Smile Studio Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 34.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#634.4/100
- Best for Expats#636/100
- Best for Dental Implants#630/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#737.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#619.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#641/100
- Best for Families / Children#635.9/100
Summary
English-speaking cosmetic-focused dental clinic in Gangnam-gu specializing in veneers and orthodontics, with implants, general and pediatric dentistry also offered. Led by Dr. Young-Kyung Kim (Yonsei University; Invisalign-certified). Publishes a Google Maps location and coordinates.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
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)
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 [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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address, Google Maps link and coordinates 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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Instagram (@smilestudio_seoul), KakaoTalk. [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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Osstem, MegaGen implants. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign, braces, clear aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Reserves daily slots for emergency walk-ins per emergency search. [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [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 WhatsApp and KakaoTalk. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 Two late evenings to 21:00 and Saturday to 16:00. [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 Appears in English-speaking dentist results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Seoul [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Seoul Cited for same-day emergency care in emergency search. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Seoul dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Dedicated pages for veneers, whitening, smile design. [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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Young-Kyung Kim [s1] | Chief Director; veneers and orthodontics; Certified Dental Specialist (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea); Invisalign-certified | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No treatment prices published on the website. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.gangnam.dentist/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +82-10-8334-2282 |
| +82-10-8334-2282 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 6F & B1F, EverM Building, 2 Hakdong-ro 3-gil, 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://www.gangnam.dentist/ | Clinic name, address, phone, dentist, services, hours, Google Maps link and coordinates, English support | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.gangnam.dentist/emergency-dentist-seoul | Emergency dentistry page and walk-in slots | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:English speaking dentist Seoul / emergency dentist Seoul | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
Spotted an Error?
If any information on this page is outdated or wrong, please tell us. Corrections are reviewed against sources and applied with a public change-history entry.
Report an error for Smile Studio Dental Clinic Email a correction