S-Plant Dental Hospital
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 50/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1250/100
- Best for Expats#1248/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1244/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1135/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1152.3/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#350/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Site documents general anesthesia / monitored sedation with sleep-like, no-memory state. [s1]
Summary
Dental hospital in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, founded in 2008 and focused on implants and cosmetic dentistry, with services also including orthodontics, prosthetics, periodontal treatment and sedation dentistry. Staffed by four dentists holding doctoral degrees; offers a foreigner phone line and English, Chinese and Russian site versions.
A dedicated foreigner phone line (+82-2-512-0715) is also advertised.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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: 4.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Seoul; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Seoul; mentioned for: emergency dentist Seoul; mentioned for: Seoul dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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 Four dentists listed. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | 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 English site at splant.kr; also Chinese and Russian. [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.
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 [s-plant-dental-hospital-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s-plant-dental-hospital-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [s-plant-dental-hospital-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Only 8 reviews dated within the last 24 months were read, none with an owner reply; fewer than ten, so whether the owner answers reviews stays open. [s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints 1–2★ ratings are 3 of 23 (13.0 %); the four lowest-rated Google reviews read concern a cursory check-up (2017), a switched orthodontist and repeated charges (2022), a 1★ without text and a pricey implant offer (3★, 2026), so no theme is shared by three. [s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No burst and no templated texts: the 12 reviews read (dated 2017-12-24 to 2026-09-15) fall on 12 different days, at most 1 five-star review falls within any 3 days, and no two open with the same wording. [s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence Its official Facebook page, linked from the clinic's website, has posted nothing since 31 January 2024; the clinic's live channel is its website. [s-plant-dental-hospital-presence] | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on medical-tourism directories (ClinicsOnCall, PlacidWay, VisitSeoul Medical). [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 Guided implants, bone grafting, immediate loading. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Implant surgery, bone grafting, sedation dentistry. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Dedicated foreigner phone line and multilingual site. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
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 [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Seoul Appears in Korean implant search results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Seoul [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Seoul dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or microdata of a business type in the HTML of the homepage; no structured data at all. [s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] [sq] | 1.5/1.5 |
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: S-Plant Dental Hospital — HIRA-registered dental hospital (Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service detailed-condition institution finder), Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Dosan-daero 410, floors 5,7,8 (Cheongdam-dong) (HIRA detailed-criteria institution search (region = Seoul, type = dental hospital): searched name variant 'Eseupeullanteu' (S-Plant transliteration, typed in Hangul); returned 'Eseupeullanteu Chigwa-byeongwon', address (410 Dosan-daero, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu) matches clinics.json exactly. 2026-08-26.) [s-plant-dental-hospital-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Jeong-Taek [s1] | DDS, doctorate in dentistry (implants/cosmetic) | not verified |
| Roh Hyun-Ki [s1] | DDS, doctorate in dentistry | not verified |
| Sohn Byoung-Sup [s1] | DDS, doctorate in dentistry | not verified |
| Baik Sang-Hyun [s1] | DDS, doctorate in dentistry | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://splant.co.kr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-2-512-0700 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 2-6 Cheongdam-dong (410 Dosan-daero), Gangnam-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://splant.co.kr/ | Clinic name (KR/EN), address, phone, dentists, services, hours, registration number, multilingual site | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://clinicsoncall.com/en/clinic/s-plant-dental-hospital/ | Presence on international medical-tourism directories | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:임플란트 서울 강남 치과 | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| s-plant-dental-hospital-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%94%8C%EB%9E… | Google rating 4.2 (22 reviews) as of 2026-08-26. Maps lists 'S-Plant Dental Hospital' at 410 Dosan-daero, Cheongdam-dong, phone +82 2-512-0700, matching record on file address and phone exactly. | 2026-08-26 |
| s-plant-dental-hospital-lic | https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/dtlCndHospSrch/dtlCndHospSrch.do?pgmid=HI… | searched: S-Plant, region=Seoul, category=dental hospital — returned 'S-Plant Dental Hospital', Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Dosan-daero 410, 5,7,8F (Cheongdam-dong) | 2026-08-26 |
| s-plant-dental-hospital-presence | https://www.facebook.com/ilovesplant | Facebook page "S-Plant Dental Hospital" (the hospital's official page, linked from splant.co.kr), read 2026-10-02: 1,837 followers, newest post 31 January 2024, no review count shown | 2026-10-02 |
| s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen | https://splant.co.kr/ | HTML of the homepage read on 2026-10-02: no JSON-LD or microdata declaring Dentist, MedicalBusiness, LocalBusiness, Organization or MedicalClinic; no structured data at all. | 2026-10-02 |
| s-plant-dental-hospital-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=3713610536274543182&hl=en | Google listing the clinic's own (Dentist; 410 Dosan-daero, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea), read 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 4.2 from 23 reviews (1★ 3 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 15); 12 distinct reviews read, dated 2017-12-24 to 2026-09-15, 0 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (12 distinct reviews, dated 2017-12-24 to 2026-09-15; 4.2 from 23): suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's website HTML on 2026-10-02: structured data: absent. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence re-checked: Facebook presence — no. |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against HIRA (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service): hospital confirmed as registered Eseupeullanteu Chigwa-byeongwon at the address on file. No public name-searchable dentist licence register exists in South Korea (lic.mohw.go.kr is document/barcode verification only) — all four named doctors left null with that note. |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed website live at splant.co.kr, address/phone unchanged, clinic open. Newly captured Google Maps rating 4.2 (22 reviews, most recent review ~2 weeks old) with pin coordinates via live Maps visit. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site documents general anesthesia / monitored sedation with sleep-like, no-memory state. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status): no changes. Google reputation not captured — no search route to Google, Maps, Bing, DuckDuckGo or Yandex was available on the date of reading. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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