Ellen Stirling Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 73.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 33 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#973.3/100
- Best for Expats#969/100
- Best for Dental Implants#970.3/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1070.2/100
- Best Price Transparency#864.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1070/100
- Best for Families / Children#973.3/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented The clinic's own Sedation Dentistry page draws the distinction itself: "With sedation dentistry, you are mostly awake, while you are almost always entirely in a deep sleep with general anaesthesia. If you have had sedation dentistry, you may remember some of the procedures." Sedatives are given orally, intravenously or as nitrous oxide; general anaesthesia is described as something the practice compares itself against, not something it offers. Below the methodology's asleep-and-unaware bar. [s5]
Summary
Locally-owned family practice serving Ellenbrook, offering laser dentistry, implants, orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry. Four dentists are named on the homepage with individual AHPRA registration numbers, including principal Dr Rachit Shah who completed a full-year Master Implant Program. Publishes a standing $300 check-up-and-clean price and describes a multilingual team.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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 4 dentists named on the homepage, each with an individual AHPRA registration number. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Principal vs. General Dentist roles stated; principal's implant training (Master Implant Program, Brener Implant Institute) described. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] [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 Refuted in the verification pass: the site has a dedicated /pricing/ page (linked from the main nav) that the initial data collection did not open. It publishes standing figures for braces and clear aligners (from $5,995), single tooth implants (from $4,800), implant-supported dentures (from $15,000 per arch) and All-on-4 (from $19,995 per arch), alongside the $300 check-up & clean — well past the three-service threshold. [s1] [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed "Check-Up & Clean $300" - standing price for patients without private health fund cover, not a time-limited promo. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Pricing page: single tooth implants from $4,800; implant-supported dentures from $15,000 per arch; All-on-4 from $19,995 per arch (excludes sinus lifts and bone grafts). [s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Pricing page states X-rays "are not included in the $300 fee and will be discussed before proceeding" — no standalone figure is published. [s4] | 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) Read live from the clinic's Google Maps place page 2026-09-10 (automated two-step place read, name/address/phone cross-checked against the clinic's own site). Star histogram read from the same place page: 1*=4, 2*=0, 3*=0, 4*=1, 5*=230 — sums to 235, which reconciles with the header count, and its weighted mean reproduces the displayed rating. [gp] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Header count on the Google Maps place page, 2026-09-10. [gp] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest customer review rendered on the place page is one month old. [gp] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 5 of the 10 reviews read carry an owner reply; the latest reply is dated 2026-03-18 (to a review of 2025-06-06). [ellen-stirling-dental-r6rep] [gp] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Of 239 Google reviews, 4 are one- or two-star (1.7 %); the lowest-rated read (2023-2025) raise different matters (a deposit and booking problem, an incomplete cleaning, a short "poor service" comment), so no complaint recurs (read 2026-10-02). [ellen-stirling-dental-r6rep] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No five-star cluster and no repeated wording in the 10 Google reviews read (2022-02-27 to 2026-09-29); 9 are from accounts with other reviews of their own (read 2026-10-02). [ellen-stirling-dental-r6rep] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Own site footer links Facebook/Instagram/TikTok icons (URLs not captured in fetched text). [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Ellen Stirling Dental Perth" and "Ellen Stirling"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [ellen-stirling-dental-tripadvisor] [ellen-stirling-dental-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Healthengine carries a live profile for this practice at its own address (48 Ellen Stirling Parade, Ellenbrook WA 6069), showing "100% of patients recommend this practice", "40 ratings in the past 12 months" and online booking. Opened in the browser on 2026-09-10; this replaces the booking-widget URL that returned HTTP 404. [he1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Australia", "English speaking dentist Australia", "dental implants Australia", "emergency dentist Australia", "Australia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Australia [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Australia Own domain ranked #6 of 10 ("Multilingual dentist speaking English, Hindi, Gujarati, Cantonese, and Mandarin"). [sq2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Australia [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Australia [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Australia dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Gorgeous Smiles Dentistry25.1 of 100View report →
- #2Pure Dentistry30.2 of 100View report →
- #3Dental on Flinders3.9 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Rachit Shah [s1] [ahpra] | Principal Dentist; Master Implant Program (Brener Implant Institute, Sydney) | DEN0001931067 |
| Dr Ethan Lloyd [s1] [ahpra] | General Dentist | DEN0002667687 |
| Dr Viren Chhabra [s1] [ahpra] | General Dentist | DEN0004049658 |
| Dr Niyanta Lekha [s1] [ahpra] | General Dentist | DEN0002911554 |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://ellenstirlingdental.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (08) 6192 1036 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 48 Ellen Stirling Parade, Ellenbrook WA 6069, Australia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://ellenstirlingdental.com.au/ | Address, phone, email, 4 named dentists each with AHPRA number, services, $300 check-up price, multilingual team, full weekly opening hours. | 2026-09-10 |
| s2 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ellen+Stirling+Dental,+48+Ellen+S… | Google Business profile: name and address cross-checked against own site (automated Maps query, 2026-09-10). | 2026-09-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Perth | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-10: not present in top 10. | 2026-09-10 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Perth | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-10: ranked #6 of 10. | 2026-09-10 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Perth | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-10: not present in top 10. | 2026-09-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Perth | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-10: not present in top 10. | 2026-09-10 |
| sq5 | search:Perth dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-10: not present in top 10. | 2026-09-10 |
| s4 | https://ellenstirlingdental.com.au/pricing/ | Standing price page: braces/clear aligners from $5,995; single implants from $4,800; implant-supported dentures from $15,000/arch; All-on-4 from $19,995/arch; $300 check-up & clean; X-rays explicitly excluded from the $300 fee. | 2026-09-10 |
| s5 | https://ellenstirlingdental.com.au/sedation-dentistry/ | The clinic's own description of sedation dentistry, including the explicit statement that under sedation the patient is "mostly awake" and "may remember some of the procedures". | 2026-09-10 |
| gp | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2409805539556610935&hl=en | Google Maps place page (automated read 2026-09-10): rating 4.9, 235 reviews, star histogram, owner replies — profile name "Ellen Stirling Dental Ellenbrook", address and phone matched the clinic's own site. | 2026-09-10 |
| he1 | https://healthengine.com.au/dentist/wa/ellenbrook/ellen-stirling-de… | Live Healthengine practice profile for this clinic, opened in the browser 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| ahpra | https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Registers-of-Practitioners.aspx | Ahpra / Dental Board of Australia public Register of Practitioners, searched in the browser on 2026-09-10 (no per-practitioner permalink exists; the query and its result are transcribed in each doctor entry). | 2026-09-10 |
| ellen-stirling-dental-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2409805539556610935&hl=en | Google listing "Ellen Stirling Dental Ellenbrook", read 2026-10-02 with its reviews sorted lowest first and newest first: rating 4.9 from 239 reviews, histogram 4 one-star, 0 two-star, 0 three-star, 1 four-star, 234 five-star; 10 distinct reviews read (dated 2022-02-27 to 2026-09-29), 5 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2022-2025. | 2026-10-02 |
| ellen-stirling-dental-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Ellen Stirling Dental Perth" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Perth; 12 suggestions for "Ellen Stirling" (2 places, 4 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Perth; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| ellen-stirling-dental-tripadvisor-2 | https://ellenstirlingdental.com.au/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (10 reviews read): recurring complaints no, suspicious review patterns no. |
| 2026-09-10 | Adversarial verification: a /pricing/ page linked from the site nav but never opened in the initial data collection publishes four standing figures, so pricesPublished and implantPriceListed were raised from false/null to true and xrayPriceListed recorded false on the page's own wording; sedation recorded false on the clinic's own "mostly awake" description; the healthengine source was a live 404 and the platform claim hanging on it was withdrawn; Google rating/review count/histogram/recency/owner-replies read live from the place page. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection. Own site + Google Business profile (automated Maps query, address cross-checked) + 1 independent listing (healthengine). All 4 named dentists carry a clinic-published AHPRA number. googleRating/googleReviewCount deferred to a manual browser check (own site self-reports "5.0 Google Rating / 12,000+ Patients Treated" - unverified marketing claim, not recorded as the methodology's googleRating field). |
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