福地歯科医院 (Fukuchi Shika Iin)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #18 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1853.9/100
- Best for Expats#1947.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1249/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#849.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1935.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- 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
Summary
Three-dentist practice three minutes from Karasuma Oike station, incorporated as a medical corporation in 2016. It works to a microscope-first protocol for root-canal, aesthetic and surgical treatment, documents a dental CT, and names its dentists with periodontal and oral-surgery certifications; it publishes no prices and has no English-language pages.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 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
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 Three dentists named on the clinic's own staff page: 福地 淳二 (director), 寺村 哲, 平松 正子. The clinic publishes no romanisation for them. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed 日本臨床歯周病学会 認定医 and MHLW clinical-training instructor for the director; 日本口腔外科学会 認定医 for 寺村 哲. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Thirteen own photographs of the premises and treatment rooms. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone, address, hours and station routes; the phone matches the Kinki Regional Bureau register entry. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version No English (or other non-Japanese) version anywhere in the site navigation. [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s2] | 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 No price page in the navigation and no figure on any treatment page, including the implant and aesthetic pages. [s1] [s2] [s4] [s5] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s5] | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 39 five-star, 4 four-star, 1 three-star, 1 two-star, 5 one-star. The buckets sum to 50, matching the 50 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.420 reproduces the published 4.4. [gmp1] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews No owner reply appears under any visible review. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints None of the three reviews Google renders is critical. The histogram carries six ratings of two stars or below out of 50 (12 per cent) outside the visible sample, so this reading rests on the sample. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram shape, spread of wording and dates, and reviewer-account variety show no sign of manipulation. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's site links Instagram (@fukuchikyoto) but no Facebook page. [s1] | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 歯科用CT for three-dimensional imaging documented on the implant page and used in root-canal diagnosis. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics The clinic states it refers patients needing specialist orthodontic treatment to an orthodontist, although 矯正歯科 is a declared specialty in its register entry. [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care The first-visit page states that urgent patients (急患) are accepted, with priority to booked patients. [s5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No LINE or WhatsApp channel; the clinic asks for telephone booking. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment page explains the procedure in plain language, including a dedicated page on what a dental microscope is and where it is used. [s7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturdays 9:00-13:00 and 14:30-18:00; closed Thursday, Sunday and public holidays. [s2] | 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 Japan", "English speaking dentist Japan", "dental implants Japan", "emergency dentist Japan", "Japan dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Japan WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Kyoto" (named results were Hirano Dental Clinic, Yasuda Dental Clinic, Nishibori, Nakai Dental Office, OKUDA DENTAL CLINIC). [q1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Japan [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Japan WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("three-minute walk from the Karasuma Oike Station...latest equipment including a dental CT and microscopes") in the answer for "dental implants Kyoto", citing its own site fukuchi-kyoto.com. [q2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Japan WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Kyoto" (named results were Nakai Dental Office, Tsuchisaka Dental Clinic, OKUDA DENTAL CLINIC). [q3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Japan dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "Kyoto dental clinic for expats" (named results were Nakai Dental Office, Okuda Dental Clinic, Akiyama Dental Clinic, Manabe Dental Clinic). [q4] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website The home page serves two JSON-LD blocks: a BreadcrumbList/CollectionPage/Organization/WebSite @graph and a standalone schema.org Dentist node carrying the clinic name, image, URL, telephone, PostalAddress and opening hours. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain fukuchi-kyoto.com takes the top result plus its staff, first-visit and cosmetic pages (4 of 12), with the practice's root-canal site fukuchi-endo.com second; Doctors File, Guidedent and Caloo follow (SearXNG opnxng.com 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for caries, periodontal treatment, aesthetics, prevention, implants, occlusion, whitening, dentures, microscope work and root-canal treatment. [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: 医療機関コード 03-0395-2 — designated health-insurance dental clinic (保険医療機関), designated 2016-04-01. Operator: 医療法人福地歯科医院, representative director 福地 淳二; responsible dentist (管理者) 福地 淳二. Declared specialties 歯科・矯正歯科・歯科口腔外科・小児歯科. Per the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare institution list, snapshot of 2026-09-01. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 福地 淳二 [s2] [reg2] [reg1] | 院長 (director); 日本臨床歯周病学会 認定医; MHLW-registered dental clinical-training instructor; Astra Tech implant instructor; Kyushu Dental University | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成11年 (1999). The register publishes no registration number. |
| 寺村 哲 [s2] [reg2] | 歯科医師; 日本口腔外科学会 認定医; Kyushu Dental University | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成28年 (2016). The register publishes no registration number. |
| 平松 正子 [s2] [reg2] | 歯科医師; Hiroshima University School of Dentistry | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成6年 (1994). The register publishes no registration number. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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.fukuchi-kyoto.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +81 75-253-3159 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 231 Gosho Hachiman-cho, Oike-dori Yanaginobanba Nishi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0825, Japan (Shicata Quatorze Building 2F) |
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.fukuchi-kyoto.com/ | Clinic name, service list, Instagram link, absence of English pages and of a price page, structured-data check | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/staff/ | Named dentists with certifications, address, phone, opening hours and Google Maps link | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/clinic/ | Premises photographs | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/implant/ | Implant treatment and 歯科用CT; no prices on the page | 2026-09-04 |
| s5 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/first/ | First-visit flow, urgent-patient acceptance, intraoral photography, radiography and CT at the first appointment | 2026-09-04 |
| s6 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/occlusion/ | Statement that specialist orthodontic cases are referred to an orthodontist | 2026-09-04 |
| s7 | https://www.fukuchi-kyoto.com/scope/ | Plain-language explanation of microscope-assisted treatment | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://kouseikyoku.mhlw.go.jp/kinki/tyousa/shinkishitei.html | Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare コード内容別医療機関一覧表, Kyoto Prefecture dental workbook (2026.9_kikanzentai_kyoto_sika.xlsx), snapshot 2026-09-01: entry 184, 医療機関コード 03-0395-2, operator, responsible dentist, designation date and declared specialties | 2026-09-04 |
| reg2 | https://licenseif.mhlw.go.jp/search_isei/jsp/top.jsp | MHLW 医師等資格確認検索 (national dentist register), full-name searches for the three named dentists; register data as of 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:English speaking dentist Kyoto dental clinic | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 — clinic named in the cited Kyoto English-speaking dentist listing | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E7%A6%8F%E5%9C%B0%E6%AD%AF%E7%A7… | Live Google Maps place page read in a browser: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| q1 | search:best dentist Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q2 | search:dental implants Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q3 | search:emergency dentist Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q4 | search:Kyoto dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:福地歯科医院 京都 Fukuchi Dental Clinic Kyoto | own domain fukuchi-kyoto.com takes the top result plus its staff, first-visit and cosmetic pages (4 of 12), with the practice's root-canal site fukuchi-endo.com second; Doctors File, Guidedent and Caloo follow | 2026-09-07 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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