Smile Solutions
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#656.9/100
- Best for Expats#653.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#652/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#457.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#838.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#657.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#460/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#456.9/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Sleep dentistry/GA administered by specialist anaesthetists, in-clinic or hospital [smile-solutions-sedation]
Summary
Large private dental practice in the Manchester Unity Building on Collins Street, operating since 1993 with multiple specialist disciplines under one roof including oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, implants and emergency care. Open weekdays and Saturdays. Prices are not published online; some reviews note higher costs.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
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)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 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) as of 2026-08-25 [smile-solutions-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [smile-solutions-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s1] | 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 [s1] | 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 [s1] | 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 | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [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 Melbourne", "English speaking dentist Melbourne", "dental implants Melbourne", "emergency dentist Melbourne", "Melbourne dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Melbourne | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Melbourne | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Melbourne | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Melbourne | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Melbourne dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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: 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
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Melbourne
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Melbourne
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Melbourne
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Melbourne
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Melbourne dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.smilesolutions.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 13 13 96 |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmileSolutionsMelbourne/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Level 1, 220 Collins Street, Manchester Unity Building, 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.smilesolutions.com.au/ | address, phone, services, hours | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://reviews.birdeye.com/smile-solutions-dentist-melbourne-16657… | Google rating ~4.6 and 1163 reviews | 2026-07-14 |
| smile-solutions-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Solutions/@-37.8153546,144.… | Google rating 4.9 (954 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-solutions-sedation | https://www.smilesolutions.com.au/dental-anxiety/ | "Sleep dentistry enables dentally anxious patients to undergo dental treatment while in the deepest state of relaxation" administered by specialist anaesthetists | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Sleep dentistry/GA administered by specialist anaesthetists, in-clinic or hospital |
| 2026-08-25 | 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. |
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