Klinik Pergigian VN Smile (Butterworth)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 43.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1243.3/100
- Best for Expats#1346.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#941/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1330.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1350.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#651.6/100
- 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 Listed domain vnsmile.com.my does not resolve; no public anaesthesia/sedation info found.
Summary
Dental clinic in Kampung Benggali, Butterworth (mainland Penang) offering preventive care, implants, crown & bridge, dentures, gum treatment, orthodontics, oral surgery, root canal, pediatric dentistry and whitening. Open daily 9am-7pm. Reported 5.0 Google rating from about 164 reviews.
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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] | 0/4 |
| ? | Dentist names listed | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 | 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 2026-08-25 [klinik-pergigian-vn-smile-butterworth-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [klinik-pergigian-vn-smile-butterworth-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [klinik-pergigian-vn-smile-butterworth-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
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 | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [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 Penang", "English speaking dentist Penang", "dental implants Penang", "emergency dentist Penang", "Penang dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Penang | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Penang | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Penang | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Penang | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Penang dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
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
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist names listed
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- 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 suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Penang
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Penang
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Penang
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Penang
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Penang dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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
| Phone | +60 10-260 5695 |
|---|---|
| +60 10-260 5695 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/Klinik-Pergigian-VN-Smile-100076522497399/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 5092, Ground Floor, Jalan Telaga Air, Kampung Benggali, 12200 Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia |
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.hotfrog.com.my/company/d0bc37d220f0713532e352902327ecd8… | address | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://smilejet.app/malaysia/george-town | 5.0 rating, 164 reviews | 2026-07-14 |
| klinik-pergigian-vn-smile-butterworth-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Klinik+Pergigian+VN+Smile%7C+Dent… | most recent review 5 months ago (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| klinik-pergigian-vn-smile-butterworth-lic | https://mhps.moh.gov.my/SEARCH/index.php/site/productlist/c31bAc82F… | searched: Premise Name='KLINIK', State=PULAU PINANG -> KLINIK PERGIGIAN VN SMILE at 5092 Jalan Telaga Air, Butterworth, matching this clinic's address exactly, 5 dentists listed, year 2026 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against MDC registry: address confirmed as an actively registered dental premise (KLINIK PERGIGIAN VN SMILE, year 2026) with 5 MDC-licensed dentists on file; no separate clinic license number exists in this registry so clinicLicense left null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed address and phone unchanged; Maps lists a website domain vnsmile.com.my but it does not resolve (dead), so website remains unset. Recorded Google rating 4.9 (down from stored 5), review count up from 164 to 220, geo coordinates, and Maps place URL. |
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