Melbourne Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #16 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1653.3/100
- Best for Expats#1651/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1650/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1656.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#1636.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1654.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#1458.2/100
- 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 No sedation/anaesthesia info found on clinic website
Summary
General dental practice on Collins Street offering prevention-focused care for all ages including implants, adult and child orthodontics, extractions, root canal treatment and dentures. Online booking available. Prices are not published on the website; the practice principal, Dr Maria Petricevic, is named on the team page.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Melbourne; mentioned for: dental implants Melbourne; mentioned for: emergency dentist Melbourne; mentioned for: Melbourne 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 Dr Maria Petricevic, BDSc (Melb), is named as the practice principal on the clinic's Team page [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-14] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Real clinic photos Site images are stock photos and a city-skyline banner; the Google listing's photos are the same stock images plus a logo. No photo of the premises or team. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-15] [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-16] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [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.
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) as of 2026-08-25 [melbourne-dentistry-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [melbourne-dentistry-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency as of 2026-09-25 [melbourne-dentistry-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 9 reviews were read and none has an owner reply, but fewer than 10 reviews from the last 24 months could be read, too few to record that the owner does not reply. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-17] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No 1-2 star reviews at all (0 of 34) [melbourne-dentistry-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 9 Google reviews could be read for this listing (34 on the listing), fewer than the 10 needed to assess review patterns. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-17] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Clinic website links to its Facebook page [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no link on site or in GBP [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-2] [s1] [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed with its own profile on WhatClinic, a dental review platform [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-4] | 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 Bite-wing radiographic examinations documented across several service pages [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-5] [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency dentistry documented, including a dedicated contact-page title and urgent-care provisions [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-7] [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-8] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment booking through a booking widget on the clinic's website [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Weekday hours only, Monday-Friday 7:00 am-5:30 pm, on both the website and the Google listing [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-7] [melbourne-dentistry-deepen] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Melbourne", "English speaking dentist Melbourne", "dental implants Melbourne", "emergency dentist Melbourne", "Melbourne dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Melbourne Not present in the top web results for "best dentist Melbourne, Australia" on 2026-09-25. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-10] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Melbourne | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Melbourne Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Melbourne, Australia" on 2026-09-25. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Melbourne Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Melbourne, Australia" on 2026-09-25. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-12] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Melbourne dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Melbourne, Australia dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [melbourne-dentistry-deepen-13] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No business-entity schema on any page of the site; only page-level types [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Gorgeous Smiles Dentistry25.1 of 100View report →
- #2Melbourne Dentist (Dr David Treherne)4 of 100View report →
- #3Dental on Flinders3.9 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 October 2026 – 9 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Melbourne
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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.melbournedentistry.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 03 9650 0033 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Level 2, Kurrajong House, 175 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 |
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.melbournedentistry.com/ | Site links to http://www.facebook.com/melbournedentistry; Site's social links (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) contain no tripadvisor.com URL; JSON-LD types across all 83 pages of the site's sitemap: WebPage, CollectionPage, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint, ReadAction, ImageObject, Person, ProfilePage; no Dentist/MedicalBusiness/LocalBusiness/Organization type and no microdata | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Melbourne+Dentistry/@-37.815282,1… | Google rating 5.0 (33 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13955415344303157946&hl=en | Newest review sorted by date: 2026-09-02; Histogram 1-5 star: 0, 0, 0, 0, 34; Google Business Profile hours on 2026-09-25: Monday-Friday 7 AM-5:30 PM; Saturday and Sunday closed | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Melbourn… | TypeAheadJson returned 12 results, all unrelated attractions/restaurants/hotels; none is the clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-3 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Melbourn… | TypeAheadJson for 'Melbourne Dentistry' on 2026-09-25: 12 results (places, attractions, hotels); none is a dental clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-4 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/australia/victoria/melbourne/me… | WhatClinic profile 'Melbourne Dentistry', Level 2, 175 Collins Street, Melbourne; also listed in the WhatClinic Melbourne dentist catalogue (read 2026-09-25) | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-5 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/preventive-dentistry/root-canal-… | 'A problem may be identified on a routine dental radiograph before symptoms have developed' | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-6 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/aesthetic-dentistry/teeth-whiten… | 'Having a comprehensive dental examination (to bite-wing radiographic standard)...' | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-7 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/contact/ | Page title/heading: 'EMERGENCY DENTIST MELBOURNE | Melbourne Dentistry'; Contact page hours: Mon - Fri 7.00am - 5.30pm; no weekend hours | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-8 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/covid-19/ | 'We are continuing to provide urgent dental care during the COVID-19 level 4 restrictions' | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-9 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/book-online/ | 'Book Online' page loads the HealthEngine appointment-booking plugin; the homepage 'Make An Appointment' button links to this page | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-10 | search:best dentist Melbourne, Australia | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1-9 were yelp.com (x2), en.wikipedia.org (x4), mcdental.com.au, gorgeoussmiles.com.au, artdedente.com.au; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-11 | search:dental implants Melbourne, Australia | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1-9 were smilesolutions.com.au, myimplantdentist.com.au (x2), bondstreetdental.com.au, siadental.com.au, themelbournesmilecentre.com.au, foxdentalimplants.com.au, drhelen.com.au, en.wikipedia.org; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-12 | search:emergency dentist Melbourne, Australia | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1-9 were en.wikipedia.org (x2), rdhm.org.au, mcdental.com.au, ohv.org.au, emergencydentistmelbourne.com.au, dpvhealth.org.au, dentistsclinic.com.au, dentalsos.com.au; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-13 | search:Melbourne, Australia dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1-9 were expat.com, dental.mthc.com.au, rdhm.org.au, en.wikipedia.org (x2), healthengine.com.au, mcdental.com.au, dentistsclinic.com.au, dentistmelbourneclinic.com.au; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-14 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/about-melbourne-dentistry/team/ | Team page: 'Dr. Maria Petricevic, BDSc (Melb) is a general dentist and the practice principal of our team at Melbourne Dentistry' | 2026-09-25 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-15 | https://www.melbournedentistry.com/about-melbourne-dentistry/practice/ | Practice page's only image is a Melbourne skyline banner; the homepage slides and other pages carry stock smile photos. | 2026-09-29 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-16 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13955415344303157946&hl=en | Google listing photos read 2026-09-29: three stock lifestyle images and the clinic logo, uploaded by the owner in 2015. | 2026-09-29 |
| melbourne-dentistry-deepen-17 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13955415344303157946&hl=en | Google listing "Melbourne Dentistry" (Dentist, Cosmetic dentist, Dental clinic), read 2026-10-05 in three review orders (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and the five most relevant): rated 5 from 34 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 34); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2025-12-04 to 2026-09-02, 0 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Re-read the clinic's own website and public listings on 2026-09-29. Not found on the checked pages: realClinicPhotos. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Team page. Corrected: the clinic names its dentist, Dr Maria Petricevic (BDSc, Melbourne), as practice principal on its website. |
| 2026-09-25 | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for four of the five standard Melbourne, Australia queries: not present for "best dentist Melbourne, Australia", "dental implants Melbourne, Australia", "emergency dentist Melbourne, Australia" and "Melbourne, Australia dental clinic for expats"; the "English speaking dentist Melbourne, Australia" result was an unconfirmed directory listing and is not scored here. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing, its TripAdvisor presence, its WhatClinic profile, its contact and online booking pages, and the structured data on every page of its sitemap. Recorded: newest reviews within the last 3 months; no recurring complaint pattern (zero 1-2 star reviews); Facebook link present; a WhatClinic profile; no TripAdvisor listing; bite-wing X-rays and emergency care documented; online appointment booking; weekday-only hours closing at 5:30 pm; no business schema markup found anywhere on the site. Still unverified: real clinic photos, whether the clinic responds to reviews and manipulation signals (review sample too small and uniform to judge), on-site CBCT and work with international patients. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured previously-unset Google rating 5.0 (33 reviews). |
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