Malo Dental Bogotá
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 11 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#355.2/100
- Best for Expats#255.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#350/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#158.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#337.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#160.3/100
- 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 No anaesthesia/sedation type stated for All-on-4 surgery on site
Summary
Bogotá branch associated with the MALO Clinic protocol, specializing in All-on-4 implants and full-mouth rehabilitation for patients with advanced bone loss or total edentulism. Has an English site, in-house lab and radiological unit; targets international patients.
Google review count and rating referenced only in third-party directories, not verified directly from Google.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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 Dr. Paulo Malo and Dr. Sergio Trujillo named. [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] [s2] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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 [malo-dental-bogota-deepen] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume as of 2026-08-26 [malo-dental-bogota-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Most recent visible review ~1 month ago (as of 2026-08-26) [malo-dental-bogota-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Real patient review quoted on aggregator well-reviewed.online, beyond Instagram/YouTube. [malo-dental-bogota-deepen-2] [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 Radiological unit mentioned. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [malo-dental-bogota-deepen-3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 8:00-18:00; Sat 8:00-12:00. [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 Bogotá", "English speaking dentist Bogotá", "dental implants Bogotá", "emergency dentist Bogotá", "Bogotá dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Bogotá [malo-dental-bogota-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bogotá [malo-dental-bogota-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Bogotá [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bogotá [malo-dental-bogota-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Bogotá dental clinic for expats Framed as dental-tourism/international option. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 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: REPS habilitación 110012592402 (Western Dental S.A.S., sede 'Malo Dental Bogotá', IPS) (REPS searched for 'MALO' filtered to Bogotá — match: nombresede 'MALO DENTAL BOGOTA' under nombreprestador Western Dental S.A.S., habilitada, Calle 100 #19A-30 Ofi 301, matching the clinic's published address (Piso 3). Verified 2026-08-25.) [malo-dental-bogota-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Paulo Malo [s1] | Implantología / All-on-4 | not verified |
| Sergio Trujillo [s1] | Rehabilitación oral / implantología | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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://malodental.com.co/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +57 601 357 1364 |
| +57 300 736 3382 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/MaloDentalBogota/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Calle 100 #19a-30, Piso 3, Bogotá |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://malodental.com.co/ | Address, contacts, dentists, services, technology, hours. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://malodental.com.co/en/inicio-english/ | English version and international-patient focus. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:dental implants Bogotá | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| malo-dental-bogota-lic | https://www.datos.gov.co/resource/c36g-9fc2.json?codigohabilitacion… | REPS record: Malo Dental Bogotá (Western Dental S.A.S.), IPS, habilitada, Calle 100 #19A-30 Ofi 301, Bogotá D.C. | 2026-08-25 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Malo+Dental/@4.6864596,-74.053461… | Top-shown Google review (Dan Rowlands) dated ~1 month before 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen-2 | https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Bogota/place/p/9175177/Malo+Dental | Independent review aggregator quoting a real patient review: 'they fit me in same day for a root canal and filling...If you're in bogota and in need of a dentist, I highly recommend Malo Dental.' | 2026-08-26 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen-3 | https://tooth911.com/emergency-dentist/malo-dental/ | Independent emergency-dentist directory: 'Malo Dental offers accessible services for those in need of urgent dental attention...equipped to handle a variety of dental emergencies.' | 2026-08-26 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen-4 | search:best dentist Bogotá | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results for this query. | 2026-08-26 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen-5 | search:english speaking dentist Bogotá | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results for this query. | 2026-08-26 |
| malo-dental-bogota-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Bogotá | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results for this query (Malo Dental not shown despite offering emergency care per tooth911.com). | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked Google rating (5.0, 1250 reviews, previously unset) via Maps place page, added pin coords + place URL, review recency (~1 month); added 2 external sources (well-reviewed.online real review -> onOtherPlatforms, tooth911.com emergency directory -> offersEmergency=true, previously null); visibility scout 5 queries (all false); sedation researched — no anaesthesia type stated for All-on-4 surgery, left null; no uncited sources to triage (all 4 existing sources already cited). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against REPS: clinicLicense FOUND (110012592402), address matches clinic site. Both named doctors are null because ReTHUS (dentist scope) is geo-fenced and ID-number-only. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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