Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-08-25 | Art De Dente | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.8; review count changed 487 to 458. |
| 2026-08-25 | Art De Dente | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site states general anaesthesia recommended for patients with dental phobias |
| 2026-08-25 | Australian Dentists Clinic - Melbourne CBD | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; Google rating changed 4.8 to 4.9 and review count changed 1915 to 2012. |
| 2026-08-25 | Bupa Dental Bourke Street | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured previously-unset Google rating 4.7 (240 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Collins Street Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.8; review count changed 131 to 129. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental on Flinders | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.9; review count changed 200 to 128. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental on Flinders | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Offers oral sedatives plus general anaesthetic referral via Glenferrie Private Hospital |
| 2026-08-25 | DENTL | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 5.0; review count changed 246 to 282. Note: Google Maps profile lists a different phone (+61 3 9419 7022) than the clinic website/stored number; website number retained as primary. |
| 2026-08-25 | DENTL | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Advertises in-house general anaesthesia |
| 2026-08-25 | Family Dental on Collins | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, phone unchanged; corrected address to add suite/floor (Suite 1, 9th Floor) per clinic website and Google Maps, both matching "Suite 1, Level 9/24 Collins St"; captured previously-unset Google rating 4.9 (25 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Gorgeous Smiles Dentistry | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.9; review count changed 1530 to 1544. |
| 2026-08-25 | MC Dental Docklands | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address unchanged; corrected phone from stored (03) 9988 1803 (which is MC Dental's Glen Waverley number) to the Docklands location's actual number (03) 8608 8970, per both the clinic's own locations page and its Google Maps profile. Google rating unchanged at 4.8; review count changed 586 to 608. |
| 2026-08-25 | Melbourne Dentist (Dr David Treherne) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.9; review count changed 91 to 98. Google Maps lists this business as "Melbourne Dentist" (matches site branding melbournedentist.com). |
| 2026-08-25 | Melbourne Dentistry | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured previously-unset Google rating 5.0 (33 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-25 | Pacific Smiles Dental Melbourne CBD | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured previously-unset Google rating 4.5 (406 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Pacific Smiles Dental Melbourne CBD | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. "Sleep Dentistry" and "IV Sedation" listed as services |
| 2026-08-25 | Pinnacle Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; Google rating changed 4.9 to 5.0 and review count changed 264 to 354. |
| 2026-08-25 | Pinnacle Dental | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. "Sleep Dentistry" listed as a service with dedicated page |
| 2026-08-25 | Smile Solutions | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address unchanged; Google rating changed 4.6 to 4.9 and review count changed 1163 to 954. Note: Google Maps profile lists a direct line (+61 3 9650 4920) alongside the stored national booking number 13 13 96; stored number retained as primary. |
| 2026-08-25 | Smile Solutions | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Sleep dentistry/GA administered by specialist anaesthetists, in-clinic or hospital |
| 2026-08-25 | St Kilda Dentist | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured previously-unset Google rating 4.9 (390 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | The Affordable Dentist Melbourne | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, Google rating unchanged at 4.5; review count changed 293 to 287. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Affordable Dentist Melbourne | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Only local anaesthetic mentioned (patient conscious); no sedation/GA found |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |