Clifton Dental & Implant Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 82.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 25 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
82.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1282.2/100
- Best for Expats#1277/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1182.3/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#978.2/100
- Best Price Transparency#1683.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1475.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#980.6/100
- 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 Dental sedation is priced from GBP 289, a named dentist holds a Diploma in Conscious Sedation, and the HIS conditions of registration permit intravenous and oral midazolam by standard technique — all conscious sedation. No general anaesthesia or deep/twilight sedation is documented, and this criterion counts only the latter. [s2] [s3] [reg1]
Summary
Private dental and implant referral clinic beside Kelvingrove Park near Glasgow city centre, registered with Healthcare Improvement Scotland as an independent clinic under Portman Healthcare Limited. It supports referring dentists with complex implant work, publishes a full fee list and names its clinicians with GDC registration numbers.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 13 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 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 with treatment, team, fee and referral pages. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Eight dentists plus hygienists, nurses and the practice manager are named, each with a GDC registration number. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Published qualifications include diplomas in conscious sedation, restorative dentistry and implant dentistry, and a master's in implantology. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The lead owner photograph is the practice's own entrance — the white townhouse door at 4 Clifton Street behind its railings. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Address, phone and daily opening hours published on the clinic's own home page. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published The address is published with a location marker on the home page, but no map or directions element appears anywhere in the 30 pages of the site read on 2026-09-07. [s1] | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
13 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Standing fee page grouped by exams, X-rays, hygiene, extractions, replacing teeth, implants, endodontics, cosmetic work and sedation. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Hygiene appointment from GBP 75 for twenty minutes and GBP 99 for thirty. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed The published fee page has no filling or restoration line; it covers exams, imaging, hygiene, extractions, crowns, bridges, dentures, implants, endodontics, cosmetic work and sedation. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crown from GBP 1,150. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant placement from GBP 1,598 and implant-retained crown from GBP 2,571. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Adult new patient exam GBP 50; adult check-up from GBP 109; emergency exam GBP 50. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Simple X-rays from GBP 27; large extra-oral X-rays from GBP 155; CT scan from GBP 135. [s2] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19 / 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 — 180 five-star, 19 four-star, 2 three-star, 1 two-star and 3 one-star — sums to 205, matching the 205 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.815 reproduces the published 4.8. [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 205 from 2026-09-07 and the listing has not moved since. [g1] [gmpb] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is two months old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 2, 2, 3 and 10 months, then 1, 1, 1 and 4 years. 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] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers 8 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; the one- and two-star mass is 4 of 205 ratings, 2.0 %. 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. 180 five-star with a substantial genuine 19-strong four-star tail and ratings at every level below; the visible reviews name the practice manager and two clinicians, describe implant courses and scans at different lengths, and run across four years. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic links facebook.com/cliftonclinic in its own site footer and lists it under sameAs in its structured data. (Corrects the research pass, which recorded no Facebook page.) [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Clifton Dental & Implant Clinic Glasgow" and "Clifton dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-tripadvisor] [clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Has a WhatClinic profile filled in by the clinic (its own description, its staff, photos, prices, opening hours); no patient reviews there yet. [clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 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) CT scan priced from GBP 135 and the clinic runs a dedicated CBCT referral form for other dentists. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Implant referral clinic supporting more than a hundred referring dentists; the HIS conditions of registration name dental implants explicitly. [s1] [s2] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics is a published treatment on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery is a published treatment; surgical and wisdom-tooth extractions are priced separately. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Children's dentistry is a published treatment with separate child check-up fees. [s1] [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency appointments are advertised at GBP 50 and priced on the fee page. [s1] [s2] | 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 Online booking and an appointment request form on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Separate pages per treatment plus care and advice sections on dental phobia and common conditions. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Published hours are Monday to Friday 08:45-17:30 with no evening or weekend opening; the clinic advertises lunchtime appointments. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
6 / 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 The clinic's own domain appears in the results for the canonical query in the AI-visibility pass of 2026-09-07. [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | 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 JSON-LD covering Dentist, Place, GeoCoordinates, Person, PostalAddress and ContactPoint. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Name search returns the clinic's own home page first plus its contact, fee and booking pages 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, 4 Clifton Street, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3 7LA, service provider Portman Healthcare Ltd. Conditions of registration cover all aspects of general and cosmetic dentistry including dental implants and endodontics, permit treatment under intravenous and oral sedation with midazolam using standard techniques and a trained sedation team, 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Schmulian [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS, DGDP (UK), MGDS, FFGDP (UK), Dip Con Sed, Dip Imp Dent RCS, FDS; over twenty years in implant dentistry and an early adopter of CBCT imaging in Scotland | GDC 68815 |
| Catriona Easton [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS Glasgow 2007, MFDS RCPS Glasgow | GDC 114105 |
| Ian Cumming [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS (Hons), DipRestDent, DipConSed, PgCert (Ortho), Dip MJDF | GDC 191060 |
| Dr Jack Mollison [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS University of Dundee 2018, postgraduate training in aesthetic and restorative dentistry | GDC 277535 |
| Dr Mohammed Amir Sharif [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS Glasgow 2014, MSc Implantology, MFDS RCPSG | GDC 251458 |
| Lyall Dominick [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS Glasgow 2013, MFDS RCPSG, MSc Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham | GDC 243639 |
| Dr Paulina Szumko [s3] [reg2] | Dentist; BDS University of Glasgow 2020 | GDC 290268 |
| Fiona Elizabeth Hall [s3] [reg2] | Dentist, endodontics; BDS (Hons) University of Glasgow 2016, MFDS RCPS Glasgow, PgDip Endodontics | GDC 264231 |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- 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.cliftondentalclinic.co.uk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 141 353 3020 |
| https://www.facebook.com/cliftonclinic/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 4 Clifton Street, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3 7LA, 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.cliftondentalclinic.co.uk/ | Address, phone, opening hours, treatment list, referral model, structured data | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.cliftondentalclinic.co.uk/plans-fees/dental-fees | Published fee list including exams, X-rays, CT, hygiene, extractions, crowns, implants, endodontics and sedation | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.cliftondentalclinic.co.uk/the-practice-and-team/meet-th… | Named clinicians with GDC registration numbers and qualifications | 2026-09-07 |
| g1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clifton+Dental+%26+Implant+Clinic… | Google place record: rating, review count, coordinates, address, phone, website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/services/clifton-den… | 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; every registration number was opened individually through this per-registrant deep link on 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Clifton Dental" Implant Clinic Glasgow | Name search: own domain first plus its contact, fee and booking pages | 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 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@55.8662895,-4.2786097,17z/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/@55.8662895,-4.2786097,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4888442b768c9887:0x385f61b2587b3396!8m2!3d55.8662895!4d-4.2786097?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 «Clifton Dental & Implant Clinic», category Dentist, at 4 Clifton St, Glasgow G3 7LA · +44 141 353 3020 · cliftondentalclinic.co.uk — the card’s own name, street, telephone and website, so the place identifier resolves to this practice. | 2026-09-08 |
| clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/uk/lanarkshire/glasgow/clifton-… | WhatClinic profile "Clifton Dental Clinic", 4 Clifton Street, Glasgow G3 7LA, read 2026-10-02: filled in by the clinic — a description written in the first person ("We focus on making you smile, Located in the Charing Cross area of Glasgow…"), its staff named (Dr Allan Pirie, Dr Jessica Taylor, Dr Eloy Alberto Lopez), 1 photo of the clinic, treatment prices, its opening hours; no patient reviews yet | 2026-10-05 |
| clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Clifton Dental & Implant Clinic Glasgow" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Glasgow; 12 suggestions for "Clifton dental" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Glasgow; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| clifton-dental-implant-clinic-glasgow-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.cliftondentalclinic.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 (180/19/2/1/3 = 205, weighted mean 4.815), 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 (180/19/2/1/3 = 205, weighted mean 4.815), 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 (180/19/2/1/3 = 205, weighted mean 4.815), 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): seven GDC numbers re-opened and confirmed and an eighth dentist added (Fiona Elizabeth Hall 264231); the HIS entry and its conditions re-read; the fee page re-read and the absence of a restoration line confirmed; a Facebook page and an Instagram account found in the clinic's own footer and structured data, correcting two criteria the research pass had left unresolved; the address-and-map question settled as a checked negative after 30 pages; sedation corrected to a published negative. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (research, no browser): home, fee and team pages read; seven GDC registration numbers verified one by one; institutional licence taken from the Healthcare Improvement Scotland register, whose conditions settle the sedation question directly; Google place record read automatically. Two clinicians are also listed by other Glasgow practices, which is recorded rather than resolved. |
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