La Smile Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 38.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 11 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#238.9/100
- Best for Expats#138/100
- Best for Dental Implants#236/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#221.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#142/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
La Smile Clinic (smile-clinic.fr) is the former brand of what is now Le Cabinet Dentaire de la Madeleine at 8 Boulevard de la Madeleine. The smile-clinic.fr domain redirects to cabinet-dentaire-madeleine.com, indicating the two are the same practice. It is a multi-practitioner clinic offering aesthetics, implantology, orthodontics, periodontics and endodontics, with an English version and WhatsApp contact.
smile-clinic.fr 301-redirects to cabinet-dentaire-madeleine.com. La Smile Clinic and The Madeleine Dental Practice are the same physical clinic under a rebranding; entries kept separate per source list.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 of 15 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)
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 [sc-web] [sc-search] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Full team of 12 named dentists on the Madeleine site. [sc-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [sc-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone and WhatsApp published. [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version smile-clinic.fr/en English site. [sc-web] [sc-search] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sc-web] | 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 Tariffs page exists but no EUR amounts confirmed. [sc-web] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [sc-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [sc-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [sc-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [sc-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [sc-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [sc-web] | 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) Positive Google testimonials noted but numeric rating not verified. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Doctolib, Wheree, doctory.fr listings. [sc-search] | 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 [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT/X-ray referenced. [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Exclusive orthodontists on team. [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Bone grafting, extractions, dental surgery. [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [sc-web] [sc-search] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp +33 6 95 12 58 80. [sc-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [sc-web] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Sat 09:30-19:00. [sc-web] | 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 Paris", "English speaking dentist Paris", "dental implants Paris", "emergency dentist Paris", "Paris dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Paris [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Paris [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Paris [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Paris [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Paris dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sc-search] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [sc-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Ralph Badaoui [sc-web] | Aesthetic smile, complex rehabilitation | not published |
| Dr Joseph Nammour [sc-web] | Bone grafting, implantology | not published |
| Dr Maxime Lucas [sc-web] | Aesthetic smile | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- 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://smile-clinic.fr |
|---|---|
| Phone | +33 1 40 70 95 64 |
| +33 6 95 12 58 80 | |
| Address | 8 Boulevard de la Madeleine, 75009 Paris, France |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sc-web | https://cabinet-dentaire-madeleine.com/ | smile-clinic.fr redirects here; team names, address, phone, WhatsApp, hours, services, English site. | 2026-07-08 |
| sc-search | https://smile-clinic.fr/en/home/ | The Smile Clinic became The Madeleine Dental Practice; English site; directory listings. | 2026-07-08 |
| sq | search:best dentist Paris; English speaking dentist Paris; dental implants Paris; emergency dentist Paris; Paris dentist for expats | AI/search visibility across the five standard queries. | 2026-07-08 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | Initial data collection. |
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