Asia Pacific Dental Centre
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 47.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1447.4/100
- Best for Expats#1443.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1443.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1247.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#1531.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1446.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#1050.1/100
- 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
Summary
Tampines branch of the Asia Pacific Dental Centre group (ten clinics island-wide), with a branch address and direct line published on the group's own locations page and confirmed by the Singapore Dental Council register; the dentist roster and service model are group-wide.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 6.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Singapore; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Singapore; mentioned for: dental implants Singapore; mentioned for: Singapore dental clinic for expats)
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 Smita Ashok, Dr Andrew Tan, Dr Samuel Wong Wen Jun, Dr Michelle Cham Yee Wei named group-wide, not branch-attributed on the homepage. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details The group's own /locations page publishes a direct line for the Tampines branch (+65 9145 9301) with a branch e-mail address and a map deep link. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 58 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star. The buckets sum to 60, matching the 60 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.917 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmpI5] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmpI5] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 2 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmpI5] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews No owner reply appears under any of the three reviews Google renders, and the rendered review block carries none at all. The sister branch in Novena, read on the same run, does answer reviews, so this is a branch-level difference within one group rather than a group policy. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmpI5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints None of the three reviews Google renders is critical; all three are five-star, and all three name the same dentist (Dr Samuel, who appears on the group's own published roster as Dr Samuel Wong Wen Jun) or his assistant. The histogram carries 1 one-star rating out of 60, 1.7 per cent of the base, which the visible sample cannot reach. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmpI5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 58/1/0/0/1 shape has a populated four-star bucket and a genuine one-star rating, and on a 60-review base the empty middle carries no information. The three visible reviewers hold 2, 2 and 12 reviews, describe three different encounters and post two and four months apart. No manipulation signature. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmpI5] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
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 "Blue Diamond Implant Centre" named. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces & clear aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Minor oral surgery / wisdom-tooth surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Implied by "young patients" language. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Singapore", "English speaking dentist Singapore", "dental implants Singapore", "emergency dentist Singapore", "Singapore dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Singapore WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Tampines" (named results were Advanced Dental Tampines East, 1728 Dental, TSD Dental Group, PURE DENTAL, Twinkle Dental). [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Singapore WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "English speaking dentist Tampines" (named results were Raffles Dental, Family Dental Centre, Tanglin Dental @ Tampines, TSD Dental Group, Teeth Q, Tooth Stories). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Singapore WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Tampines" (named results were Advanced Dental Tampines East, 1728 Dental Clinic, Tooth Stories, Tanglin Dental, TSD Dental Group, Teeth Q). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Singapore WebSearch 2026-09-06: its own site (apdc.com.sg/dental-emergency/, titled "Dental Emergency | Asia Pacific Dental Centre") appeared among results for "emergency dentist Tampines", though the answer text summarized only Raffles Dental, 1728 Dental, dePacific, Family Dental Centre and Luminous by name. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Singapore dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "Tampines dental clinic for expats" (named results were Raffles Dental, TSD Dental Group, Teeth Q, Family Dental Centre, Tooth Stories). [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for Implants, General Dentistry, Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Emergency and Dental Sleep Medicine on the group's own site. [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: 22D0341(L) - MOH HCI code (Mode of Service Delivery: L, Permanent Premises), registered as ASIA PACIFIC DENTAL CENTRE (TAMPINES) at 872C Tampines Street 86 #01-02, Singapore 523872 (HealthHub Healthcare Directory, the Ministry of Health's public institution register, read in a browser 2026-09-06) (The registered premises address matches the card to the unit number, and is a fourth independent confirmation of the branch address D-singapore had to rebuild after the card's cited domain turned out never to have existed. The register publishes the premises' hours to 21:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. No UEN is published on the record.) [hh1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Wong Wen Jun [reg1] | — | D26070C — Singapore Dental Council, Full Registration, Practising Certificate valid 01/01/2026–31/12/2027 |
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: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://apdc.com.sg/locations |
|---|---|
| Phone | +65 9145 9301 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 872C Tampines Street 86, #01-02, Singapore 523872 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://apdc.com.sg/locations | Branch address, direct phone and e-mail for the Tampines clinic; group-wide dentist roster and service list on apdc.com.sg | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://prs.moh.gov.sg/prs/internet/profSearch/main.action?hpe=SDC … | SDC register entry D26070C, primary place of practice "Asia Pacific Dental Centre (Tampines)" at 872C Tampines Street 86 #01-02, postal 523872 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Tampines | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Tampines | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Tampines | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Tampines | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Tampines dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| gmpI5 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Asia+Pacific+Dental+Centre+(Tampi… | Live Google Maps place page read in a browser: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| hh1 | https://eservices.healthhub.sg/public/directory/institution/172077 | MOH HealthHub Healthcare Directory institution record: HCI code, registered premises address and registered hours | 2026-09-06 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Combined browser pass (agent I-5): the Google Maps branch place page was opened in a real browser and read for the full Google reputation block and the pin, and the branch's MOH operating licence was read from the HealthHub Healthcare Directory. |
| 2026-09-04 | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the cited website https://www.apdcdentalsg.com/locations does not exist — the domain returns NXDOMAIN from an authoritative lookup, so it cannot have been read on 2026-09-04. It was replaced with the group's real locations page, https://apdc.com.sg/locations, which carries the same Tampines address (872C Tampines Street 86 #01-02, Singapore 523872) and a branch-direct line. D26070C re-checked live. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Singapore Dental Transparency & Trust Index (Tampines): verified via apdcdentalsg.com/apdc.com.sg and the Singapore Dental Council register. |
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