Enlighten Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 70.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #5 of 29 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
70.6/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#570.6/100
- Best for Expats#166/100
- Best for Dental Implants#567/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#646.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#669/100
- Best for Families / Children#474.3/100
- 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 The practice sedation page, read on 2026-09-07, states in its own words that "these forms of sedation fall under the category of conscious sedation, as you will be relaxed or very drowsy but not asleep or unconscious". Methodology 1.4.0 excludes that level, so no qualifying sedation is documented. [s7]
Summary
Practice on West Broadway, founded over forty years ago, that presents itself as holistic and biological dentistry: mercury-free materials, SMART-certified amalgam removal, zirconia implants, ozone and PRF therapy alongside conventional restorative work. Five dentists are named on the practice site, and the practice states that it draws patients from across North America.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 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)
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 on 2026-09-07: practice description, doctor pages, location page and service pages. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Sam Paulos, Dr. Yusef Khadembashi, Dr. Eva Guggenbichler, Dr. Lauren Doherty and Dr. Ching Wen Tan each have their own page. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Each dentist page states qualifications and areas of practice. [s2] [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Confirmed on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08: the lead owner photograph is one of the practice's own surgeries on the seventh floor at 805 W Broadway — its chair and delivery unit, cabinetry and the city view from the window. Premises and equipment. [s2] [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published A published service list covering implants, amalgam removal, CEREC restorations, full-mouth rehabilitation, Invisalign, sedation, ozone and PRF. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone, e-mail (Info@enlightendental.ca) and street address published site-wide. [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published The location page publishes the street address with a static map image, and there is a matching Google place. [s4] [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] [s3] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [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) 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 — 311 five-star, 8 four-star, 2 three-star, 3 two-star and 14 one-star — sums to 338, matching the 338 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.772 reproduces the published 4.8. [g1] [gmpb] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | 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 338 and the listing has not moved since. [g1] [gmpb] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is three months old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 and 5 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 all 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 positive accounts and no critical text, so nothing readable establishes a theme and the criterion is false with the unread mass stated: the one- and two-star share is 17 of 338 = 5.0 %, and none of those seventeen accounts is surfaced. 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 (311/8/2/3/14) on a base of 338 — an ordinary distribution, not a wall. The visible dates run from three to five months, several accounts identify their writers as patients of fifteen or thirty years' standing, the treatments described differ, and the owner answers each individually. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s6] | 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. [enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp publishes a business page for the practice at 805 West Broadway suite 701, read live on 2026-09-10; it carries two patient reviews, both held back by Yelp's recommendation filter. [enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen-2] [enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen-3] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital imaging is part of the published equipment list. [g1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) The practice publishes CT imaging among its in-office technology, on its own site and in its own Google Business description. [g1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Dental implants including metal-free zirconia. [s1] [g1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign. [s1] [g1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery The clinic's own Google Business categories include oral surgeon and dental implants periodontist. [g1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry The practice states its dentists teach children about oral health and that patients of all ages are treated in the one office. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care No emergency or urgent-care service is published on the site, and the clinic's own Google Business categories do not include emergency dental service. [s1] [s3] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The practice page states that families travel to it from across the Americas and that it draws patients from the Pacific Northwest and other parts of North America. [s2] | 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 [s1] [s3] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online contact form for inquiries. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations The practice explains its approach and each treatment in plain language. [s1] [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Confirmed as a checked negative on the clinic's own Google Business Profile, read in a browser on 2026-09-08: Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00, Saturday and Sunday closed. No evening close and no weekend opening on the clinic's own record, which agrees with its site. [s4] [gmpb] | 0/1.5 |
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 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, which returned at least three Vancouver, British Columbia results and is therefore on target. [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Canada enlightendental.ca ranks third in the results of the canonical query. [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Canada The canonical run of this query returned a page dominated by Vancouver, Washington: only one result belongs to Vancouver, British Columbia, so the SERP is off-target and absence from it is not evidence. Recorded as null rather than false. [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Canada dental clinic for expats The clinic and its domain do not appear in the results of the canonical query. [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Two JSON-LD blocks including a Dentist object with address, coordinates and opening hours, plus FAQPage and BreadcrumbList. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality The practice domain takes rank one and four further own pages (Vancouver office, doctor pages, about the practice) in the first twenty results of the name-quoted query (web search, 2026-09-07). [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Individual service pages, including one for dental implants. [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.
- #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. Sam Paulos [s2] [reg1] | General dentist with a holistic focus; named first among the practice owners | not published | Confirmed on the British Columbia college’s public register, which publishes no licence numbers. |
| Dr. Yusef Khadembashi [s2] [reg1] | General dentist with a holistic focus | not published | Confirmed on the British Columbia college’s public register, which publishes no licence numbers. |
| Dr. Eva Guggenbichler [s5] [reg1] | General dentist | not published | Confirmed on the British Columbia college’s public register, which publishes no licence numbers. |
| Dr. Lauren Doherty [s5] [reg1] | General dentist | not published | Confirmed on the British Columbia college’s public register, which publishes no licence numbers. |
| Dr. Ching Wen Tan [s5] [reg1] | General dentist | not published | Confirmed on the British Columbia college’s public register, which publishes no licence numbers. |
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: emergency dentist Canada
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://enlightendental.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 604-876-9228 |
| https://www.facebook.com/HolisticVancouver/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 805 W Broadway, Suite 701, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K1, 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://enlightendental.ca/ | Practice home page: services, dentists, phone, approach | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://enlightendental.ca/about-the-practice/ | About the practice: founding, named dentists, holistic approach, interior photography | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://enlightendental.ca/contact/ | Contact page: e-mail address and inquiry form | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://enlightendental.ca/locations/vancouver-office/ | Location page: street address, suite, opening hours | 2026-09-07 |
| s5 | https://enlightendental.ca/doctors/ching-wen-tan/ | Example dentist page from the per-dentist section of the site | 2026-09-07 |
| s6 | https://www.facebook.com/HolisticVancouver/ | The practice Facebook page linked from its own site | 2026-09-07 |
| g1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Enlighten+Dental%2C+805+W+Broadwa… | Google place page read on 2026-09-07: rating 4.8, 338 reviews, address, coordinates, phone, categories and the clinic-written business description naming its four dentists and its equipment | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://apps.oralhealthbc.ca/apps/public-register/ | BCCOHP public register, class Dentist, searched by surname on 2026-09-07 (ASP.NET form; results are readable, registrant cards are not linkable) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Vancouver BC Canada | Canonical visibility query - best dentist Vancouver BC Canada (AI-visibility pass, re-run with a country qualifier because the first run was dominated by Vancouver, Washington) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Vancouver | Canonical visibility query - English speaking dentist Vancouver (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Vancouver BC Canada | Canonical visibility query - dental implants Vancouver BC Canada (AI-visibility pass, re-run with a country qualifier) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Vancouver | Canonical visibility query - emergency dentist Vancouver (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| sq5 | search:Vancouver dental clinic for expats | Canonical visibility query - Vancouver dental clinic for expats (AI-visibility pass) | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Enlighten Dental" Vancouver | A quoted search for the clinic's name (twenty results reviewed) | 2026-09-07 |
| s7 | https://enlightendental.ca/services/sedation-dentistry/ | The practice sedation page, read on 2026-09-07, states in its own words that "these forms of sedation fall under the category of conscious sedation, as you will be relaxed or very drowsy but not asleep or unconscious". Methodology 1.4.0 excludes that level, so no qualifying sedation is documented. (The supports text of this source was missing from the card; it was written on 2026-09-10 from the finding the card itself records for it, and the page was not re-read on that date.) | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@49.2635562,-123.1222085,17z/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/@49.2635562,-123.1222085,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x548673c33bce186b:0xc35f75f60e5e19c7!8m2!3d49.2635562!4d-123.1222085?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 «Enlighten Dental», category Cosmetic dentist, at 805 W Broadway, Suite 701, Vancouver BC · +1 604-876-9228 · enlightendental.ca — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.ca/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Enlighten… | 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 |
| enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen-2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/enlighten-dental-vancouver | Yelp business page for Enlighten Dental, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-10. It carries the card's own address, 805 West Broadway, Suite 701, Vancouver. No review is shown in the recommended set. | 2026-09-10 |
| enlighten-dental-vancouver-deepen-3 | https://www.yelp.com/not_recommended_reviews/enlighten-dental-vanco… | Yelp's 'not currently recommended' page for the practice, read on 2026-09-10: two patient reviews dated 22 December 2024 and 18 November 2024, one naming an implant case and one a cleaning. Yelp states these are not counted towards the star rating. | 2026-09-10 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Checked by hand in a browser on 2026-09-10: TripAdvisor carries no listing for the practice; the Yelp business page opens in a real browser and carries two filtered patient reviews, so onOtherPlatforms moves null to true. |
| 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 (311/8/2/3/14 = 338, weighted mean 4.772), 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, the platform-presence and TripAdvisor fields were returned to unchecked, and the sedation level was corrected to a checked negative on the practice own words that its sedation "falls under the category of conscious sedation". |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (automated): practice site read in full including the about, location, contact and a doctor page; Google place page read automatically; all five named dentists confirmed in the BCCOHP public register; the five canonical visibility queries taken from the AI-visibility 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. |
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