Clinique Dentaire Drs Patrick McCabe & Robert McCabe
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #29 of 29 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
37.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2937.8/100
- Best for Expatsnot ranked
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2930.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#2939/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented No sedation or anaesthesia service is published. [s2]
Summary
Fourth-generation family dental practice in the Medical Arts Building at Guy and Sherbrooke in downtown Montreal, run by two brothers who are both general dentists. The site is bilingual and lists a broad restorative, prosthodontic, periodontic and endodontic offering, but it publishes no opening hours, no prices and no clinic photography, and the published Google review base is only five reviews.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- Medical Infrastructure: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: on-site X-ray; cBCT (3D imaging); implantology; orthodontics; oral surgery; pediatric dentistry; emergency care; works with international patients)
- Communication & Service: 2.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: whatsApp / LINE available; pre-visit consultation possible; clear service explanations; convenient opening hours)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2 of 9 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Canada; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Canada; mentioned for: dental implants Canada; mentioned for: emergency dentist Canada; structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website Read live on 2026-09-07 in both languages: home and care-and-treatment pages with real clinic content. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr Patrick McCabe, D.D.S, B.Sc and Dr Robert McCabe, D.D.S, M.Sc, both published as general dentists with their own direct numbers. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Both are published as general dentists (dental surgeons) with their degrees. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Real clinic photos The one office image the site serves is a purchased stock photograph, named A9t_Bureau_-_shutterstock.jpg in the page source; the remaining images are the site builder's hashed assets. No photograph of the premises is published. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Seven service groups with their treatments listed: prevention, restorative, cosmetic, occlusion, prosthodontics, periodontics and endodontics. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phone numbers and the suite address in the header, body and footer of every page; no e-mail address is published. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site is published in English with a French version. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full suite address published site-wide and a matching Google place; the site itself embeds no map. [s2] [g1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No figure for any treatment anywhere on the site; read in full on 2026-09-07. [s1] [s2] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s2] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
11.5 / 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 — 5 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star and 0 one-star — sums to 5, matching the 5 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 5.000 reproduces the published 5.0. [g1] [gmpb] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | 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 held 5 and the listing has not moved since. [g1] [gmpb] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is nine months old, which proves the within_year bucket and no better. Visible dates: 9 months, then 1, 5, 6 and 7 years — the visible sample is the whole base. Sample: the five reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers one of the five of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the five reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints The listing holds five reviews and all five are visible; every one is a five-star rating, so no rating below five exists to carry a complaint and the criterion is false on a complete distribution rather than on a sample. The base of five is stated so the reader can weigh it. Two of the five accounts volunteer that the practice does not push unnecessary procedures. Sample: the five reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, 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. Five ratings accumulated over seven years at a two-dentist family practice, three of them carrying substantial text and two bare stars, with one owner reply. A base of five spread across seven years is too thin to carry a manipulation signature in either direction, and that — rather than any positive finding — is why the criterion is false. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Not established: no Facebook page is linked from the clinic's own channels, and none was found under its name (checked 2026-10-02). | 0/1 |
| ✗ | 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. [clinique-dentaire-mccabe-montreal-deepen] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed and reviewed on RateMDs under its own name, with Dr. Patrick McCabe (RateMDs shows 1414 rue Drummond, not the current suite). [clinique-dentaire-mccabe-montreal-deepen-2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
0 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✗ | On-site X-ray No radiography or imaging service is published. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implantology Implants appear nowhere in the seven published service groups; the prosthodontic block covers crowns, bridges and removable and fixed prosthetics only. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics No orthodontic or aligner service is published. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Oral surgery No extraction, wisdom-teeth or oral-surgery service is published. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry The site addresses adults, retirees and seniors, professionals and students; no paediatric service or children's block is published. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care No emergency or urgent-care service is published, and the clinic's own Google Business categories do not include emergency dental service. [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Works with international patients Nothing on the site addresses international patients, foreign insurance or paperwork. [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
2.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The site is published in English as well as French. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✗ | Pre-visit consultation possible The site asks visitors to telephone for an appointment; there is no online booking or inquiry form. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Clear service explanations The care-and-treatment page is a list of treatment names grouped by discipline, with no explanation of what any of them involves. [s2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Confirmed as a checked negative on both channels on 2026-09-08. The practice's Google Business Profile publishes no opening hours at all (the record offers «Add hours»), and its own site publishes no evening or weekend surgery. Neither channel supports the criterion. [s1] [s2] [g1] [gmpb] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2 / 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 The clinic and its domain do not appear in the results of the canonical query. [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Canada The clinic and its domain do not appear in the results of the canonical query. [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Canada The clinic and its domain do not appear in the results of the canonical query. [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Canada The clinic and its domain do not appear in the results of the canonical query. [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Canada dental clinic for expats The expat query was not run for Montreal in the AI-visibility pass (it was run for one research city per country only), so the field is unchecked rather than checked-and-absent. | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website The only JSON-LD on the page is the site builder's default WebSite object; there is no LocalBusiness, Dentist or equivalent markup. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality The practice domain takes rank one and four further own pages (care and treatment, home, contact, French contact) in the first twenty results of the name-quoted query (web search, 2026-09-07). [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages All services are on one care-and-treatment page; no individual service pages exist. [s2] | 0/1.5 |
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.
- #1Haysboro Dental Care5.3 of 100View report →
- #1Beacon Hill Dental2.9 of 100View report →
- #3Hemlock Dental Clinic21 of 100View report →
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 & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Patrick McCabe [s2] [reg1] [reg2] | General dentist (dental surgeon); D.D.S, B.Sc | ODQ 94841 | Registered and active on the ordre’s tableau; no practice limitation and no disciplinary decision on file. |
| Dr Robert McCabe [s2] [reg1] [reg2] | General dentist (dental surgeon); D.D.S, M.Sc | ODQ 94799 | Registered and active on the ordre’s tableau; no practice limitation and no disciplinary decision on file. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- 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://www.drpatrickmccabe.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 514-849-6856 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 1538 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, suite 814, Montréal, QC H3G 1L5, 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://www.drpatrickmccabe.com/ | Practice home page: positioning, patient groups addressed, language switch | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.drpatrickmccabe.com/care-treatment | Care and treatment page: seven service groups, both named dentists with degrees, address and phones | 2026-09-07 |
| g1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinique+Dentaire+Drs.+Patrick+Mc… | Google place page read on 2026-09-07: rating 5.0, 5 reviews, address, coordinates, phone, categories, the clinic-written business description and the unfilled hours prompt | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://odqplatine-front-door-gxffe3f5fkdfh6as.z01.azurefd.net/regi… | Ordre des dentistes du Quebec public member index (anonymous OData), searched by surname on 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://odqplatine-front-door-gxffe3f5fkdfh6as.z01.azurefd.net/regi… | Ordre des dentistes du Quebec full public member record (permit number, status, work addresses, limitations, disciplinary decisions), read per member on 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Montreal | Canonical visibility query - best dentist Montreal (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Montreal | Canonical visibility query - English speaking dentist Montreal (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Montreal | Canonical visibility query - dental implants Montreal (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Montreal | Canonical visibility query - emergency dentist Montreal (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"McCabe" clinique dentaire Montréal Sherbrooke | A quoted search for the clinic's name (twenty results reviewed) | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@45.4965909,-73.581402,17z/data… | 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 five most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@45.4965909,-73.581402,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91a418f9ba1b9:0x47fcc4e7c1a97d8b!8m2!3d45.4965909!4d-73.581402?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 «Clinique Dentaire Drs. Patrick McCabe & Robert McCabe», category Dentist, at 1538 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Suite 814, inside ELNA Médical — Métro Médic, Montréal QC · +1 514-849-6856 · drpatrickmccabe.com — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| clinique-dentaire-mccabe-montreal-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.ca/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Clinique+… | 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 |
| clinique-dentaire-mccabe-montreal-deepen-2 | https://www.ratemds.com/clinic/ca-qc-montreal-clinique-dentaire-drs… | RateMDs, read 2026-10-02: facility page "Clinique Dentaire Drs. Patrick McCabe & Robert McCabe" (Montréal) with 1 patient review, listing Dr. Patrick McCabe (2 reviews, 4.9) at 1414 Rue Drummond, Montréal, an address other than the clinic's 1538 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, suite 814 | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: RateMDs practice page under the clinic's name with a patient review. |
| 2026-09-10 | Checked by hand in a browser on 2026-09-10: onTripAdvisor moves null to false — TripAdvisor's own search index, queried in a real browser under two query forms, carries no listing for this practice. |
| 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, the histogram itself (5/0/0/0/0 = 5, weighted mean 5.000), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the five most-relevant reviews 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, the platform-presence and TripAdvisor fields were returned to unchecked with the directories that were probed named. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (automated): practice site read in full including the care-and-treatment page; Google place page read automatically; both named dentists confirmed by permit number in the Ordre des dentistes du Québec public register through its anonymous member API, with the clinic name and telephone matching the register's work address exactly; four canonical visibility queries taken from the AI-visibility pass (the expat query was not run for Montreal in that pass); index quality probed with a name-quoted search query. Reputation fields other than the rating and the count are left for a manual browser check; with a base of five reviews the complaint field is deliberately left unasserted. |
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