Doctor J Premium Dental Care - Galle City Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #18 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
37.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1837.1/100
- Best for Expats#1738.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1631/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1725.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1744.3/100
- 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 "Sedation options" are mentioned under patient comfort without any statement about general anaesthesia or deep sedation.
Summary
Galle City Center branch of Doctor J Premium Dental Care, a two-location practice whose main clinic is in Delkanda, Nugegoda. The practice publishes the name, degrees and Sri Lanka Medical Council registration number of its lead dentist, Dr. R. A. D. Jeewantha, along with six service groups covering cosmetic dentistry, implants including full-arch cases, aligners, general and restorative work and laser treatments, and an online patient portal. It does not publish opening hours or prices, and the branch has no public Google rating yet.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 0 of 4 verifiable points (missing: google review volume; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: dental implants Sri Lanka; mentioned for: emergency dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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
20 / 20
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 Dr. R. A. D. Jeewantha, named as the practice lead; no separate roster is published for the Galle branch. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed BDS (Peradeniya), Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy (USA), FICCDE; stated areas: advanced implantology, Invisalign and crystal aligners, facial aesthetics, digital smile design. The practice also publishes a Certificates & Awards page listing the same qualifications and the SLMC registration number. [s1] [v1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The site publishes a facility gallery of the clinic, treatment suite, waiting area, equipment and sterilization centre; the Galle branch entry on the branches page is marked "Photo coming soon". [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details The branches page gives the Galle address and a dedicated Galle telephone number, matching the number on the branch's Google Business profile. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s2] [sm] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
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 figures or ranges on the home, services or branches pages. [s1] [s2] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
0 / 20
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) THE LISTING EXISTS AND HOLDS NO REVIEWS AT ALL. The Google Business Profile for this branch was opened in a browser on 2026-09-06 and read in full. It is a real, owner-verified listing - it publishes the branch address as U7, F3, 156 Old Matara Rd, Galle 80000 (which matches this card's Floor 3, Unit 7, Galle City Center, 156 Matara Road to the unit), the phone +94 70 670 0600, the website doctorjdental.com and the plus code 26PF+WX Galle, and it offers no Claim this business call to action. But the place header carries no rating and no review count, the page has no Reviews tab at all (only Overview and About), and the review block renders zero reviews. Google omits the Reviews tab only when the count is zero. This confirms the verification pass conclusion that Doctor J Galle genuinely carries no rating - it is not a failed read. googleReviewCount is therefore recorded as the fact 0, and every field that depends on there being reviews to read is null because there is nothing to read, not because it could not be reached. | 0/6 |
| ✗ | Google review volume THE LISTING EXISTS AND HOLDS NO REVIEWS AT ALL. The Google Business Profile for this branch was opened in a browser on 2026-09-06 and read in full. It is a real, owner-verified listing - it publishes the branch address as U7, F3, 156 Old Matara Rd, Galle 80000 (which matches this card's Floor 3, Unit 7, Galle City Center, 156 Matara Road to the unit), the phone +94 70 670 0600, the website doctorjdental.com and the plus code 26PF+WX Galle, and it offers no Claim this business call to action. But the place header carries no rating and no review count, the page has no Reviews tab at all (only Overview and About), and the review block renders zero reviews. Google omits the Reviews tab only when the count is zero. This confirms the verification pass conclusion that Doctor J Galle genuinely carries no rating - it is not a failed read. googleReviewCount is therefore recorded as the fact 0, and every field that depends on there being reviews to read is null because there is nothing to read, not because it could not be reached. [gmpI5b] | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency THE LISTING EXISTS AND HOLDS NO REVIEWS AT ALL. The Google Business Profile for this branch was opened in a browser on 2026-09-06 and read in full. It is a real, owner-verified listing - it publishes the branch address as U7, F3, 156 Old Matara Rd, Galle 80000 (which matches this card's Floor 3, Unit 7, Galle City Center, 156 Matara Road to the unit), the phone +94 70 670 0600, the website doctorjdental.com and the plus code 26PF+WX Galle, and it offers no Claim this business call to action. But the place header carries no rating and no review count, the page has no Reviews tab at all (only Overview and About), and the review block renders zero reviews. Google omits the Reviews tab only when the count is zero. This confirms the verification pass conclusion that Doctor J Galle genuinely carries no rating - it is not a failed read. googleReviewCount is therefore recorded as the fact 0, and every field that depends on there being reviews to read is null because there is nothing to read, not because it could not be reached. | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Only 6 reviews dated within the last 24 months were read, none with an owner reply; fewer than ten, so whether the owner answers reviews stays open. [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints The Google listing shows 14 ratings, all five-star, and the six reviews read are all dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-03, so there is no low rating to show a repeated complaint and too little history to judge. [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 6 of the 14 reviews could be read (dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-03); fewer than ten, so a pattern cannot be judged from them. [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence The Facebook page of the Doctor J brand gives its Gangodawila (Colombo) clinic; no page of the Galle clinic itself was found (checked 2026-10-02). [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-presence] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing: TripAdvisor's own search finds none for the clinic's name or a short form of it (checked 2026-10-02), and its website carries no TripAdvisor link. [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-tripadvisor] [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms] [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-2] [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-3] [doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray "Digital X-rays, 3D imaging, and laser dentistry for precise, comfortable treatments." [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) The site names 3D imaging without identifying it as cone-beam CT. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Single-tooth, full-arch (All-on-4) and digital implantation. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign and crystal aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery An "Implants & Surgery" service group, including laser frenectomy. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available wa.me link published alongside the practice telephone numbers. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible A patient portal offers online booking, service selection and access to records. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours The practice publishes no schedule: "Hours vary based on doctor availability. Please call to schedule your appointment." Elsewhere the same page claims extended weekday hours and weekend appointments, but no times are given, and the branches page lists none for Galle. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Sri Lanka", "English speaking dentist Sri Lanka", "dental implants Sri Lanka", "emergency dentist Sri Lanka", "Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Galle Dental Care, Specialized Dental Surgery). [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "English speaking dentist Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Galle Dental Care, Dentorium Specialist Dental Surgery). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Galle" (named results were Specialised Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Galle Dental, Galle Dental Care). [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "Galle dental clinic for expats" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic). [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No schema.org JSON-LD block is served on the home or branches pages. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain doctorjdental.com is the top organic result with its branches page, but that single page is all that ranks — the remaining eleven results are Facebook posts and videos, Instagram, Review Guru and an unrelated jobs listing (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages All service groups are anchors within a single services.php page. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
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: not published on the clinic’s website — red flag applied [reg1] [s1] [s2]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. R. A. D. Jeewantha [s1] | BDS (Peradeniya); Fellow, Pierre Fauchard Academy (USA); FICCDE; advanced implantology, aligners, facial aesthetics, digital smile design | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- 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
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- 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.doctorjdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +94 70 670 0600 |
| +94 70 170 0600 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Floor 3, Unit 7, Galle City Center, 156 Matara Road, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka |
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.doctorjdental.com/ | Lead dentist name, degrees and published SLMC registration number; service groups; imaging and laser technology; WhatsApp and patient portal; statement that hours vary; facility gallery; absence of prices | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.doctorjdental.com/our-branches/index.php | Galle branch address (Floor 3 / Unit 7, Galle City Center, 156 Matara Road) and its dedicated telephone number | 2026-09-04 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Doctor+J+Premium+Dental+Care+-+Ga… | Google Maps place record read 2026-09-04: coordinates, address, branch phone, linked website; no rating published | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.phsrc.lk/mis/web/web/regInstitute26.php?ins=8&pro=0 | PHSRC register of registered institutes, Full time Dental Surgeries, island-wide: PHSRC/FDS/213 registers the practice's Nugegoda main clinic (Dr. R. A. Danushka Jeewantha, No. 21 Udahamulla Station Road, Gangodawila, Nugegoda) in the 2024 and 2026 lists; no entry exists for the Galle City Center branch in the 2024, 2025 or 2026 lists | 2026-09-04 |
| v1 | https://www.doctorjdental.com/certificates.php | The practice's own certificates page: SLMC Reg. No. 2576 published by the practice for its lead dentist, with fellowships and training; no clinic operating-licence number is published | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Galle dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| gmpI5b | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Doctor+J+Premium+Dental+Care+-+Ga… | 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 |
| giq1 | search:"Doctor J Premium Dental Care" Galle Sri Lanka | own domain doctorjdental.com is the top organic result with its branches page, but that single page is all that ranks — the remaining eleven results are Facebook posts and videos, Instagram, Review Guru and an unrelated jobs listing | 2026-09-07 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Doctor%2… | TripAdvisor's own search, 2026-10-02: 12 suggestions for "Doctor J Premium Dental Care Galle", none in Sri Lanka; 12 suggestions for "Doctor J Dental", none in Sri Lanka; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.doctorjdental.com/ | The clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-02 with 2 contact or about page(s): no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/sri-lanka | WhatClinic: it has no dentist listing for Sri Lanka or for Galle (/dentists/sri-lanka and /dentists/sri-lanka/galle return not found); its profile sitemaps (22,064 dentist profiles) carry a single Sri Lankan dentist, Rosewood Dental & Medical Hospital in Kadawatha; the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (/dentists/sri-lanka/doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-city-center, /dentists/sri-lanka/doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle) return not found (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/sri-lanka | Dental Departures: the Sri Lanka page returns not found and its search does not recognise Sri Lanka or Galle as a location (it answers with its whole list of 1,106 clinics), so it lists no clinic in Sri Lanka (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-3 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinic.xml | Bookimed: its clinic sitemap (2,127 clinics) has no clinic in Sri Lanka and its Sri Lanka clinics page is removed (HTTP 410) (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-platforms-4 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/doctorjdental.com | Trustpilot: no business page for doctorjdental.com, the clinic's website (the address returns "page not found") (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-presence | https://www.facebook.com/doctorj.premiumdental/ | Facebook page "Doctor J Premium Dental Care" (16,778 followers), read 2026-10-02: address No. 21, Station Road, Gangodawila; phone +94 70 170 0600; website doctorjdental.com - the brand page with its Colombo-area clinic, not the Galle City Center clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| doctor-j-premium-dental-care-galle-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12446232222554989698&hl=en | Google listing "Doctor J Premium Dental Care - Galle City Center" (Dental clinic; U7, F3, 156 Old Matara Rd, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka), read 2026-10-05 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 5.0 from 14 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 14); 6 distinct reviews read, dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-03, 0 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 in 4 review orders (6 distinct reviews, dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-03; 5.0 from 14): no low rating found; the criteria stay open. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; no profile on the review platforms checked. |
| 2026-09-06 | Checked by hand in a browser: 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 checks that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic own channels. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Sri Lanka Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via doctorjdental.com including its branches page, the Google Maps place record for the Galle branch and a full read of the PHSRC register of registered institutes. |
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