Botanics Dental Care
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 78.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 25 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
78.9/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1478.9/100
- Best for Expats#1674/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1578/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1373/100
- Best Price Transparency#1186.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1872.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#1375.6/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented The practice's own treatment tree names the service Conscious Sedation, and the HIS conditions of registration expressly prohibit deep sedation and general anaesthesia, permitting conscious or moderate sedation by standard intravenous technique only and never for patients under twelve. This criterion counts only general anaesthesia or deep/twilight sedation. [s4] [reg1]
Summary
Private practice on Southpark Avenue in Glasgow's West End, registered with Healthcare Improvement Scotland as an independent clinic under The Real Good Dental Company Ltd. It publishes a detailed fee guide and names its principal dentist, associate dentist and therapist with their GDC registration numbers.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website Body read on 2026-09-07: live content site, last updated 06 September 2026 by its own footer, with treatment, team and fee pages. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Principal dentist, associate dentist and dental therapist named, each with a GDC registration number. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Roles published per clinician: Principal Dentist, Associate Dentist, Dental Therapist. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos Not established, and the reason is worth recording. The owner's lead image on the place page is a stock marketing photograph — two models on a green gradient, one carrying the other piggyback — with nothing of this practice in it. That is one image, not the whole set, so the criterion is left null rather than false; the clinic's own site was not opened for this purpose in this pass. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published A full treatment tree published on the clinic's own site, from preventative and general dentistry to implants, orthodontics and conscious sedation. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Address, phone, opening hours and a contact form published on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Embedded map plus a "how to find us" page on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Standing fee guide itemised across assessments, imaging, hygiene, restorations, crowns, endodontics, extractions, implants and dentures. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Classic hygienist cleaning, 30 minutes, GBP 99; extended clean, 60 minutes, GBP 198. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Tooth-coloured fillings GBP 141 small, GBP 269 large. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Zirconia and e.max all-ceramic crowns GBP 1,049. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Single dental implants fully restored from GBP 3,055 per tooth; full-arch teeth in a day from GBP 18,000 per jaw. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed New patient oral health assessment, about 60 minutes, GBP 85; implant consultation GBP 85; free initial visit with a treatment coordinator. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Small X-ray GBP 21 each. [s2] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
17 / 20
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) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 141 five-star, 6 four-star, 2 three-star, 2 two-star and 0 one-star — sums to 151, matching the 151 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.894 reproduces the published 4.9. [g1] [gmpb] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card held 151 from 2026-09-07 and the listing has not moved since. [g1] [gmpb] | 2/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is five months old, which proves the within_year bucket and no better. Visible dates: 5, 7, 8, 8 (edited), 9 and 10 months, and two a year old (both edited). Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers 6 of 8 of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No criticism appears in the visible sample, and the listing carries no one-star rating at all: the whole negative mass is 2 two-star ratings out of 151, 1.3 %. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. 141 five-star with a genuine 6-strong four-star tail and ratings at three and two stars but none at one; the visible reviews name the same clinician in different terms, several describe difficult implant work over years, four are edited updates, and dates run across a year. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Botanics Dental Care Glasgow" and "Botanics dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [botanics-dental-care-glasgow-tripadvisor] [botanics-dental-care-glasgow-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Has a WhatClinic profile filled in by the clinic (its own description, its staff, photos, opening hours); no patient reviews there yet. [botanics-dental-care-glasgow-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) No cone-beam scan is priced or described on the practice's own implant page or fee guide; the fee guide prices small X-rays only (read 2026-09-07). [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Six Month Smiles and Invisalign clear aligners are published treatments. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions and oral surgery published; simple, surgical and atraumatic extractions priced separately, plus sinus lift and bone augmentation. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Children's teeth is a published treatment with a kids membership plan; the HIS conditions of registration state the provider will treat service users aged from birth. [s1] [s2] [reg1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency dental care is a published treatment on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp or messenger link in the pages read on 2026-09-07. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible A virtual consultation, a "send us your smile selfie" route and a free initial visit with a treatment coordinator are all published. [s1] [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment area is explained in its own section, with a separate page per procedure. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Revised from true after the full published week was read on the practice's Google record on 2026-09-08: Monday to Friday 08:30-18:00, Saturday and Sunday closed. The earlier true rested on the clinic's own line that evening and weekend appointments are available on request; an availability offered on request is not an opening published clearly, which is what the criterion asks for, and the clinic's own Google record publishes neither. Both versions are recorded. [s1] [gmpb] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist UK", "English speaking dentist UK", "dental implants UK", "emergency dentist UK", "UK dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist UK Checked in the AI-visibility pass of 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear. [av1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist UK Checked in the AI-visibility pass of 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear. [av4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants UK Checked in the AI-visibility pass of 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear. [av2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist UK Checked in the AI-visibility pass of 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear. [av3] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: UK dental clinic for expats Query not run in the AI-visibility pass: the expat query was run only for the first research city of each country. | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Two JSON-LD blocks covering Dentist, PostalAddress, GeoCoordinates and OpeningHoursSpecification, plus schema.org microdata. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Name search returns the clinic's own home page first plus three further pages of its own domain in the top eight (web search, 2026-09-07). [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Deansgate Dental Studio19.2 of 100View report →
- #2Manchester City Centre Dental & Implant Clinic26.2 of 100View report →
- #3Integrated Dentalcare0 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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: Registered independent clinic with Healthcare Improvement Scotland: service type Independent clinic, registration status Registered, 2 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8HY, service provider The Real Good Dental Company Ltd of 25 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JX. Conditions of registration allow dental treatments only, prohibit laser and intense pulsed light procedures, deep sedation and general anaesthesia, permit conscious or moderate sedation only by standard intravenous technique with a trained team and never for patients under twelve, and limit operating hours to 07:00-21:00 daily except for emergency care. (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, not the Care Quality Commission, is the institutional regulator in Scotland. Read live from the HIS register on 2026-09-07.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: UK dental clinic for expats
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.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 141 334 3408 |
| https://www.facebook.com/botanicsdentalcare/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 2 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8HY, United Kingdom |
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.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/ | Address, phone, opening hours, full treatment tree, embedded map, own social profiles, structured data | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/dental-fees.html | Published fee guide including assessments, X-rays, hygiene, fillings, crowns, endodontics, extractions, implants and dentures | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/dental-team.html | Named principal dentist, associate dentist and therapist with GDC registration numbers | 2026-09-07 |
| g1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Botanics+Dental+Care/@55.8761105,… | Google place record: rating, review count, coordinates, address, phone, website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/services/botanics-de… | Healthcare Improvement Scotland register entry: service type, registration status, address, provider, conditions of registration | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://olr.gdc-uk.org/SearchRegister/SearchResult?RegistrationNumb… | GDC register entries for the named dentists; the recorded registration numbers were opened individually through this per-registrant deep link on 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Botanics Dental Care" Glasgow West End | Name search: own domain first plus three further own pages; own Facebook and Instagram accounts | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Glasgow | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:dental implants Glasgow | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:emergency dentist Glasgow | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:English speaking dentist Glasgow | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://www.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/sedation-dentistry-glasgow.html | The practice's own sedation page, headed conscious sedation | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@55.8761105,-4.2850274,17z/data… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@55.8761105,-4.2850274,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x488845cd051b8c6f:0x643c88f462222969!8m2!3d55.8761105!4d-4.2850274?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the full published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Botanics Dental Care», category Dentist, at 2 Southpark Ave, Glasgow G12 8HY · +44 141 334 3408 · botanicsdentalcare.co.uk — the card’s own name, street, telephone and website, so the place identifier resolves to this practice. | 2026-09-08 |
| botanics-dental-care-glasgow-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/uk/lanarkshire/glasgow/kelvinbr… | WhatClinic profile "Botanics Dental Care", 2 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8HY, read 2026-10-02: filled in by the clinic — a description written in the first person ("We are a fully private practice."), its staff named (Dr Colin Gardner), 30 photos of the clinic, its opening hours; no patient reviews yet | 2026-10-05 |
| botanics-dental-care-glasgow-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Botanics Dental Care Glasgow" (8 attractions, 3 hotels, 1 restaurant), none of them a dental practice in or near Glasgow; 12 suggestions for "Botanics dental" (7 attractions, 1 hotel, 4 restaurants), none of them a dental practice in or near Glasgow; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| botanics-dental-care-glasgow-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (141/6/2/2/0 = 151, weighted mean 4.894), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (141/6/2/2/0 = 151, weighted mean 4.894), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (141/6/2/2/0 = 151, weighted mean 4.894), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification (no browser): all three published GDC numbers now opened individually and confirmed Registered; the HIS entry and its conditions re-read; the practice's own 49-page sitemap read, which confirms the three-clinician roster and settles cone-beam imaging as a published negative; sedation corrected to a published negative on the practice's own page title and the HIS prohibition; the social evidence taken from the practice's own site. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (research, no browser): home, fee-guide and team pages read; two of three published GDC registration numbers opened individually; institutional licence taken from the Healthcare Improvement Scotland register, whose conditions settle the sedation question in detail; Google place record read automatically. |
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