Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-07 | 麻布台ユナイテッドデンタルオフィス (Azabudai United Dental Office) | Agent Y1 (wave-4 close-out, 2026-09-07): navigation to www.uniteddentaloffice.com, refused to agent I-3, now works; the clinic's Japanese page was read and the open question — whether it publishes kanji for its two Latin-only dentists — is answered with a negative. |
| 2026-09-06 | ＤＥＮＴＡＬ ＯＦＦＩＣＥ ＯＴＡＮＩ (Dental Office Otani) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | ＤＵＯ大阪歯科医院 (DUO Osaka Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | ＭＹデンタルオフィス麹町 (MY Dental Office Kojimachi) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | アキヤマ歯科医院 (Akiyama Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | さくらプラチナム歯科 (Sakura Platinum Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | なかい歯科 (Nakai Dental) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | まきむらデンタルクリニック (Makimura Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | まつうら歯科医院 歯内療法専門室 (The Akira Matsuura, DDS Endodontics) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | みなと町歯科 (Minatomachi Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 元麻布ヒルズデンタルクリニック (Motoazabu Hills Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 友デンタルクリニック (Tomo Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 吉塚はまい歯科 (Yoshizuka Hamai Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 土坂歯科医院 (Tsuchisaka Shika Iin) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 安増歯科医院 (Yasumasu Dental Office) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 山手デンタルクリニック (Yamate Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was read live for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the login-gated staff page was re-tested in a real browser and the clinic's other public pages searched for a roster. |
| 2026-09-06 | 山道歯科 国際矯正・インプラントクリニック (Yamamichi Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 梅垣歯科 新梅田シティ診療所 (Umegaki Dental Office Shin-Umeda City) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 歯周病治療専門クリニック ＳＰＩＤＯ (SPIDO — Specialized Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Osaka) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 福地歯科医院 (Fukuchi Shika Iin) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 藤見歯科医院 (Fujimi Dental Clinic) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-06 | 麻布台ユナイテッドデンタルオフィス (Azabudai United Dental Office) | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the country worklist rows that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＤＥＮＴＡＬ ＯＦＦＩＣＥ ＯＴＡＮＩ (Dental Office Otani) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website, the 近畿厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and its open-data twin, and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＤＥＮＴＡＬ ＯＦＦＩＣＥ ＯＴＡＮＩ (Dental Office Otani) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 2733270081040); the 近畿厚生局 Osaka dental list re-downloaded and re-read to the last of its 5,240 rows, entry 3164 (医療機関コード 41-07929, 指定 平29.3.1, 開設者 医療法人禄士会 理事長 大谷 朋弘, 管理者 大谷 恭史) reproduced exactly; the principal's register entry (平成16年) reproduced live. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＤＵＯ大阪歯科医院 (DUO Osaka Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own Japanese and English sites and fee table, the 近畿厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＤＵＯ大阪歯科医院 (DUO Osaka Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 2733270072220); every line of the published fee table re-read and confirmed; the 近畿厚生局 entry 3141 (医療機関コード 41-07499, 指定 平25.10.1) reproduced exactly; both dentist searches re-run live; the clinic-published name forms DUO大阪歯科医院 / DUO Osaka Dental Clinic confirmed on the clinic's own pages. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＭＹデンタルオフィス麹町 (MY Dental Office Kojimachi) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register, the 関東信越厚生局 health-insurance designation list and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | ＭＹデンタルオフィス麹町 (MY Dental Office Kojimachi) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333136400123); the 関東信越厚生局 entry (医療機関コード 01,8389,7, 指定 令5.5.1, 開設者・管理者 南 有希子) and all three dentist register entries reproduced live; the fee page's unreplaced template placeholders (項目名 / 00,000 円) confirmed still present. |
| 2026-09-04 | アキヤマ歯科医院 (Akiyama Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
| 2026-09-04 | アキヤマ歯科医院 (Akiyama Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau entry 198 (医療機関コード 03-0415-8, 指定 令2.6.1) and the director's register entry (平成19年) reproduced live; the published price list re-read line by line; the coordinates re-checked against the open-data record and the ward cluster. |
| 2026-09-04 | さくらプラチナム歯科 (Sakura Platinum Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own English site and fee list, the 関東信越厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | さくらプラチナム歯科 (Sakura Platinum Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333133100114); the two clinic domains confirmed to be the same practice (sakurashika24-3.com/en canonicalises to sakuradentist.com/en); the whole English fee list re-read; the director searched in the dentist register and found; structured data reclassified; confirmed the site publishes neither implant services nor implant fees. |
| 2026-09-04 | なかい歯科 (Nakai Dental) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01) and the MHLW national dentist register. |
| 2026-09-04 | なかい歯科 (Nakai Dental) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau workbook re-downloaded and re-read to the last of its 1,214 rows, entry 207 (医療機関コード 03-0424-0, 指定 令4.5.1, 医療法人インターメディカル, 管理者 中居 伸行) reproduced exactly; all four dentist register entries reproduced live under both gender filters; every figure in the self-pay fee table re-read; the published romanisation corrected to the form the clinic itself uses. |
| 2026-09-04 | まきむらデンタルクリニック (Makimura Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
| 2026-09-04 | まきむらデンタルクリニック (Makimura Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau entry 354 (医療機関コード 06-0257-7, 指定 平12.6.1) and the director's register entry (昭和63年) reproduced live; the site re-read and confirmed to carry no LocalBusiness or Dentist markup (BreadcrumbList only), no cleaning, filling or imaging price and no implant service. |
| 2026-09-04 | まつうら歯科医院 歯内療法専門室 (The Akira Matsuura, DDS Endodontics) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the MHLW national medical-institution register 医療情報ネット and its 2025-12-01 open data, the Kyushu Regional Bureau health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-08-01) and the MHLW national dentist register. |
| 2026-09-04 | まつうら歯科医院 歯内療法専門室 (The Akira Matsuura, DDS Endodontics) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the licence search re-run live under both gender filters and both kanji forms (still nil); the Kyushu Regional Bureau list re-read to its last row and the absence re-confirmed against the clinic's own statement that it is not a 保険医療機関; the 医療情報ネット detail record re-opened (開設者 and 管理者 genuinely unreported); the English page's Saturday claim re-confirmed to contradict both the Japanese site header and the register; the investigative text moved out of the rendered licence value. |
| 2026-09-04 | みなと町歯科 (Minatomachi Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own multilingual website and English price list, the 近畿厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and its open-data twin, and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | みなと町歯科 (Minatomachi Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 2733270074100); rule (A) confirmed — the clinic publishes no dentist name of its own, the name 三角 佐代子 comes from the registers only and is not scored; the 近畿厚生局 entry 3420 and the register entry (平成25年) both reproduced live. |
| 2026-09-04 | 元麻布ヒルズデンタルクリニック (Motoazabu Hills Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website and bilingual fee table, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and its open-data twin, and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 元麻布ヒルズデンタルクリニック (Motoazabu Hills Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333139912570); both dentists reproduced in the national register (平成16年 each); every figure in the bilingual fee table re-read and confirmed; the health-insurance discrepancy re-tested against the full 厚生局 list. |
| 2026-09-04 | 友デンタルクリニック (Tomo Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-08-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
| 2026-09-04 | 友デンタルクリニック (Tomo Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kyushu Regional Bureau entry 982 (医療機関コード 103,971,4, 指定 令5.2.1, 医療法人社団ＤＸＤ) and the director's register entry reproduced live; schema.org LocalBusiness markup confirmed; the coordinates re-checked against the open-data record. |
| 2026-09-04 | 吉塚はまい歯科 (Yoshizuka Hamai Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-08-01), the MHLW national medical-institution register 医療情報ネット and the MHLW national dentist register. |
| 2026-09-04 | 吉塚はまい歯科 (Yoshizuka Hamai Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kyushu Regional Bureau entry 109 (医療機関コード 023,160,1, 指定 令6.2.1) and the 医療情報ネット detail record reproduced live; the register entry re-checked in both the 濵 and 浜 spellings; the clinic-published romanisation Yoshizuka Hamai Dental Clinic confirmed on its own English guide; geo left null — the clinic is absent from the 2025-12-01 open-data release and publishes no map pin (queued for the browser pass). |
| 2026-09-04 | 土坂歯科医院 (Tsuchisaka Shika Iin) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01) and the MHLW national dentist register. |
| 2026-09-04 | 土坂歯科医院 (Tsuchisaka Shika Iin) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau entry 265 (医療機関コード 04-0321-6, 指定 平29.3.1, 医療法人融和会, 管理者 土坂 伸夫) and both dentist register entries reproduced live (眞鍋 太郎 also resolves from the standard-form spelling 真鍋); the coordinates confirmed to come from the clinic's own embedded map (!2d135.762023 / !3d34.988); structured data re-checked and confirmed BreadcrumbList only. |
| 2026-09-04 | 安増歯科医院 (Yasumasu Dental Office) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-08-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
| 2026-09-04 | 安増歯科医院 (Yasumasu Dental Office) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kyushu Regional Bureau entry 881 (医療機関コード 103,632,2, 指定 令3.4.1, 医療法人安増歯科医院) and the director's register entry (平成13年) reproduced live; the whole site re-read and confirmed to carry no fee page and no LocalBusiness or Dentist markup; the coordinates re-checked against the open-data record and the ward cluster. |
| 2026-09-04 | 山手デンタルクリニック (Yamate Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website and English guide, the 関東信越厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 山手デンタルクリニック (Yamate Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333132119370); the 厚生局 entry (医療機関コード 10,4632,5, 指定 平9.5.1) and the principal's register entry (昭和61年) reproduced live; the whole site navigation re-read and confirmed to contain no fee page. |
| 2026-09-04 | 山道歯科 国際矯正・インプラントクリニック (Yamamichi Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-08-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
| 2026-09-04 | 山道歯科 国際矯正・インプラントクリニック (Yamamichi Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kyushu Regional Bureau workbook re-downloaded (令和8年8月1日現在 is still the newest release) and re-read to the last of its 2,937 rows, entry 642 (医療機関コード 103,165,3, 指定 平10.12.9, 開設者・管理者 山道 信之) reproduced exactly; all four dentist register entries reproduced live; the open-data coordinates corroborated to within about 3 m by the clinic's own schema.org GeoCoordinates; the structured-data reading corrected. |
| 2026-09-04 | 梅垣歯科 新梅田シティ診療所 (Umegaki Dental Office Shin-Umeda City) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website and price list, the 近畿厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット open-data register and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 梅垣歯科 新梅田シティ診療所 (Umegaki Dental Office Shin-Umeda City) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 2733270002000); the 近畿厚生局 entry 3102 (医療機関コード 41-06566, 指定 平18.10.18) and all three dentist register entries reproduced live. |
| 2026-09-04 | 歯周病治療専門クリニック ＳＰＩＤＯ (SPIDO — Specialized Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Osaka) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and its open-data twin, the 近畿厚生局 health-insurance designation list and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 歯周病治療専門クリニック ＳＰＩＤＯ (SPIDO — Specialized Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Osaka) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the 近畿厚生局 Osaka dental list re-read to the last of its 5,240 rows and the clinic confirmed absent (searched by telephone, name, 開設者 and 管理者), consistent with its published self-pay-only policy; the licence search re-run under both gender filters; geo left null because the clinic's own record in the MHLW open data carries the placeholder coordinates 0.0 / 0.0 — queued for the browser pass. The English name Specialized Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Osaka is the facility's own declaration in the statutory register, not an invented romanisation. |
| 2026-09-04 | 福地歯科医院 (Fukuchi Shika Iin) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01) and the MHLW national dentist register. |
| 2026-09-04 | 福地歯科医院 (Fukuchi Shika Iin) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau entry 184 (医療機関コード 03-0395-2, 指定 平28.4.1) and all three dentist register entries reproduced live; the coordinates confirmed to come from the clinic's own Google Maps place link (!3d/!4d); the structured-data reading corrected — the site does publish a schema.org Dentist node. |
| 2026-09-04 | 藤見歯科医院 (Fujimi Dental Clinic) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website and fee table, the 関東信越厚生局 health-insurance designation list, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 藤見歯科医院 (Fujimi Dental Clinic) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333130340620); the 厚生局 entry (医療機関コード 02,8163,4, 指定 平10.9.30) and the 医療情報ネット record naming a different managing dentist (渡辺 伸明) both reproduced live; the two dentists left unsearched in the first pass were searched and found; the home page's structured data re-read and reclassified. |
| 2026-09-04 | 麻布台ユナイテッドデンタルオフィス (Azabudai United Dental Office) | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own website, the MHLW 医療情報ネット facility register and its open-data twin, the 関東信越厚生局 health-insurance designation list and the MHLW dentist qualification search. |
| 2026-09-04 | 麻布台ユナイテッドデンタルオフィス (Azabudai United Dental Office) | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: geo added from the MHLW 医療情報ネット open data (snapshot 2025-12-01, facility ID 1333136016800); the managing dentist was re-searched in the MHLW dentist register under the clinic's own kanji spelling 林 実和子 and found (平成9年), and 江夏 裕和 (Dr. Hirokazu Enatsu) was found from the kanji published on the clinic's Japanese page; the 関東信越厚生局 dental designation list was re-read to the last of its 10,292 rows and the clinic is confirmed absent; x-ray pricing harmonised with the rest of the country. |
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |