Kevin B. Sands, DDS Cosmetic Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1055.6/100
- Best for Expats#1050.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1046/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1039.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1055/100
- 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 Site lists 'Sedation Dentistry' as a category (blog links to benefits/side-effects posts) but no depth/type details found.
Summary
Beverly Hills cosmetic dentistry practice offering porcelain veneers, implants, teeth whitening, Invisalign and full-mouth restorations. Also lists a Dubai location.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 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)
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.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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 2026-08-25 [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-10 (listing read 2026-09-26). [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Only older owner replies were found: 2 of the 9 reviews read carry one, the latest dated 2025-01-20, and none to a review from the last 12 months. [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Google shows no 1–2★ ratings (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 175), so there is no complaint to repeat. [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 9 Google reviews could be read for this listing (175 on the listing), fewer than the 10 needed to assess review patterns. [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Dr. Kevin Sands has a Healthgrades profile at the practice's address (55 ratings, 4.7). [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-platforms] | 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 Los Angeles", "English speaking dentist Los Angeles", "dental implants Los Angeles", "emergency dentist Los Angeles", "Los Angeles dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Los Angeles [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Los Angeles [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Los Angeles dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares the types Organization, Dentist (alongside WebSite, Person). [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-r6s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality The clinic's own site is not among the 9 results of a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02, although a site: search shows its pages are indexed. [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-av3] [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-av3-2] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | 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. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin B. Sands, DDS [s1] [kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-doclic] | Cosmetic dentistry, smile makeovers, porcelain veneers | 46951 | California dental licence number as the dentist lists it in the federal NPI Registry (NPI 1093972390); taken from that record, not from the Dental Board of California. |
| Dr. Ashraf Ghoneim, DDS [s1] | Implant dentistry | not verified | — |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
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.beverlyhillscosmeticdentist.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-310-273-0111 |
| https://www.facebook.com/cosmeticdentistbeverlyhills | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 414 North Camden Drive, Suite 940, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 |
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.beverlyhillscosmeticdentist.com/ | Clinic name, address, phone, dentists, services, photos, Facebook, Maps link. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:best dentist Los Angeles | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kevin+B.+Sands,+DDS+-+Cosmetic+De… | most recent review 6 months ago (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-doclic | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1093972390 | NPPES record for KEVIN B SANDS, D.D.S (NPI 1093972390, status Active) lists CA taxonomy 'Dentist' with license 46951, practice address 414 N Camden Dr Ste 940, Beverly Hills - exact match to the clinic's address. | 2026-08-25 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6903145906516058288&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 5 from 174 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 174; newest review dated 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-26 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-platforms | https://www.healthgrades.com/dentist/dr-kevin-sands-2sljk | Healthgrades profile of Dr. Kevin Sands, DDS, 414 N Camden Dr Ste 940, Beverly Hills, phone (310) 273-0111 — the practice's address and number: 55 ratings, 25 with a written review, rating 4.7 (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-av3 | search:"Kevin B. Sands" cosmetic dentistry Beverly Hills | Web search run on 2026-10-02 (English, US results) for the clinic's name and city: 9 results listed, none from its own domain. Listed instead: WebMD, Yelp, three business directories, a second dentist site and two profile pages. | 2026-10-02 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-av3-2 | search:site:beverlyhillscosmeticdentist.com | Web search run on 2026-10-02 with the site: operator on the clinic's own domain: it returns nine pages of its domain, including the home and contact pages, so the site is indexed although it is not among the name-and-city results. | 2026-10-02 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-r6s3 | https://www.beverlyhillscosmeticdentist.com/ | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types Organization, WebSite, Dentist, Person, Place | 2026-10-02 |
| kevin-sands-cosmetic-dentistry-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6903145906516058288&hl=en | Google listing "Kevin B. Sands, DDS - Cosmetic Dentistry Beverly Hills" (Cosmetic dentist, Dental implants periodontist, Dentist), read 2026-10-02 in three review orders (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and the five most relevant): rated 5 from 175 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 175); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2024-01-23 to 2026-09-30, 2 with an owner reply | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no repeated complaint. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site not listed, though indexed). |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-10). |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against NPPES NPI Registry: Kevin B. Sands found with CA license 46951 and exact address match; Ashraf Ghoneim not confirmed in CA (only a same-named Arizona prosthodontist found), left null. No clinic-level NPI found. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live (beverlyhillscosmeticdentist.com), address and phone unchanged, clinic operating (open). Google rating changed from stored 4.6 to 5.0 and review count from 332 to 174 (Google appears to have recalculated/pruned reviews); recorded Maps place URL, geo coordinates, and review recency. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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