Studio Odontoiatrico Santa Croce
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 52.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #19 of 29 ranked clinics · Last checked: 1 September 2026
52.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1952.2/100
- Best for Expats#1849.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#2044.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1737.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#1654.2/100
- 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
Dental practice near Porta San Felice led by Dr. Lorenzo Ferraioli, with a very large and consistently high volume of Google reviews, offering pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, implantology and smile aesthetics.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Italy; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Italy; mentioned for: dental implants Italy; mentioned for: emergency dentist Italy; mentioned for: Italy dental clinic for expats)
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
16 / 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. Lorenzo Ferraioli named; reviews additionally name hygienist Dott.ssa Chiara Lavalle. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
18 / 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) [gmaps] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [gmaps] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Multiple visible reviews dated within the past month of the 2026-09-01 check. [gmaps] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Personal, specific owner replies visible under every sampled review. [gmaps] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Low ratings are few (1★ 2 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 133; 1.5 % one or two stars) and too scattered to share a theme. [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Sampled reviews are detailed and individually written; no burst pattern observed. [gmaps] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Studio Odontoiatrico Santa Croce Bologna" and "Odontoiatrico Santa Croce"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-r5] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-r5-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms The MioDottore page of Dr Lorenzo Ferraioli is not registered by him and has no reviews. No profile found on DocDental, WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-05). [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-3] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-4] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-5] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
5.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
4.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
3 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Italy", "English speaking dentist Italy", "dental implants Italy", "emergency dentist Italy", "Italy dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Italy [q1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Italy [q2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Italy [q3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Italy [q4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Italy dental clinic for expats [q5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Home page HTML carries JSON-LD of schema.org type Organization. [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages The site has separate pages for individual treatments, e.g. /sbiancamento/, /trattamenti/dentista-per-bambini-a-bologna/. [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site-2] | 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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dott. Lorenzo Ferraioli [s1] [reg1] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site-albo] [studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-fnomceo-1653] | General dentistry (head of practice) | Albo Odontoiatri Bologna 01653 | Registration number in the dentists’ register (Albo degli Odontoiatri) of the provincial Order of Physicians and Dentists, entered on 10 January 2012; confirmed in the national register of FNOMCeO, the federation of the Orders (checked 30 September 2026). |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://dentistasantacroce.it |
|---|---|
| Phone | +39 051 332069 |
| https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573826190165 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Via Santa Croce, 11/H, 40122 Bologna BO, Italia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dentistasantacroce.it | Address, contacts, hours, dentist name, services, self-reported Albo n. 01653, P.IVA. | 2026-09-01 |
| gmaps | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Studio+Odontoiatrico+Santa+Croce/… | Google rating 4.9 (132 reviews) as of 2026-09-01; owner replies naming Lorenzo Ferraioli and hygienist Chiara Lavalle; address and coordinates. | 2026-09-01 |
| reg1 | https://albounico.fnomceo.it/ | FNOMCeO national Albo Odontoiatri: FERRAIOLI LORENZO, b. 06/03/1987 Bologna, registered with the Ordine della Provincia di Bologna - confirms identity and provincial registration matching the site's self-reported n. 01653; the exact registration-number detail view returned a transient service error ('Si e verificato un problema durante la chiamata al servizio') on repeated attempts, so the number itself is cited from the clinic's own site rather than independently re-displayed by the registry. | 2026-09-01 |
| q1 | search:best dentist Bologna | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01: clinic not present in top results. | 2026-09-01 |
| q2 | search:English speaking dentist Bologna | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01: clinic not present in top results. | 2026-09-01 |
| q3 | search:dental implants Bologna | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01: clinic not present in top results. | 2026-09-01 |
| q4 | search:emergency dentist Bologna | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01: clinic not present in top results. | 2026-09-01 |
| q5 | search:Bologna dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01: clinic not present in top results. | 2026-09-01 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site-albo | https://dentistasantacroce.it | Clinic site footer: "Dott. Ferraioli ... Iscrizione ordine dei Medici ed Odontoiatri di Bologna n°01653". | 2026-09-30 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-fnomceo-1653 | https://albounico.fnomceo.it/ | FNOMCeO national register of physicians and dentists (Albo Unico Nazionale), search by surname and first name, record FERRAIOLI LORENZO - Albo provinciale di Odontoiatria (Ordine della Provincia di Bologna) n. 0000001653, iscrizione 10/01/2012; laurea in Odontoiatria e protesi dentaria, Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, 26/10/2011; record updated 03/04/2026. | 2026-09-30 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen | https://www.miodottore.it/lorenzo-ferraioli/dentista/bologna | MioDottore, read 2026-10-02: page of Dr. Lorenzo Ferraioli, practice listed as Studio Dentistico Santa Croce, Via Santa Croce 11/H, Bologna, carrying the prompt "Sei tu questo dottore? Modifica o gestisci profilo" (not registered by him), with no services, no online booking and no reviews | 2026-10-02 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-r5 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Studio%2… | TripAdvisor search on 2026-10-02 for "Studio Odontoiatrico Santa Croce Bologna" and "Odontoiatrico Santa Croce": 12 and 12 results (places, attractions, hotels), none of them this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-r5-2 | https://dentistasantacroce.it | The clinic's website (home page and its contact or about page, read 2026-10-02) carries no link to a TripAdvisor profile | 2026-10-02 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site | https://dentistasantacroce.it/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD block with @type Organization (alongside WebPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ImageObject) | 2026-10-02 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-site-2 | https://dentistasantacroce.it/ | Home page read 2026-10-02: the navigation links separate treatment pages, e.g. /sbiancamento/, /trattamenti/dentista-per-bambini-a-bologna/ | 2026-10-02 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14936654702505139877&hl=en | Google listing "Studio Odontoiatrico Santa Croce" (Dentist, Dental implants periodontist, Dental implants provider, Pediatric dentist), read 2026-10-02 in one review order (lowest-rated first): 4.9 from 137 reviews (1★ 2 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 133); 5 distinct reviews read, dated 2024-09-09 to 2026-07-02; owner replies on 5 of them | 2026-10-05 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-3 | https://docdental.it/sitemap-clinica.xml | DocDental, read 2026-10-05: its clinic sitemap (15,828 pages) has no page for Studio Odontoiatrico Santa Croce in Bologna (its one "Santacroce" practice is in Rieti) | 2026-10-05 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-4 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/italy | WhatClinic, read 2026-10-05: its profile sitemap (133 dentist profiles in Italy) has none under the practice's name, and a profile address under it (italy/studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce) returns "page not found" | 2026-10-05 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-5 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-05: its clinic search lists a single clinic in Italy (Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic, Modena), not this one | 2026-10-05 |
| studio-odontoiatrico-santa-croce-bologna-deepen-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dentistasantacroce.it | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-05: no company page for dentistasantacroce.it | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the MioDottore page of Dr Lorenzo Ferraioli cited before is not registered by him and has no reviews, and no profile of the practice was found on DocDental, WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Trustpilot; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Read 5 of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-02: no repeated complaint. |
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: business structured data found; separate treatment pages found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: MioDottore (profile of Dr. Lorenzo Ferraioli, no reviews yet). |
| 2026-09-01 | Initial research |
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