대구예스타치과의원 (Daegu YeStar Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #19 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1953.9/100
- Best for Expats#1451/100
- Best for Dental Implants#2048/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#552.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#2137.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1155.3/100
- 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
Prevention- and aesthetics-oriented clinic in central Daegu run by periodontist Ju Sang-don (Dr. Phillip Joo), open since 2018. Keeps a full English-language section of its own site aimed at foreign residents, and works with CEREC same-visit ceramics, Er:YAG laser gum treatment and MTA partial orthodontics.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- Reputation & Reviews: 8.5 of 20 verifiable points (missing: review recency; clinic responds to reviews; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
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 Director named on the clinic's own pages as Ju Sang-don, with the title of director, in Korean and Dr. Phillip Joo in English. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Periodontist: PhD in periodontics from Kyungpook National University, diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Dedicated equipment and facilities sections on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone 053-719-3345 published on the English page matches the HIRA institution record. [s2] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Substantial English section at yestar.kr/eng covering philosophy, team, family dentistry and cosmetic treatments. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Dedicated 'opening hours and 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 No fee schedule or price ranges published on either the Korean or the English version of the clinic site; treatment pages describe procedures without figures. [s1] [s2] | 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, 1 three-star, 0 two-star, 0 one-star. The buckets sum to 5, matching the 5 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.400 reproduces the published 4.4. [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 2022-01-17 (listing read 2026-09-26). [yestar-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews The Google listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"), so no owner replies to reviews (read 2026-09-26). [yestar-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No review in the visible sample is critical and the histogram carries no rating below three stars. 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 facebook.com/yestardental linked from the clinic's own site and English page. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Daegu YeStar Dental Clinic" and "YeStar Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [yestar-dental-daegu-tripadvisor] [yestar-dental-daegu-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 English page: examinations include digital X-rays and intra-oral photography. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics MTA anterior partial orthodontics and Seraphin / See-Through clear aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care English page: "We always take care of emergencies first." [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The English page offers a named English-speaking contact ("Ask for Jessica when you call") and invites questions by Facebook message. [s2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available KakaoTalk channel only. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online consultation and appointment booking forms on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations English treatment pages explain whitening, veneers and CEREC in plain language with a Q&A. [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
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] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Korea [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Korea [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Korea [sq2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Korea dental clinic for expats [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No schema.org JSON-LD block in the page source. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain family (yestar.getmall.kr booking portal and yestar.kr English homepage) takes positions 1-2, ahead of Facebook, a review aggregator and unrelated Daegu-institution Wikipedia entries (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages per treatment (implants, MTA partial orthodontics, clear aligners, laser gum treatment, CEREC laminates, anterior prosthetics, whitening). [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 37513516 — dental clinic, opened 2018-05-03; as listed in the live Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service institution finder on 2026-09-04. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 주상돈 (Dr. Phillip Joo — Latin form published by the clinic on its own English page) [s1] [s2] | Periodontist; PhD in periodontics, Kyungpook National University; diplomate, International Congress of Oral Implantologists | 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
- 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
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://yestar.kr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-53-719-3345 |
| https://www.facebook.com/yestardental/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 대구광역시 중구 중앙대로 366, 16층 (덕산동) / 16F, 366 Jungang-daero, Jung-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | http://yestar.kr/ | Clinic name, service list, director name in Korean, equipment and facilities sections, Facebook link, online consultation | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | http://yestar.kr/eng/index.html | English-language section: English service and contact, director profile (Dr. Phillip Joo), digital X-rays, emergency handling, treatment explanations | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/hosp/getHealthMap.do?pgmid=HIRAA030002010000 | HIRA institution record: Daegu YeStar Dental Clinic, institution code 37513516, dental clinic, Daegu, Jung-gu, Jungang-daero 366, 16F, 053-719-3345, opened 2018-05-03, WGS84 coordinates | 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%8C%80%EA%B5%AC%EC%98%88%EC%8A… | 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:대구예스타치과의원 대구 Daegu YeStar Dental Clinic | own domain family (yestar.getmall.kr booking portal and yestar.kr English homepage) takes positions 1-2, ahead of Facebook, a review aggregator and unrelated Daegu-institution Wikipedia entries | 2026-09-07 |
| yestar-dental-daegu-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11949330853233631774&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.4 from 5 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 3; newest review dated 2022-01-17; the listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"). | 2026-09-26 |
| yestar-dental-daegu-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Daegu YeStar Dental Clinic" (1 place, 4 attractions, 6 hotels, 1 restaurant), none of them a dental practice in or near Daegu; 12 suggestions for "YeStar Dental" (8 attractions, 4 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Daegu; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| yestar-dental-daegu-tripadvisor-2 | http://yestar.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. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency older than a year (newest review dated 2022-01-17); 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 yestar.kr (Korean and English sections) and the HIRA national institution register. |
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