Itaewon Global Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 42.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1142.1/100
- Best for Expats#1141.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#941.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#947.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#1125.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1143.7/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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 Website unreachable (self-signed SSL certificate error); could not research sedation offerings.
Summary
Multilingual (English, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese) dental clinic in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, serving the expat community. Offers guided implant surgery, full-mouth reconstruction, veneers, root canal treatment, whitening, cleaning, wisdom tooth extraction and emergency care, with digital panoramic/CT imaging and nitrous-oxide sedation.
Individual dentist names were not listed on the reviewed directory page.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist seoul; mentioned for: dental implants seoul; mentioned for: emergency dentist seoul)
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 Doctors' backgrounds (Yonsei, Columbia, NYU) mentioned but names not listed on reviewed page. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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) as of 2026-08-26 [itaewon-global-dental-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [itaewon-global-dental-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [itaewon-global-dental-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Instagram (@itw_globaldental); listed in 10 Magazine directory. [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 Digital Panorex/CT imaging. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Digital CT imaging listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Guided implant surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Full mouth reconstruction, wisdom tooth extraction. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Serves the Itaewon/Yongsan expat community in multiple languages. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 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 10:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-14:00; closed Sundays. [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 Seoul", "English speaking dentist Seoul", "dental implants Seoul", "emergency dentist Seoul", "Seoul dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Seoul [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Seoul Cited in English-speaking dentist results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Seoul [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Seoul [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Seoul dental clinic for expats Positioned for the Itaewon expat community. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality Mainly surfaced via third-party directories. [sq] | 1/2 |
| ? | 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. 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: 글로벌치과의원 — HIRA-registered 치과의원 (건강보험심사평가원 세부조건별 의료기관 찾기), 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 142-1, 3층 (이태원동) (HIRA 세부조건별 의료기관 찾기 (지역=서울/용산구, 종별=치과의원): searched name variant '글로벌' (Global transliteration); returned '글로벌치과의원', address (142-1 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, 3F) matches clinics.json exactly, confirming the clinic is HIRA-registered even though its own website (globaldental-en.co.kr) is unreachable due to a self-signed SSL certificate. No individual doctors were listed on the clinic's reviewed page, so none were searched. 2026-08-26.) [itaewon-global-dental-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — Individual dentists not named on the reviewed page. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No treatment prices published; clinic states it is transparent about costs on consultation but none are listed online. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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
| Website | http://globaldental-en.co.kr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-10-2714-2879 |
| https://www.facebook.com/itwglobaldental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 3F, 142-1 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://10mag.com/directory/health-beauty/dentists/seoul/global-den… | Clinic name, address, phone, email, website, services, imaging, hours, English support, social media | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/itwglobaldental | Facebook presence | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:English speaking dentist Seoul / Seoul dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| itaewon-global-dental-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Global+Dental+Clinic/@37.5339219,… | Google rating 4.5 (27 reviews) as of 2026-08-26. Maps lists 'Global Dental Clinic' (글로벌 치과) at Itaewon-ro 142-1, 3rd floor, Yongsan District — matches worklist address. | 2026-08-26 |
| itaewon-global-dental-lic | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/dtlCndHospSrch/dtlCndHospSrch.do?pgmid=HI… | searched: 글로벌, 지역=서울/용산구, 종별=치과의원 — returned '글로벌치과의원', 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 142-1, 3층 (이태원동) | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against HIRA (건강보험심사평가원): clinic confirmed as registered 글로벌치과의원 at the address on file, despite its own website being unreachable (self-signed SSL). No individual dentists are named in clinics.json for this clinic, so no doctor lookups were performed. |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: website http://globaldental-en.co.kr/ loads (a mirrored fetch confirmed a live 'World-Class Dental Care' homepage) but presents a self-signed certificate to the direct fetch tool and its pages carry almost no extractable text/contact data, so contacts could not be independently confirmed from the site itself. Confirmed via Google Maps instead — 'Global Dental Clinic' (글로벌 치과) at Itaewon-ro 142-1, 3rd floor matches worklist address exactly, clinic open, rating 4.5 (27 reviews, most recent review ~8 months old). Name and address unchanged; operating status resolved from previously 'unclear' to 'open'. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website http://globaldental-en.co.kr/ (and https://www.globaldental-en.co.kr/) is unreachable — the server presents a self-signed SSL certificate, which the fetch tool refuses. Could not verify content, name, address, phone, or operating status, and could not search for closure evidence (WebSearch budget exhausted; Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo/Yandex/Mojeek/Brave all blocked or rate-limited to the fetch tool). Operating status unclear. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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