is the opposite. 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 The clinic's Facebook page has had no post since September 2014 and has no reviews; the clinic's website wkudh.ac.kr is its working channel. [wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-presence] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital" and "Wonkwang University"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-tripadvisor] [wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms [reg1] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Dedicated oral and maxillofacial radiology department. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Dedicated implant clinic. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics department and a separate orthodontic clinic. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral & maxillofacial surgery department and an orthognathic surgery clinic; HIRA records one operating theatre. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Paediatric dentistry department. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dental emergency room with its own emergency room information page; HIRA records one emergency room. [s1] [reg1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
2.5 / 10
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 | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Consultation and questions section on the hospital site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Departmental and specialist-clinic pages plus an oral treatment information section for patients. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist 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 No schema.org JSON-LD block in the page source. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality the hospital's own domain (wkudh.ac.kr) does not appear anywhere in 10 results; only third-party directories, academic profiles and NamuWiki entries rank (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 34400168 — dental hospital, school-foundation operator, opened 2007-03-12, 11 standard inpatient beds, one operating theatre, one emergency room; as listed in the live Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service institution finder on 2026-09-04. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic 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
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
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.wkudh.ac.kr/gnuwd2/contents/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-42-366-1114 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 대전광역시 서구 둔산로 77 (둔산동) / 77 Dunsan-ro, 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.wkudh.ac.kr/gnuwd2/contents/ | Hospital name, department list, specialist clinics, dental emergency room, floor guide, directions, patient-information sections | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | http://www.wkudh.ac.kr/gnuwd2/contents/sub/nsub02_3_2.php | Itemized non-covered fee table with per-item minimum and maximum prices and procedure codes | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/hosp/getHealthMap.do?pgmid=HIRAA030002010000 | HIRA institution record: Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital, institution code 34400168, dental hospital, educational foundation, Daejeon, Seo-gu, Dunsan-ro 77, 042-366-1114, opened 2007-03-12, 11 beds / 1 operating theatre / 1 emergency room, 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%9B%90%EA%B4%91%EB%8C%80%ED%95… | 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 |
| y1a | http://www.wkudh.ac.kr/gnuwd2/contents/sub/nsub03_2.php | The hospital's clinical-department page for Conservative Dentistry, carrying named staff with full professional profiles; one of eleven such department pages linked from the Clinical Departments menu | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:원광대학교 대전치과병원 Wonkwang Daejeon Dental Hospital | the hospital's own domain (wkudh.ac.kr) does not appear anywhere in 10 results; only third-party directories, academic profiles and NamuWiki entries rank | 2026-09-07 |
| wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9995757674889154281&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 3.3 from 32 reviews; star histogram 1★ 10 / 2★ 3 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 16; newest review dated 2026-08-15; the listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"). | 2026-09-26 |
| wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-presence | https://www.facebook.com/wkuddh/ | Facebook page "Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital" (66 followers), read 2026-10-02; newest post 2014-09-11; Not yet rated (0 reviews); page name given in Korean; website wkudh.ac.kr, the hospital's own site | 2026-10-02 |
| wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital" (4 attractions, 7 hotels, 1 restaurant), none of them a dental practice in or near Daejeon; 12 suggestions for "Wonkwang University" (7 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Daejeon; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| wonkwang-daejeon-dental-hospital-tripadvisor-2 | http://www.wkudh.ac.kr/gnuwd2/contents/ | Clinic's website, the page at this address 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: the clinic's Facebook page is inactive. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no owner replies to reviews: the Google listing is unclaimed. |
| 2026-09-07 | Close-out, 2026-09-07: the wkudh.ac.kr clinical-department roster, which recorded as not attempted, was read; the hospital does publish a named roster department by department. |
| 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 wkudh.ac.kr including the hospital's published non-covered fee table, and the HIRA national institution register. |
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