South Gables Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 11 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#746.3/100
- Best for Expats#742.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#741.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#645/100
- Best Price Transparency#731/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#745.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#347.1/100
- 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 Own site has no sedation mention; but co-dentist Dr. Robert Kaufman's FL Dept. of Health license lists Qualification 'Moderate Sedation' -- moderate sedation keeps the patient conscious/responsive per FL Board of Dentistry sedation-permit tiers, so it does not meet the asleep/unaware bar. [south-gables-dental-doclic-2]
Summary
General, cosmetic and restorative dental practice in Coral Gables offering implants (including All-on-4), Invisalign, pediatric, periodontics and emergency dentistry.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist miami; mentioned for: english speaking dentist miami; mentioned for: dental implants miami; mentioned for: emergency dentist miami; mentioned for: miami 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
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 Lawrence Lesperance, DDS; Robert Kaufman, DMD. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [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] | 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 [s1] | 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
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) as of 2026-08-26 [south-gables-dental-deepen] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [south-gables-dental-deepen] | 2/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook link present among social icons. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [south-gables-dental-deepen-2] [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Includes All-on-4. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions, bone grafting, gum grafts. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 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 non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Miami", "English speaking dentist Miami", "dental implants Miami", "emergency dentist Miami", "Miami dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Miami [south-gables-dental-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Miami [south-gables-dental-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Miami [south-gables-dental-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Miami [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Miami dental clinic for expats [south-gables-dental-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Lesperance [s1] [south-gables-dental-doclic] | DDS, general/cosmetic dentistry | DN10936 (Florida Board of Dentistry, Clear/Active) |
| Robert Kaufman [s1] [south-gables-dental-doclic-2] | DMD | DN10928 (Florida Board of Dentistry, Clear/Active) |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices published on the site. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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://southgablesdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 305-665-1263 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 4950 S Le Jeune Rd, Suite C, Coral Gables, FL 33146 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://southgablesdental.com/ | Address, phone, dentists, services, social icons. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.zocdoc.com/practice/south-gables-dental-33176 | Presence on Zocdoc / directories. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:emergency dentist Miami | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results/map pack for 'emergency dentist Miami' (previously true on 2026-07-12; not observed today). | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-doclic | https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/HealthcarePr… | LAWRENCE MICHAEL LESPERANCE DDS, license DN10936, Profession Dentist, status Clear/Active, expires 2/28/2028, original issue 8/1/1986, address of record 4950 S Le Jeune Road Suite C, Coral Gables FL 33146 (matches South Gables Dental's address exactly). No discipline/public complaint on file. Searched Last Name 'Lesperance' + First Name 'Lawrence' under Board of Dentistry / Dental profession. | 2026-08-25 |
| south-gables-dental-doclic-2 | https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/HealthcarePr… | ROBERT H KAUFMAN, license DN10928, Profession Dentist, status Clear/Active, Qualification: Moderate Sedation, expires 2/28/2028, original issue 8/1/1986, address of record 2440 Tigertail Ave, Coconut Grove FL 33133 (nearby Miami neighborhood, differs from clinic's Coral Gables address). No discipline/public complaint on file. Searched Last Name 'Kaufman' + First Name 'Robert' under Board of Dentistry / Dental profession. | 2026-08-25 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/South+Gables+Dental/@25.7248563,-… | Google Maps rating 5.0 (182 reviews) as of 2026-08-26. | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen-2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/lawrence-m-lesperance-dds-south-gables-den… | Yelp listing 5.0/5 (7 reviews), claimed, business owner 'Lawrence L.' matching Dr. Lawrence Lesperance; lists Invisalign, CEREC crowns, implants. | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Miami | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results/map pack for 'prominent dentist Miami'. | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen-4 | search:english speaking dentist Miami | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results/map pack for 'english speaking dentist Miami'. | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Miami | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results/map pack for 'dental implants Miami'. | 2026-08-26 |
| south-gables-dental-deepen-6 | search:dentist for expats Miami | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top Bing results for 'dentist for expats Miami'. | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Own site has no sedation mention; but co-dentist Dr. Robert Kaufman's FL Dept. of Health license lists Qualification 'Moderate Sedation' -- moderate sedation keeps the patient conscious/responsive per FL Board of Dentistry sedation-permit tiers, so it does not meet the asleep/unaware bar. |
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked website (live; address/phone confirmed on southgablesdental.com); Google Maps rating 5.0/182 reviews with coordinates/place URL. Found and added a NEW Yelp listing (yelp.com/biz/lawrence-m-lesperance-dds-south-gables-dental-coral-gables, 5.0/5, 7 reviews, owner 'Lawrence L.') as an additional external source beyond the existing Zocdoc citation. Sedation: no mention on southgablesdental.com itself, but the already-cited FL Dept. of Health license record for Dr. Robert Kaufman (source south-gables-dental-doclic-2) lists Qualification 'Moderate Sedation' -- moderate sedation keeps the patient conscious/responsive per Florida Board of Dentistry's own sedation-permit tiers, so this does NOT meet the asleep/unaware bar; recorded false in sedation file citing that existing license source. Visibility scout: 'emergency' mention from 2026-07-12 not reproduced today (recorded false per fresh scout). No uncited existing sources found; nothing to prune. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Florida Dept. of Health Board of Dentistry: both named dentists (Lesperance, Kaufman) found Clear/Active; clinicLicense null (no separate FL facility license for general dental offices). |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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