Coral Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#467.8/100
- Best for Expats#466.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#464/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#473/100
- Best Price Transparency#446.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#470.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#274.7/100
- 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/GA info found on site (coraldentalcenter.com) or web search
Summary
Multi-specialty dental clinic in downtown Playa del Carmen with an English version of its website, named dentists across specialties, and an in-house radiology cabinet. Markets to international patients. Prices are not published online.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 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)
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.
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 [coral-dental-center-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [coral-dental-center-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [coral-dental-center-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 8 of the 10 reviews read carry an owner reply, 7 of them to reviews from the last 12 months; the latest reply is dated 2026-09-15 (to a review of 2026-09-15). [coral-dental-center-deepen] [coral-dental-center-gbp-2026-09-26] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints The five lowest-rated Google reviews raise different issues (a consultation refused, a cleaning and whitening visit, a filling repair and a root canal renewal); 1–2★ are 9.5 % of 169 (1★ 14 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 148). [coral-dental-center-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 10 Google reviews read (dated 2016-09-20 to 2026-09-15, from accounts with 5–206 reviews) show no burst of five-star reviews and no repeated opening wording; star histogram 1★ 14 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 148. [coral-dental-center-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | TripAdvisor presence [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on WhatClinic (8 reviews, rating 4.9/5). [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Playa del Carmen", "English speaking dentist Playa del Carmen", "dental implants Playa del Carmen", "emergency dentist Playa del Carmen", "Playa del Carmen dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Playa del Carmen | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Playa del Carmen | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Playa del Carmen | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Playa del Carmen | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Playa del Carmen dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares the type Organization (alongside WebPage, ImageObject). [coral-dental-center-r6s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Marco Laguna Contreras [s1] | Endodontics, Implants | not verified |
| Dr. Alejandro Contreras [s1] | Orthodontics, Maxillary Orthopedics | not verified |
| Dra. Mayra Salmerón [s1] | Aesthetic Dentistry | not verified |
| Dra. Diana Chacón [s1] | Oral Rehabilitation | not verified |
| Dr. José Luzardo Small [s1] | Oral Surgery | 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
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Playa del Carmen
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Playa del Carmen
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Playa del Carmen
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Playa del Carmen
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Playa del Carmen dental clinic for expats
- 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.coraldentalcenter.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 984 803 1622 |
| +52 984 141 3085 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/coraldentalcenter.oficial/ | |
| Address | Avenida Constituyentes, entre Av. 20 y 20 Bis, Plaza Las Perlas local 4, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo |
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.coraldentalcenter.com/ | Address, phone, WhatsApp, dentist names, services, English site, Facebook | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/mexico/playa-del-carmen/coral-d… | WhatClinic: profile of Coral Dental Center, Avenida Constituyentes #180 Plaza Las Perlas, Playa del Carmen; 8 reviews, rating 4.9/5 (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| coral-dental-center-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Coral+Dental+Center+S.C./@20.6316… | most recent review 3 months ago (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| coral-dental-center-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12230063711227502150&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.6 from 169 reviews; star histogram 1★ 14 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 148; newest review dated 2026-09-15; 5 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-15. | 2026-09-26 |
| coral-dental-center-r6s3 | https://www.coraldentalcenter.com/ | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, Organization, WPHeader, CreativeWork, WPFooter | 2026-10-02 |
| coral-dental-center-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12230063711227502150&hl=en | Google listing "Coral Dental Center S.C." (Dentist, Cosmetic dentist, Dental clinic), read 2026-10-05 in two review orders (the five lowest-rated and the five newest): rated 4.6 from 169 reviews (1★ 14 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 148); 10 distinct reviews read, dated 2016-09-20 to 2026-09-15, 8 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no repeated complaint; no sign of manipulated reviews. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-09-15). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Mexico's two mapped registries (RNP for dentists, CLUES for clinics): both confirmed nationally inaccessible today before any name search could be submitted, and the clinic's own site (coraldentalcenter.com) publishes no cédula numbers for its 5 named dentists, so clinicLicense and all 5 doctor(s) are left null, not false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, not permanently closed; Google rating rose 4.5->4.6 (116->168 reviews); captured geo coordinates. |
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