Dentistry of San Francisco

Positions by Rating Profile

• Overall Transparency & Trust#846.3/100
• Best for Expats#841.8/100
• Best for Dental Implants#937/100
• Best for Emergency Dental Care#441.5/100
• Best Price Transparency#633.4/100
• Best English-speaking Clinics#746.7/100
• 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) — Not verified No sedation/anesthesia info found on petrinismiles.com homepage

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Summary

General and cosmetic dental practice near Union Square led by Dr. Joseph, DDS. The website lists dentists, a broad service range and office photos. Prices are not published.

Prices not published (USD). Dr. Petrini also referenced on the practice pages. Source citations reconstructed 2026-07-08 (website + search aggregators); rating figures are search-sourced.

Score Breakdown

Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).

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: NPI 1699515544 (DR. S. JOSEPH, DDS, INC. - NPPES National Provider Registry) (NPPES NPI Registry organization-name search for 'Dentistry of San Francisco' (the clinic's own site name), enumeration_type=NPI-2, state=CA: 1 result. Searched 2026-08-25.) [dentistry-of-san-francisco-lic]

Dentists & professional licences

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)
• Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
• Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
• Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
• Communication & Service: Response speed
• Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
• Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
• AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
• AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality

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

Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.

Sources

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