Uptowne Dental Centre
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#456.9/100
- Best for Expats#453.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#552/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#457.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#338.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#457.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#460/100
- 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 Offers nitrous oxide and oral sedation; site says patient breathes independently and stays in control of bodily functions. [uptowne-dental-centre-sedation]
Summary
Midtown family practice near Mount Pleasant and Eglinton offering general dentistry, Invisalign, implants, oral surgery, pediatric and emergency care. Team lists English, French and other languages, with weekend appointments.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist toronto; mentioned for: english speaking dentist toronto; mentioned for: dental implants toronto; mentioned for: emergency dentist toronto; mentioned for: toronto 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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | 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 [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 [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
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 [uptowne-dental-centre-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [uptowne-dental-centre-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [uptowne-dental-centre-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Some reviews cited concerns about billing; not independently verified. | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Yelp, hellodent and other directories. [s2] | 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 Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Multilingual team; CDCP accepted. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 Weekend appointments offered. [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 Toronto", "English speaking dentist Toronto", "dental implants Toronto", "emergency dentist Toronto", "Toronto dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Toronto [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Toronto [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Toronto [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Toronto [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Toronto dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Singer [s1] [uptowne-dental-centre-doclic] | General dentist | 11747 (RCDSO) |
| Dr. Derek Segall [s1] [uptowne-dental-centre-doclic-2] | General dentist | 13791 (RCDSO) |
| Dr. Sharon Poon [s1] [uptowne-dental-centre-doclic-3] | General dentist (Invisalign, crown and bridge, oral surgery, pediatric, cosmetic) | 122741 (RCDSO) |
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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.uptownedental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-416-484-1555 |
| https://www.facebook.com/UptowneDentalCentre | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 245 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON M4P 3B7, 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.uptownedental.com/site/home | Clinic website: address, contacts, dentists, services, languages, photos. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.hellodent.com/site/dentist-office/uptowne-dental-centre | Directory listing and review presence. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Toronto / English speaking dentist Toronto / dental implants Toronto / emergency dentist Toronto / Toronto dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| uptowne-dental-centre-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Uptowne+Dental+Centre/@43.7083194… | Google rating 5.0 (751 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| uptowne-dental-centre-sedation | https://www.uptownedental.com/site/sedation-dentistry-mt-pleasant-e… | Site: nitrous oxide sedation - "the patient is able to breathe on their own and remain in control of all bodily functions." | 2026-08-25 |
| uptowne-dental-centre-doclic | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=singer&Ci… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'singer', City Toronto, 2 results) — David Singer, Registration Number 11747, Status Member, Primary Practice Uptowne Dental Centre, 245 Eglinton Ave E — exact match to clinic. | 2026-08-26 |
| uptowne-dental-centre-doclic-2 | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=segall&Ci… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'segall', City Toronto) returned one match: Derek Segall, Registration Number 13791, Status Member, Primary Practice Amberwood Dental Centre, 16635 Yonge St #11-12 — registry's primary-practice address differs from Uptowne Dental Centre; name is unique in the Toronto search. | 2026-08-26 |
| uptowne-dental-centre-doclic-3 | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=poon&City… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'poon', City Toronto, 2 results) — Sharon Poon, Registration Number 122741, Status Member, Primary Practice Regatta Dental, 13270 Yonge St #201 — registry's primary-practice address differs from Uptowne Dental Centre; the other result (Carolyn Poon Woo #10582) is unrelated. | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against RCDSO: all 3 named doctors matched a single, unambiguous RCDSO Member record; Dr. Singer's registry primary practice matches the clinic exactly, Dr. Segall's and Dr. Poon's registry primary-practice addresses are at different offices. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Offers nitrous oxide and oral sedation; site says patient breathes independently and stays in control of bodily functions. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, not permanently closed. Newly captured Google rating 5.0 (751 reviews), Maps place URL and pin coordinates (previously unset). |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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