PhD Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 29.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1029.7/100
- Best for Expats#1028.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1026/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#831.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#1014.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1032.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#631.3/100
Summary
Multi-location dental group across greater Los Angeles (East LA, Inglewood, Lynwood, Pico Rivera, Compton, Westchester, Norwalk) offering general, pediatric, orthodontic, oral surgery and cosmetic care. Bilingual English/Spanish; accepts Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal and PPO.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 17 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist los angeles; mentioned for: english speaking dentist los angeles; mentioned for: dental implants los angeles; mentioned for: emergency dentist los angeles; mentioned for: los angeles dental clinic for expats)
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 Refers to board-certified specialists but does not name individual dentists on the homepage. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | 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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Yelp listings updated 2026. [s2] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | 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 Yelp, Instagram, Healthgrades, WebMD, Apple Maps. [s2] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology All-on-4 implants, oral surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign, braces, accelerated orthodontics. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions, bone grafting, All-on-4. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated kids offices. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency root canals, extractions, braces repair. [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 non-Thai speakers.
| ✗ | 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 Mon-Fri 9:30-6:30, Sat 9-4. [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 Los Angeles", "English speaking dentist Los Angeles", "dental implants Los Angeles", "emergency dentist Los Angeles", "Los Angeles dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Los Angeles dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s1] [s2] | 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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
The clinic does not publish the dentists working there or their professional licence numbers — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — Homepage references board-certified specialists but does not name individual dentists. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No treatment prices published on the site. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -12 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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.phddental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-323-269-5437 |
| https://www.facebook.com/PhDDentalEastLA/ | |
| Address | 3000 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023 |
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.phddental.com/ | Clinic name, multiple addresses, phones, services, hours, Spanish, insurance, photos. | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/phd-dental-los-angeles-los-angeles | Yelp listing updated 2026. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:Spanish speaking dentist Los Angeles | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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