Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 66.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
66.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#866.7/100
- Best for Expats#867.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#960.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#951.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#773.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#371.5/100
- 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) — Not verified No anaesthesia/sedation info found on clinic website.
Summary
Cosmetic and restorative clinic owned by Dr. Melisa Meneses, offering veneers, lumineers, implants, All-on-4/full-arch, dentures, crowns, root canals and whitening. Bilingual website references 3D imaging and digital scanners; a regular implant price is stated on its deals page, other prices are not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16.5 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 2 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta; mentioned for: emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta; mentioned for: Puerto Vallarta 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
20 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
Price Transparency
2 / 15
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 Dedicated cleaning page read; no price published [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price on any page of the site [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Dedicated crowns page read; no price published [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Regular implant price stated as US$999 (a promotion offers US$750 until 30 September 2026) [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No consultation fee or free-consultation statement found [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No imaging price found on any page read [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
16.5 / 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) as of 2026-08-25 [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to nearly every recent review [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-18] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Two independent reviews describe crown-fit and margin problems [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Accounts have real history, dates spread over years, rating not uniform [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-19] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page with matching street, phone and website [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-21] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Not found on TripAdvisor; no TripAdvisor link on the clinic's own site [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-5] [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-6] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Dental Departures (13 reviews, rating 5.0/5). [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
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 Homepage lists orthodontics among the clinic's treatments [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Listed as a category (Pediatric dentist) on the clinic's Google Business Profile [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-15] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care The full 24-page site map has no emergency item [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-16] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours published [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-17] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Puerto Vallarta Clinic’s own site ranks 5th in the top web results for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta" on 2026-09-25. [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-7] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta" on 2026-09-25. [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Puerto Vallarta Clinic’s own site ranks 7th in the top web results for "dental implants Puerto Vallarta" on 2026-09-25. [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-9] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta" on 2026-09-25. [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-10] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or qualifying microdata found on any page read [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-20] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Melisa Meneses [s1] [dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-doclic] | Cosmetic and restorative 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
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://dentalestetic.dentist/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 322 403 8986 |
| +52 322 181 5681 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Benemerito de las Americas 168-B, Col. Valentin Gomez Farias, 48310 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | All 32 site pages read 2026-09-25: a consultation is included in promotional packages but no consultation fee or free-consultation statement is published | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/DentalEstetic+Puerto+Vallarta/@20… | most recent visible review ~2 weeks before check (marked new) | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-doclic | https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanza… | Searched SEP RNP for 'Melisa Meneses' on 2026-08-25; cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx refused the connection (ECONNREFUSED) — registry unreachable, could not verify or falsify the cédula. | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ultrasonic-cleaning | All 32 site pages read 2026-09-25 (sitemap and menu): prices appear only on the summer deals page (veneers, implant, All-on-6); no cleaning price | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-2 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/crowns | All 32 site pages read 2026-09-25: no crown price; prices appear only on the summer deals page (veneers, implant, All-on-6) | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-3 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/pv-summer-dental-deals | Summer deals page, read 2026-09-25: "Dental Implant Special Regular Price: US$999 NOW ONLY US $750 Cash Payment Only" | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11090103092532865136&hl=en | Google listing, sort=lowest, read 2026-09-25: "Got a crown replaced here, two days later it chipped and fell apart" (2020-02-23) and "28 crowns replaced 6 root canals 80% of margins of the crowns have overhangs 70% of the crowns have excess cement causing the gingiva to be irritated" (2020-05-27) | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-5 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=DentalEs… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson search returned only destination/attraction results, no dentist match | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-6 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=DentalEs… | TripAdvisor search for "DentalEstetic" on 2026-09-25: 0 results | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-7 | search:best dentist Puerto Vallarta | Web search on 2026-09-25: result 5 — https://dentalestetic.dentist/, title "Your Dentist in Puerto Vallarta", the clinic’s own domain. | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-8 | search:English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were tripadvisor.com, banderasnews.com, whatclinic.com, pvsmile.com.mx, riograndedental.com, dentaldepartures.com, dentalmexico.com, dentalsolutionsvallarta.com, puertovallartadentistry.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-9 | search:dental implants Puerto Vallarta | Web search on 2026-09-25: result 7 — https://dentalestetic.dentist/, title "Your Dentist in Puerto Vallarta", the clinic’s own domain. | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-10 | search:emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x2), tripadvisor.com, hospitalcmq.com, puertovallarta.net, justsmiles.mx, mexdental.com, dentalclinicpuertovallarta.com, thedentalhealers.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-11 | search:Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were getglobalcare.com, dentalclinicpuertovallarta.com, puertovallartadentistry.com, dentaldepartures.com (x2), dentalsolutionsvallarta.com, riograndedental.com, dentalexpressmexico.com, dentavacation.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-12 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | All 32 site pages read 2026-09-25: prices appear only on the summer deals page (veneers, implant, All-on-6); no filling price | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-13 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | All 32 site pages read 2026-09-25: no X-ray or imaging price | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-14 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | Homepage, read 2026-09-25: "We offer a wide variety of cosmetic and restorative treatments ... From teeth whitening to veneers and orthodontics" | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11090103092532865136&hl=en | Google Business Profile categories, read 2026-09-25: "Dentist, Cosmetic dentist, Dental hygienist, Dental implants periodontist, Endodontist, Pediatric dentist, Teeth whitening service" | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-16 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | Full site map read; no emergency/same-day page or wording | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-17 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | Contact section: "Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 18:00 Saturday: 09:00 - 14:00 Sunday: Closed" | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-18 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11090103092532865136&hl=en | Google listing, sort=newest, read 2026-09-25: owner replied to all 5 newest reviews between 2026-09-11 and 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-19 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11090103092532865136&hl=en | Reviewer accounts show 1-44 prior reviews; dates spread 2019-2026; histogram 5★ 135 / 4★ 1 / 2★ 1 / 1★ 2 (not concentrated) | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-20 | https://dentalestetic.dentist/ | Homepage, implants, crowns, root-canal and whitening pages read; no structured-data script or schema.org itemtype markup | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-deepen-21 | https://www.facebook.com/dentalestetic.dentist/ | Facebook page "DentalEstetic" (Puerto Vallarta, 2,138 followers) at Benemerito de las Americas, Puerto Vallarta; its posts give the clinic's phone 322 403 8986, info@dentalestetic.dentist and www.dentalestetic.dentist. | 2026-09-29 |
| dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-platforms | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentist/dental-estetic | Dental Departures: profile of DENTAL ESTETIC, BENEMERITO DE LAS AMERICAS 168 B, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 48320, MX; 13 reviews, rating 5.0/5 (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Searched Facebook on 2026-09-29 and found the clinic's page with a matching street address. |
| 2026-09-25 | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemaps and menu (treatments, summer deals, cleaning, crowns, implants) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: a regular implant price of US$999 stated on the deals page, no cleaning, filling, crown, consultation or X-ray price; orthodontics named among the clinic's treatments; pediatric dentistry listed as a category on its Google Business Profile; no emergency care found; Saturday hours; no structured data; owner replies to nearly every recent review; two independent reports of crown-fit and margin problems; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Dental Estetic's clinic license and Dr. Melisa Meneses's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; captured first Google rating 4.9 (135 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
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