Beacon Hill Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 78.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 29 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
78.3/100
2.9 of 100
Visibility in ChatGPT and Gemini answers
How often ChatGPT and Gemini name this clinic when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist. 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.
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#178.3/100
- Best for Expatsnot ranked
- Best for Dental Implants#174.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#275.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#173.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#276.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#177.8/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented Sedation is not among the services the clinic publishes. [s1]
Summary
Family practice on Sarcee Trail in northwest Calgary, publishing a simplified Chinese version of its site alongside the English one. It is the only clinic in this Calgary cohort that publishes indicative fees of its own: a standing page states that the practice follows the 2026 Alberta fee guide and prints example figures for a recall examination, scaling, a crown and a root canal. Four dentists are named and all four appear on the Alberta register, two of them registered at this exact street address.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 18 of 20 points.
- 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
20 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website Live on 2026-09-07: HTTP 200 with the practice content in the body, in English and simplified Chinese. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The team page names Dr. Alan Chang, Dr. Carmen Wong, Dr. Kellie Chang and Dr. William Chang with a biography each. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Biographies state graduation faculty and year and the clinical areas each dentist works in, for example implant dentistry and orthodontics. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Confirmed on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08: the lead owner photograph is the practice's own team — four members of staff in its black and blue branded uniforms — standing inside the premises with the reception's stone wall and a display of the clinic's own products behind them. Team and premises, so the existing value is evidenced rather than inferred. [s2] [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Service menu covering general dentistry, oral surgery, exams and hygiene and cosmetic services. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Street address, postcode and phone 403-295-1182 are published in the site header and footer and match the Google place record. [s1] [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site is published in English, with a simplified Chinese version alongside. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full street address with postcode plus an embedded map and a dedicated location page. [s4] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
9 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published A standing fee page on the clinic own site states that the practice follows the 2026 Alberta Dental Fee Guide and prints example figures for four treatments: a recall examination around 80 dollars, scaling around 87 dollars per unit, a cast or porcelain crown around 1,070 dollars plus laboratory fees, and a root canal from about 1,000 to 1,400 dollars. Amounts in Canadian dollars. This is a permanent page rather than a promotion. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Scaling around 87 dollars per unit. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed The fee page does not print a figure for fillings. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Cast or porcelain crown around 1,070 dollars plus laboratory fees. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed The fee page does not print a figure for implants. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Recall (checkup) examination around 80 dollars. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed The fee page does not print a figure for radiography. [s3] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
18 / 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) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 339 five-star, 14 four-star, 7 three-star, 2 two-star and 28 one-star — sums to 390, matching the 390 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.626 reproduces the published 4.6. [gmp1] [gmpb] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card carried no count before this pass: the automated map method used in the initial data collection returns the rating but never the review count on this listing, which is why it was queued for a manual browser check. [gmpb] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is one month old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5 and 6 months. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order; a newest-first list was not available, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers five of the eight of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order; a newest-first list was not available, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Google's relevance ordering surfaces eight five-star accounts and no critical text at all, so nothing readable establishes a theme and the criterion is false with the unread mass stated: the one- and two-star share is 30 of 390 = 7.7 %, and none of those thirty accounts is surfaced. The count is read here for the first time, so a 4.6 that had no disclosed base now rests on a measured 390. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order; a newest-first list was not available, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. The histogram fills every bucket (339/14/7/2/28) on a base of 390 — the ordinary shape of a large suburban practice and the least uniform in the Calgary cohort. The visible dates spread across six months, the accounts describe different treatments at varying length, and the owner answers five of the eight. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's own Facebook page (11634 Sarcee Trail NW, with the clinic's phone and website) is active: latest post 2026-10-01 (checked 2026-10-02). [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-fb] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search index was queried in a real browser on 2026-09-10, under the clinic name and again with the city appended; it carries no listing for this practice. [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-deepen] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Medimap publishes a clinic profile carrying this practice street address, read live on 2026-09-07; Yelp and an Alberta Dental Association dentist profile also surfaced in the name query. [mir1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray The clinic's children's-dentistry page states that at a routine visit it will take X-rays if needed to assess teeth beneath the surface — read live on 2026-09-10. [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) Cone-beam CT is named nowhere on the clinic own channel. Its service menu, technology wording and the pages carrying equipment claims were re-read on 2026-09-07 and none mentions cone-beam, CBCT or 3D imaging; the Alberta register publishes no facility data that could add to that. Recorded as a checked negative rather than as unchecked. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Dental implants and bone grafting pages under oral surgery; the Google place record also carries a dental implants provider category. [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign page under cosmetic services. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dental surgery, bone grafting and wisdom teeth pages. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Children's dentistry page. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dental emergencies page; the Google place record also carries an emergency dental service category. [s1] [gmp1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Works with international patients The clinic publishes staff languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Filipino, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and Vietnamese, but documents no international-patient provision such as foreign insurance handling; the fee page addresses Alberta insurers and the federal plan only. [s1] [s3] | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp or LINE contact is published. [s1] [s4] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The practice publishes in English and lists English first among its staff languages. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The fee page states that the practice gives a written estimate before treatment and will quote a specific treatment on request. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment has its own explanatory page. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Confirmed on the clinic's own Google Business Profile, read in a browser on 2026-09-08: Monday 08:30–17:00, **Tuesday to Thursday 08:30–20:00, Friday 08:30–19:00, Saturday 08:00–15:00**, Sunday closed. Evening surgery on four weekdays and Saturday opening are both published clearly on the clinic's own record. [s3] [gmpb] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
6 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Canada", "English speaking dentist Canada", "dental implants Canada", "emergency dentist Canada", "Canada dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Canada Canonical visibility query best dentist Calgary, run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07: the clinic own domain does not appear in the recorded result set. [av1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Canada Canonical visibility query English speaking dentist Calgary, run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07: the clinic own domain beaconhilldental.ca appears in the recorded result set. [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Canada Canonical visibility query dental implants Calgary, run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07: the clinic own domain does not appear in the recorded result set. [av3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Canada Canonical visibility query emergency dentist Calgary, run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07: the clinic own domain does not appear in the recorded result set. [av4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Canada dental clinic for expats The fifth canonical query was run only for the first research city of each country in the AI-visibility pass, so no result set exists for this city: query not run in the AI-visibility pass. | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website The site ships a schema.org JSON-LD block on its pages. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality A name query on 2026-09-07 returned the clinic own domain in first place with four further own pages inside the first fourteen results, alongside Yelp, Medimap, Instagram and an Alberta Dental Association profile for one of its dentists. [sx1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Individual pages exist for implants, orthodontics, surgery, emergencies and each general and cosmetic treatment. [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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kellie Chang [reg1] [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-08909] | General dentist | CDSA 08909 | Permit number in the public register of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta; general dentist, permit active (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr. William Chang [reg1] [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-09119] | General dentist | CDSA 09119 | Permit number in the public register of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta; general dentist, permit active (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr. Alan Chang [reg1] [s2] [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-02492] | General dentist; University of Alberta Faculty of Dentistry, 1988 | CDSA 02492 | Permit number in the public register of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta; general dentist, permit active (checked 30 September 2026). The register prints a practice address in Red Deer for this permit, not this clinic’s. |
| Dr. Carmen Wong [reg1] [beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-05415] | General dentist | CDSA 05415 | Permit number in the public register of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta; general dentist, permit active (checked 30 September 2026). |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Canada 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://beaconhilldental.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 403-295-1182 |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/Beacon-Hill-Dental-61577589695172/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 11634 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary, AB T3R 0A1, Canada |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://beaconhilldental.ca/ | Clinic website read live: service menu, contacts, address, bilingual English and simplified Chinese versions | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://beaconhilldental.ca/meet-our-team/ | Named dentists with biographies, qualifications and photographs | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://beaconhilldental.ca/alberta-dental-fee-guide/ | Standing fee page with example figures, written-estimate policy, staff languages and opening hours | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://beaconhilldental.ca/contact-us/ | Address, phone and contact form | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/preview/place/Beacon+Hill+Dental,+11634… | Live Google place record: rating, categories, pin coordinates, address, phone and website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/profile/search/?… | CDSA public register, live query: permit number, type, status and practice address for the named dentists | 2026-09-07 |
| reg3 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/facility/search/… | CDSA facility register endpoint returning zero rows, evidencing that no public clinic register exists in Alberta | 2026-09-07 |
| mir1 | https://medimap.ca/clinic/dental/ab/calgary/beacon-hill-dental | Independent booking-platform clinic profile confirming the practice and its street address | 2026-09-07 |
| sx1 | search:"Beacon Hill Dental" Calgary | Name query: own domain ranks first with several own pages; independent listings on Yelp, Medimap and the Alberta Dental Association directory | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Calgary | Canonical visibility query recorded in the AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:English speaking dentist Calgary | Canonical visibility query recorded in the AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:dental implants Calgary | Canonical visibility query recorded in the AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Calgary | Canonical visibility query recorded in the AI-visibility pass | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@51.1565739,-114.1604475,17z/da… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@51.1565739,-114.1604475,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5371687e68387ae7:0x50f079d1b194ba!8m2!3d51.1565739!4d-114.1604475?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the full published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Beacon Hill Dental», category Dentist, at 11634 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary AB · +1 403-295-1182 · beaconhilldental.ca — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.ca/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Beacon+Hi… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search endpoint, the one its search box calls, opened directly in a real browser on 2026-09-10. Queried under the clinic name alone and again with the city appended, it returns no listing for this practice; the query broadens to dental-clinic listings in other countries instead. A control query for an existing dental-clinic listing (Old Igarashi Dental Clinic, Shizuoka) returns that listing at rank 1, so the method does surface dental clinics when they are in the index. The /Search results page itself never resolves past its loading spinner for a signed-out session, which is why the search endpoint is cited. | 2026-09-10 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-deepen-2 | https://beaconhilldental.ca/childrens-dentistry/ | Read in a real browser on 2026-09-10 after a 39-page read of the site. The page lists what the practice does at a routine visit in the first person — 'we will gently: Clean their teeth ... Take X-rays if needed to assess teeth beneath the surface' — which is a statement about radiography performed at this practice, not the federal-plan coverage list that earlier passes had found. | 2026-09-10 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-08909 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/profile/search/?… | College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta public register (Thentia public API), search by permit number 08909: one record — Kellie Chang, General Dentist, status Active, practice address 11634 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary; no disciplinary action flagged. | 2026-09-30 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-09119 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/profile/search/?… | College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta public register (Thentia public API), search by permit number 09119: one record — William Chang, General Dentist, status Active, practice address 11634 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary; no disciplinary action flagged. | 2026-09-30 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-02492 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/profile/search/?… | College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta public register (Thentia public API), search by permit number 02492: one record — Alan Chang, General Dentist, status Active, practice address 15-69 DUNLOP ST, RED DEER; no disciplinary action flagged. | 2026-09-30 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-cdsa-05415 | https://cdsa.portalca.thentiacloud.net/rest/public/profile/search/?… | College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta public register (Thentia public API), search by permit number 05415: one record — Carmen Wong, General Dentist, status Active, no practice address published; no disciplinary action flagged. | 2026-09-30 |
| beacon-hill-dental-calgary-fb | https://www.facebook.com/p/Beacon-Hill-Dental-61577589695172/ | Facebook page "Beacon Hill Dental" (Calgary AB) read on 2026-10-02; address 11634 Sarcee Trail NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T3R 0A1; phone +1 403-295-1182; website http://beaconhilldental.ca/; 3 followers; Not yet rated (0 reviews); latest post 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Facebook presence checked on 2026-10-02: the clinic's own page is active (latest post 2026-10-01). |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established. |
| 2026-09-10 | Checked by hand in a browser on 2026-09-10: TripAdvisor carries no listing; hasXray moves null to true after a 39-page read of the clinic site found a first-person statement that the practice takes X-rays at routine visits. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count (previously unknown — the automated map method never returned it), the histogram itself (339/14/7/2/28 = 390, weighted mean 4.626), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification (no browser): all four mandatory sweeps run on the card; every cited URL re-fetched for liveness; the Google rating and coordinates re-read independently from the live place record and confirmed; the licensing block re-run against the province statutory register; TripAdvisor probed directly and found unreadable to an automated client. On this card, cone-beam CT was settled as a checked negative, radiography left unchecked with its reason, the review count re-attempted without success, and the Alan Chang identification re-run against the Alberta register and its disclosure rewritten. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (no browser): clinic site read page by page, including the standing Alberta fee-guide page that carries this cohort only published figures; the live Google place record read through the automated map endpoint for rating, categories and pin coordinates; all four named dentists matched in the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta public register, two by the street address printed on the permit and one with an address discrepancy disclosed in the licensing block; a name query used for indexing quality and independent listings; the four canonical visibility queries taken from the AI-visibility pass. Review count, recency and the complaint and manipulation readings are left null and queued for a manual browser check. |
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