Smile Design Boutique
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 24 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
67.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1167.8/100
- Best for Expats#1363.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1259.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#951.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1367.7/100
- 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 No sedation or general-anaesthesia statement was found on the pages read; not asserted either way.
Summary
Cosmetic-led dental clinic on Quai du Mont-Blanc founded by Dr Eduardo de la Torre, working in English and French with a multilingual team. The same address and telephone also carry the group's co-located sister brands Implant Studio Genève and Ortho Studio Geneva, which are recorded here as one clinic under its current principal brand rather than as separate entries.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 of 20 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; implant 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
20 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website Read live 2026-09-07: HTTP 200 with real clinic content (services tree, team, testimonials, contact, booking), not a placeholder. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The clinic's own team page names Dr Eduardo de la Torre (founder and CEO), Dr Bruno Gauthier (head of medical department), Dr Guillaume Nadal, Dr Tiago Escobar, Dr Sonia Tapia and Dr Carla Droehnle, plus named coordinators and hygienists. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Each named dentist carries a stated field on the team page: dental cosmetic specialist, implantologist and prosthodontist, oral surgery and implantology, orthodontist and Invisalign specialist, general dentist and endodontist. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The site serves photographs hosted on its own domain and named for the premises they show ("Luxury-reception-interior-at-Smile-Design...", "Smile-design-boutique-dental-clinic-gene..."), i.e. genuine interior photography alongside portrait and lifestyle imagery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published The clinic publishes a concrete treatment list with a page per item: cosmetic dentistry, smile makeover, veneers, Invisalign aligners, dental implants and teeth whitening / hygiene. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Address and phone +41 22 700 20 20 are published in the site header on every page; the contact page adds a second line +41 22 539 10 11. The main number matches the Google place record. [s1] [s3] [m3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site's primary language is English with a full French tree at /fr/. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published "Quai du Mont-Blanc 7, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland" is published in the header and on the contact page; the address matches the Google place record. [s3] | 2/2 |
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 The services tree, the implants page and the contact page were read in full; the only figure the clinic publishes is the first-consultation fee. There is no price list or set of ranges covering three or more treatments. [s1] [s4] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed The teeth-whitening and hygiene page carries no price. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price is published on the clinic's own pages. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No crown price is published on the clinic's own pages. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed The dedicated implants page was read in full and quotes no implant price; the only figure on it is the consultation fee. [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed "Your first consultation is CHF 170, and the full amount is credited toward your treatment plan when you go ahead" — published on the clinic's own implants page. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No radiography price is published on the clinic's own pages. [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19 / 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) Re-read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08 and unchanged at 4.8. The star histogram's weighted mean, 4.840, reproduces the published figure. [gmp1] [gmpb] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Headline count read on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. The histogram sums to the same figure: 255 five-star, 2 four-star, 1 three-star, 1 two-star and 9 one-star = 268. [gmpb] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Browser 2026-09-08, 8 visible reviews, sort: Google's own "Most relevant" order. The newest visible review is three months old; the rest run 9 months to 6 years. [gmpb] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Browser 2026-09-08, 8 visible reviews, sort "Most relevant": the owner has replied to seven of the eight, including the critical one. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Browser 2026-09-08, 8 visible reviews, sort "Most relevant": one readable critical account, a three-star from a patient who had to pay CHF 100 to open a file and was seeking his records back. A single instance is not a repeated theme. One-star and two-star ratings together are 10 of 268, or 3.7 per cent of the base. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Browser 2026-09-08: histogram 255/2/1/1/9 with a mean of 4.840 against a published 4.8; a three-star, a two-star and nine one-star ratings sit under the average, dates run from three months to six years and the owner answers the criticism. No manipulation signature. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic links its own Facebook page facebook.com/smiledesignboutiquegeneva and Instagram account from its site. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Smile Design Boutique Geneva" and "Design Boutique"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [smile-design-boutique-geneva-tripadvisor] [smile-design-boutique-geneva-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms The clinic holds its own WhatClinic profile and a Yelp business page in Geneva. [m2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray No radiography equipment statement was found on the pages read; not asserted either way. | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) No cone-beam/3D imaging statement was found on the pages read; not asserted either way. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Dedicated implants page published by the clinic, and three of the six named dentists are described as implantologists. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Dedicated Invisalign aligners page; Dr Sonia Tapia is named as orthodontist and Invisalign specialist. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Two named dentists are described as oral surgeons and implantologists on the clinic's own team page. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry The published service tree is adult and cosmetic; no children's service is stated either way. | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Checked on both of the clinic's own channels and not found. The site publishes no emergency service, and the Google Business Profile, read in full in a browser on 2026-09-08, carries no emergency service in its listing, its service list or its attributes. [s1] [gmpb] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The clinic publishes that its team works "with English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish spoken throughout" and that "patients visit us from Switzerland, France, Europe, and beyond". [s2] [s4] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp or messenger link appears in the delivered HTML of the home, team, implants or contact pages; contact is by two phone lines, a form and an online booking route. [s1] [s3] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed No response-time data available in this pass. | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic states English is spoken throughout the team and runs English as its primary site language. [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible One-click online booking plus a "Schedule a Consultation" route; the first consultation is a priced, credited treatment-planning appointment. [s1] [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Treatment pages explain the procedure in plain language with a question-and-answer section. [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Hours published on the clinic's own Google Business record run 9 AM–6 PM, with no evening or weekend opening. [gmp1] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
7 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Switzerland", "English speaking dentist Switzerland", "dental implants Switzerland", "emergency dentist Switzerland", "Switzerland dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Switzerland Web search results for "best dentist Geneva Switzerland" collected centrally on 2026-09-07 (re-run with a country qualifier). The clinic's own domain is returned at rank 7. [bsq1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Switzerland Web search results for "English speaking dentist Geneva" collected centrally on 2026-09-07. All ten results are on-target for Geneva, Switzerland, so this is a checked negative; the clinic does not appear. [bsq2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Switzerland Web search results for "dental implants Geneva Switzerland" collected centrally on 2026-09-07 (re-run with a country qualifier). The clinic's own implants page is returned at rank 8; an aggregator listing for its co-located sister brand Implant Studio Geneva also appears at rank 4 but is not counted here, since it is not one of the clinic's own channels. [bsq3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Switzerland Web search results for "emergency dentist Geneva" collected centrally on 2026-09-07; four of the eight results are on-target for Geneva, Switzerland, so this is a checked negative. The clinic does not appear. [bsq4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Switzerland dental clinic for expats Query not run in the AI-visibility pass: the query budget ran the expats query only for the first research city of each country, which for Switzerland was Zurich. | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website One schema.org JSON-LD block per page carrying Organization, WebSite, WebPage and BreadcrumbList types. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality A name search returns the clinic's own domain at rank 1 and at four further positions of twenty, alongside its own Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn channels and two Geneva press articles (web search 2026-09-07). [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Individual pages exist for cosmetic dentistry, smile makeover, veneers, Invisalign, implants and whitening rather than one generic list. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1ZurichDental Bahnhofplatz17.8 of 100View report → report in German
- #2CHD Clinique d'Hygiène Dentaire Genève Cornavin46.3 of 100View report → report in German
- #3Clinique Dentaire de Chantepoulet29.2 of 100View report → report in German
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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 & MedReg records
| Dentist | Specialization | MedReg No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Eduardo de la Torre [reg1] | Founder and CEO; dental cosmetic specialist | MedReg 92468, GLN 7601003904321 | Cantonal authorisation active; the specialist title is a recognised foreign one, not a Swiss federal title. |
| Dr Bruno Gauthier [reg1] | Head of medical department; implantologist and prosthodontist | MedReg 83890 | Cantonal authorisation to practise under own responsibility: granted and active, no restrictions. |
| Dr Guillaume Nadal [reg1] | Oral surgery and implantology; prosthodontist | MedReg 203105 | Cantonal authorisation to practise under own responsibility: granted and active, no restrictions. |
| Dr Sonia Tapia [reg1] [s2] | Orthodontist and Invisalign specialist | MedReg 201239 | Cantonal authorisation to practise under own responsibility: granted and active, no restrictions. |
| Dr Carla Droehnle [reg1] [s2] | General dentist and endodontist | MedReg 224509 | Cantonal authorisation to practise under own responsibility: granted and active, no restrictions. |
| Dr Tiago Escobar [reg1] [s2] | Oral surgery and implantology; prosthodontist | MedReg 108332, GLN 7601007606337 | Cantonal authorisation active; the specialist title is a recognised foreign one, not a Swiss federal title. |
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)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Switzerland dental clinic for expats
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://smiledesignboutique.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +41 22 700 20 20 |
| https://www.facebook.com/smiledesignboutiquegeneva/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Quai du Mont-Blanc 7, 1201 Genève, Switzerland |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://smiledesignboutique.com/ | Clinic website: live body content, service navigation, address and phone in the header, own-domain interior photography, structured data | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://smiledesignboutique.com/our-team/ | Own-site team page names this dentist (read 2026-09-10): "Dr Sonia Tapia Orthodontist and Invisalign Specialist". Independent of the already-cited MedReg federal registry source (reg1); the 4 pages in the earlier read's cache (home, 2 service pages, about-us) did not include this team page. | 2026-09-10 |
| s3 | https://smiledesignboutique.com/contact/ | Address and the clinic's two published telephone lines | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://smiledesignboutique.com/dental-implants-in-geneva-switzerland/ | Implant service page with the published first-consultation fee and the international-patient statement | 2026-09-07 |
| s5 | https://implantstudio.ch/contact/ | Sister brand Implant Studio Genève publishing the same Quai du Mont-Blanc address and the same telephone number, establishing the co-location | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Design+Boutique+Clinique+De… | Live Google Maps place record: rating, address, phone, website, categories, opening hours and pin coordinates | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.healthreg-public.admin.ch/medreg/search | MedReg, the federal statutory register of the medical professions (FOPH): dentist records with GLN, diploma and the cantonal authorisation to practise; also the dated negative search for one team member | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://www.healthreg-public.admin.ch/betreg/search | BetReg, the federal facility module: queried for dental entities in Genève, zero results (coverage follows narcotics authorisations, so absence is not evidence) | 2026-09-07 |
| m2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/switzerland/geneva/smile-design… | Independent review-platform profile | 2026-09-07 |
| m3 | https://search.ch/tel/geneve/quai-du-mont-blanc-7/smile-design-bout… | Independent directory listing confirming name, address and telephone | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq1 | search:best dentist Geneva Switzerland | Canonical visibility query, web search, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq2 | search:English speaking dentist Geneva | Canonical visibility query, web search, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq3 | search:dental implants Geneva Switzerland | Canonical visibility query, web search, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq4 | search:emergency dentist Geneva | Canonical visibility query, web search, AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Smile Design Boutique" Geneve dentiste | Name search used to judge indexing quality of the clinic's own pages | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@46.207686,6.148175,17z/data=!4… | Live Google Maps place page opened in a browser on 2026-09-08: headline rating and review count, the five star-histogram buckets, eight most-relevant reviews with star values, dates and owner replies, the full published week of opening hours, the published service list and the place's own lead photography | 2026-09-08 |
| smile-design-boutique-geneva-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Smile Design Boutique Geneva" (7 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Geneva; 12 suggestions for "Design Boutique" (7 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Geneva; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| smile-design-boutique-geneva-tripadvisor-2 | https://smiledesignboutique.com/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification 2026-09-10: the 3 remaining dentists (already MedReg-licensed on this card) confirmed by name on the clinic's own /our-team/ page, not in the earlier read's cache; licence values unchanged. |
| 2026-09-08 | Browser reputation pass: place page opened, review count, histogram, recency, owner-reply state, complaint and manipulation readings recorded; the place page checked for an emergency service and none found, settling the criterion as a checked negative. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification: all six MedReg records re-read live; Dr Tiago Escobar re-confirmed as holding a Vaud authorisation and no Geneva one, exactly as the card discloses; the search.ch listing re-read and attached to clearContacts; the Implant Studio contact page was re-read and carries the same telephone as this card, which is the evidence for the co-location recorded in the summary; the Google place re-read live and the 4.8 rating confirmed. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (automated): clinic website read including team, implants and contact pages; Google Maps place record read live for rating, categories, hours and coordinates; all six named dentists verified in the federal MedReg register — five on Geneva authorisations and one, after a Geneva-canton search returned a genuine zero, on a Vaud authorisation that is disclosed on his entry; the sister brands Implant Studio Genève and Ortho Studio Geneva established as co-located at the same address and telephone and folded into this single card; BetReg queried and found to hold no dental entity in Genève; canonical visibility queries taken from the central AI-visibility pass. Review count, recency, owner replies, complaint reading and manipulation reading left null and queued for a manual browser check. |
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