Midtown Dental Centre
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 66.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
66.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#366.7/100
- Best for Expats#362.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#363/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#368.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#344.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#265.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#370.8/100
- 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 Oral, nitrous & IV sedation offered; site says patients remain awake, 'fully conscious and responsive' throughout. [midtown-dental-centre-sedation]
Summary
Bloor Street practice offering general dentistry, orthodontics, implants, periodontics, wisdom teeth removal, pediatric and emergency care. Team lists French among several languages.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 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.
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
17.5 / 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. The star histogram — 402 five-star, 19 four-star, 5 three-star, 11 two-star and 2 one-star — sums to 439, matching the 439 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.841 reproduces the published 4.8. [midtown-dental-centre-refresh] [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 437 and the listing has gained 2 since. [midtown-dental-centre-refresh] [gmpb] | 2.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is four months old, which proves the within_year bucket and no better. Visible dates: 4, 7, 8, 8, 10 and 11 months, then 1 and 2 years (one edited). The bucket the card already carried, now proved on a measured sample rather than inferred. Sample: the eight 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. [midtown-dental-centre-refresh] [gmpb] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers seven 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 — 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 Google's relevance ordering surfaces eight five-star 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 13 of 439 = 3.0 %, and none of those thirteen accounts is surfaced. The distribution is unusual in one respect worth recording: the practice holds more two-star ratings (11) than one-star (2), which is the only card in this group where that is so. Sample: the eight 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. The histogram fills every bucket (402/19/5/11/2) on a base of 439 and is the least uniform of the five Toronto cards — the opposite of a wall. The visible dates spread from four months to two years, several accounts identify their writers as patients of two years or more, and the owner answers seven of the eight. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on RateMDs and other directories. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces and clear aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom tooth removal, periodontics. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Multilingual team. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
AI & Search Visibility
4.5 / 10
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 Named in English/French-speaking family clinic search results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | 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. Ramlaggan [s1] [midtown-dental-centre-doclic] | General dentistry, orthodontics | 12996 (RCDSO) |
| Dr. Mary Debono [s1] [midtown-dental-centre-doclic-2] | General dentistry | 502805 (RCDSO) |
| Dr. Sepehr Torabi [s1] [midtown-dental-centre-doclic-3] | Periodontist | 503424 (RCDSO) |
| Dr. Perelgut [s1] [midtown-dental-centre-doclic-4] | General dentistry | 12048 (RCDSO) |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- 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://midtowndental.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-416-966-3368 |
| https://www.facebook.com/MidtownDentalTO/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 20 Bloor St E, Unit R4, Toronto, ON M4W 3G7, 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://midtowndental.ca/ | Clinic website: address, contacts, dentists, services, languages, photos, hours. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://trustanalytica.org/ca/on/toronto/reviews/midtown-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 |
| midtown-dental-centre-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Midtown+Dental/@43.670962,-79.384… | Google rating 4.8 (437 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| midtown-dental-centre-sedation | https://midtowndental.ca/sleep-dentistry/ | Site: nitrous oxide - patient stays "fully conscious and responsive"; oral/IV sedation described as patient "remains awake but deeply relaxed." | 2026-08-25 |
| midtown-dental-centre-doclic | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=ramlaggan… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'ramlaggan', City Toronto) returned one match: Vasant Ramlaggan, Registration Number 12996, Status Member, Primary Practice Midtown Dental Centre, 20 Bloor St E #R4 — exact match to clinic. | 2026-08-26 |
| midtown-dental-centre-doclic-2 | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=debono&Ci… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'debono', City Toronto) returned one match: Mary Debono, Registration Number 502805, Status Member, Primary Practice West Burlington Dentistry, 192 Plains Rd E — registry's primary-practice address differs from Midtown Dental Centre; name is unique in the Toronto search. | 2026-08-26 |
| midtown-dental-centre-doclic-3 | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=torabi&Ci… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'torabi', City Toronto) returned one match: Sepehr Torabi, Registration Number 503424, Status Member, Primary Practice Perio Clinic Oakville, 1525 Cornwall Rd #20 (specialty periodontics matches clinic listing); registry's primary-practice address differs from Midtown Dental Centre. | 2026-08-26 |
| midtown-dental-centre-doclic-4 | https://www.rcdso.org/find-a-dentist/search-results?Alpha=perelgut&… | RCDSO Find a Dentist search (name 'perelgut', City Toronto) returned one match: Michael Perelgut, Registration Number 12048, Status Member, Primary Practice Bright Edge Dentistry, 6 Eglinton Ave E #316; registry's primary-practice address differs from Midtown Dental Centre. Record flagged 'Conditions, Concerns and/or Professional Misconduct' with a 'Pending Discipline' link and a Complaints & Reports Outcomes link. | 2026-08-26 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@43.670962,-79.384696,17z/data=… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08 by the wave-5 phase-I browser pass (agent I-5). 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/@43.670962,-79.384696,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x882b34ae709d82eb:0x9329876d7c1873c5!8m2!3d43.670962!4d-79.384696?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 «Midtown Dental (the card carries the longer trading name «Midtown Dental Centre»)», category Dentist, at 20 Bloor St E, Unit R4, floor 0 of the Hudson's Bay Centre, Toronto ON · +1 416-966-3368 · midtowndental.ca — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice. Opening hours read on the same visit: Monday to Friday 08:00–19:00 and Saturday 08:00–15:00, Sunday closed — evening and Saturday opening, which corroborates the card's existing convenientHours: true. Lead owner photograph: The lead owner photograph is the practice's own team, photographed together in its premises under the clinic's «Dedicated To Excellence In Dentistry» banner, which corroborates the card's existing realClinicPhotos: true. | 2026-09-08 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | Reputation measured live on 2026-09-08 by the wave-5 phase-I browser pass (agent I-5), which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. This card also enters the canada country directory as a twin and carries no entry in data/research/*.json, so import-research.js never touched it and respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.8 → 4.8 (unchanged, re-verified); googleReviewCount 437 → 439 (histogram 402/19/5/11/2 = 439, weighted mean 4.841); reviewRecency within_year (unchanged, now proved on a measured sample); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. The published opening week and the lead owner photograph were read on the same visit and corroborate the values the card already carries, which are left untouched. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against RCDSO: all 4 named doctors matched a single, unambiguous RCDSO Member record; Dr. Ramlaggan's registry primary practice matches the clinic exactly, the other 3 are registered at different primary addresses. Dr. Perelgut's record shows a pending-discipline flag on the RCDSO register. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Oral, nitrous & IV sedation offered; site says patients remain awake, 'fully conscious and responsive' throughout. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, not permanently closed. Newly captured Google rating 4.8 (437 reviews), Maps place URL and pin coordinates (previously unset). Maps listing shows business name as "Midtown Dental" (site header also uses this); worklist name "Midtown Dental Centre" left unchanged pending confirmation. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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