友デンタルクリニック (Tomo Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1161.1/100
- Best for Expats#1160.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#861/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#466.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#1639.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1263/100
- Best for Families / Children#864.9/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
General practice opened in 2018 by Kyudai Gakken Toshi station in Nishi Ward and incorporated as DXD in 2023, covering general, paediatric, orthodontic and oral-surgery dentistry with a children's room, an in-house CT and an intraoral scanner. It publishes an English page, takes urgent calls at any time, and its director has translated and authored several implant and aligner textbooks.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 15 of 15 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 7.5 of 19 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; active Facebook presence)
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 Director 今井 遊 is named with a full career history; the clinic publishes no romanisation for him and names no other dentist. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed 歯学博士 (2016, Kyushu University, implant and denture prosthodontics); Tsurumi University 2009; extensive translation and authorship record in implant and aligner literature. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone and address on every page and an e-mail address on the English page; the phone matches the Kyushu Regional Bureau register entry. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s4] | 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 and no figure on the home, services or English pages; self-pay aesthetic items are described without amounts. [s1] [s3] [s4] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s3] | 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: 22 five-star, 1 four-star, 2 three-star, 1 two-star, 7 one-star. The buckets sum to 33, matching the 33 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 3.909 reproduces the published 3.9. [gmp1] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is 9 months old, which proves the within-a-year 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] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | 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 eight ratings of two stars or below out of 33 - 24 per cent of the base, close to the threshold at which this pass stops crediting a clean record - none of them inside the visible sample. This false therefore rests on a three-review sample and is the weakest of the twenty-one in Japan; recorded so the gate can see it. 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 No Facebook page linked from the clinic's site. [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 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 「CT設置」 stated on the clinic's own treatment-information page, alongside an intraoral optical scanner. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s3] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery including wisdom teeth, TMJ disorder and trauma; 歯科口腔外科 is a declared specialty in the register entry. [s3] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Paediatric dentistry and a children's room; 小児歯科 is a declared specialty in the register entry. [s3] [reg1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care 「急患随時お電話にて受付ています」 — urgent patients accepted by telephone at any time. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English page and English access page; the clinic states it was set up to serve both the local community and international residents. [s4] | 2/2 |
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; booking is by phone, e-mail or the 24-hour web booking service. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s4] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible E-mail contact and a 24-hour online booking service published for first visits. [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturdays are treatment days (Japanese page: Fri/Sat 9:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:30; the English page gives Saturday 8:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:00). Closed Sundays and public holidays per the treatment-information page, although the site's page title advertises Sunday and holiday reception — the two statements do not agree. [s3] [s4] | 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 Fukuoka" (named results were Shinozaki Dental Clinic, Hakata Chuo Dental Clinic, ALLON4 ZYGOMA Clinic, Yamamichi Dental Clinic). [q1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Japan [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Japan WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Fukuoka" (named results were Fukuoka Dental College Hospital, ALLON4 ZYGOMA Clinic, Yamamichi Dental Clinic, Kasuga Dental Clinic, Hakata Chuo Dental Clinic, Hachishika Clinic). [q2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Japan WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("Emergency care is available, and patients can make appointments through a 24-hour online booking system or by phone. The clinic provides complete English-language support") in the answer for "emergency dentist Fukuoka", citing its own site tomodc.net/english. [q3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Japan dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("established in 2018...international expertise, modern facilities, and bilingual services...24-hour online booking") in the answer for "Fukuoka dental clinic for expats", citing its own site tomodc.net/english. [q4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org LocalBusiness with a PostalAddress, plus WebSite markup, in the page source. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain tomodc.net holds 4 dedicated pages (doctors, homepage, book-online, consultation) from position 6, behind a Wikipedia entry, a government registry and two dental-association directories (WebSearch 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for prevention and paediatrics, caries and root-canal treatment, instrument sterilisation, prosthetics and implants, whitening, orthodontics and oral surgery. [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 103,971,4 — designated health-insurance dental clinic (保険医療機関), designated 2023-02-01. Operator: 医療法人社団ＤＸＤ, representative director 今井 遊; responsible dentist (管理者) 今井 遊. Declared specialties 歯科・歯科口腔外科・小児歯科・矯正歯科. Per the Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare institution list, snapshot of 2026-08-01. Also recorded in the national medical-institution register (医療情報ネット) open data of 2025-12-01. [reg1] [od1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 今井 遊 [s2] [reg2] [reg1] | 院長 (director) and the clinic's 管理者; 歯学博士 (2016); Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine 2009; Kyushu University graduate school, implant and denture prosthodontics; translator and author of implant and clear-aligner textbooks | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成21年 (2009). The register publishes no registration number. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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.tomodc.net/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +81 92-806-8100 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 2-1-11 Saito, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0367, Japan (Kyudai Gakken Toshi Tower 19, 1F) |
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.tomodc.net/ | Clinic name, contacts, site structure and schema.org LocalBusiness markup | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.tomodc.net/doctors | Director's name, doctorate, career history and publication record | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://www.tomodc.net/consultation | Opening hours, urgent-patient policy, service list, children's room, CT and intraoral scanner, self-pay aesthetic menu | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://www.tomodc.net/english | English-language page with address, hours, services, English support statement and e-mail contact | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://kouseikyoku.mhlw.go.jp/kyushu/gyomu/gyomu/hoken_kikan/index… | Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare コード内容別医療機関一覧表, Fukuoka Prefecture dental workbook (r8_08_shika_fukuoka_02.xlsx), snapshot 2026-08-01: entry 982, 医療機関コード 103,971,4, 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 search for 今井 遊; register data as of 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| od1 | https://data.e-gov.go.jp/data/dataset/iryou_teikyouseido_mhlw | MHLW 医療情報ネット open data, 03-1_dental_facility_info_20251201.csv, snapshot 2025-12-01, record 4030001036074: official name, address, English transliteration Tomo Dental clinic and coordinates 33.577484 / 130.261338 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:English speaking dentist Fukuoka dental clinic | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 — clinic named in the answer as offering complete English-language support | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E5%8F%8B%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82… | 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 Fukuoka | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q2 | search:dental implants Fukuoka | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q3 | search:emergency dentist Fukuoka | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q4 | search:Fukuoka dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:友デンタルクリニック 福岡 Tomo Dental Clinic Fukuoka | own domain tomodc.net holds 4 dedicated pages (doctors, homepage, book-online, consultation) from position 6, behind a Wikipedia entry, a government registry and two dental-association directories | 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 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 | 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). |
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