Lara Smile Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 65.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 13 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#165.9/100
- Best for Expats#166/100
- Best for Dental Implants#167/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#176.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#164.7/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#165.9/100
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 Site offers general anaesthesia ("totally unconscious") for significant oral surgery, plus lesser conscious sedation levels for other cases. [lara-smile-sedation]
Summary
Cosmetic and implant-focused health-tourism clinic in Muratpaşa. Publishes a full price list in GBP and EUR, offers free examination and X-rays, lists four named dentists, and states a Ministry of Health international health tourism authorization. Multilingual (EN/DE/RU).
Strengths
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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 [s-lara-site] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed 4 named; team stated as 20+ [s-lara-site] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s-lara-site] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s-lara-site] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published City stated but no street address on homepage [s-lara-site] | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published GBP and EUR price list [s-lara-prices] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Cleaning from GBP 50 / EUR 60 [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed White filling from GBP 50 / EUR 60 [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Zirconium crown from GBP 150 / EUR 180; E-Max from GBP 250 / EUR 300 [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Standard implant+abutment GBP 350 / EUR 400; Straumann GBP 900 / EUR 1050; Nobel GBP 595 / EUR 700 [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Consultation FREE [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed X-rays FREE; 3D CT scan from GBP 50 / EUR 60 [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
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 (observed via wanderlog.com mirror embedding the Google Maps place data; Google Maps' own live page is JS-rendered and inaccessible to automated fetch) [lara-smile-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [lara-smile-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s-lara-site] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Trustpilot (5 stars, 317 reviewers), Wupdoc, Bookimed [s-lara-reviews] | 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 [s-lara-site] [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D dental tomography / CT scan [s-lara-site] [s-lara-prices] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Sinus lift, sedation [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken EN/DE/RU [s-lara-site] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free consultation [s-lara-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Itemized price list [s-lara-prices] | 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 Antalya", "English speaking dentist Antalya", "dental implants Antalya", "emergency dentist Antalya", "Antalya dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Antalya [sq-best] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Antalya [sq-english] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Antalya [sq-implants] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Antalya [sq-emergency] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Antalya dental clinic for expats [sq-expats] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s-lara-site] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s-lara-site] | 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: International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate (Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health) (Referenced on site; no number published) [s-lara-site]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dt. Dilara Salman [s-lara-site] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Hakan Kanişli [s-lara-site] | — | not verified |
| Dt. Eda Uçar [s-lara-site] | — | not verified |
| Dt. Uras Matur [s-lara-site] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No verifiable address (-3 pts) — No street address published on homepage; only city given. [s-lara-site]
Red-flag penalty applied: -3 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://larasmile.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +90 532 379 97 07 |
| +90 532 379 97 07 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/Larasmiledental/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Muratpaşa/Antalya, Türkiye (street address not published on homepage) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s-lara-site | https://larasmile.com/ | Contacts, dentist names, services, imaging, English/DE/RU, Ministry of Health authorization | 2026-07-10 |
| s-lara-prices | https://larasmile.com/pricelist/ | Published price list in GBP and EUR (cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, x-ray) | 2026-07-10 |
| s-lara-reviews | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/larasmile.com | Third-party review presence (Trustpilot 317 reviewers) | 2026-07-10 |
| sq-best | search:best dentist Antalya | AI/search mention | 2026-07-10 |
| sq-english | search:English speaking dentist Antalya | AI/search mention | 2026-07-10 |
| sq-implants | search:dental implants Antalya | AI/search mention | 2026-07-10 |
| sq-emergency | search:emergency dentist Antalya | AI/search mention | 2026-07-10 |
| sq-expats | search:Antalya dental clinic for expats | AI/search mention | 2026-07-10 |
| lara-smile-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/@36.860947,30.837908,17z/data=!4m… | Google rating 4.9 (676 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| lara-smile-sedation | https://larasmile.com/sedation/ | "only patients who need significant oral surgery... will need general anesthesia" where "you're totally unconscious" | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Doktor Bilgi Bankası: clinic license already on file (health tourism certificate) and not re-checked; all 4 named doctors could not be checked — Turkey's only individual-dentist registry requires e-Devlet identity verification and has no public name-lookup. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site offers general anaesthesia ("totally unconscious") for significant oral surgery, plus lesser conscious sedation levels for other cases. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, clinic not closed; newly captured Google rating 4.9 (676 reviews, both previously unset) plus Maps place URL and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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