Dr. Pedro Durán Smile Designer
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 9.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 14 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#139.2/100
- Best for Expats#135/100
- Best for Dental Implants#116.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#122.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
Cosmetic-focused dental practice in Plaza Town Square (Col. San Ramón), run by Odont. Pedro Durán Sosa, a UADY graduate with a specialty in restorative and aesthetic dentistry. Services include smile design, veneers, crowns, whitening, invisible orthodontics/aligners, endodontics and implants.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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 | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clear contact details | 0/2 |
| ? | English website version | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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 | 0/3 |
| ? | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | 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 Merida", "English speaking dentist Merida", "dental implants Merida", "emergency dentist Merida", "Merida dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Merida | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Merida | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Merida | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Merida | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Merida dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Odont. Pedro Durán Sosa [s1] | Restorative and aesthetic dentistry (UADY) | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — 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).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Has a working website
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Clear contact details
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Merida
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Merida
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Merida
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Merida
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Merida dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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
| https://www.facebook.com/Dr.pedroduran/ | |
| Address | Calle 23 No. 320, Plaza Town Square, Local No. 28, Col. San Ramón, 97138 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
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.topdoctors.mx/clinica-dental/dr-pedro-duran-smile-desig… | Address, doctor background, services, hours | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.topdoctors.mx/doctor/pedro-duran-sosa/ | Doctor education and specialization | 2026-07-14 |
Change History
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