Smile Recreation Dentistry by Dr. Baseri
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 54.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#454.7/100
- Best for Expats#549.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#450/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#453/100
- Best Price Transparency#536/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#552.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#455.6/100
- 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 Only nitrous ('Gas sedation') offered; site explicitly says patient stays awake and responsive, not asleep. [smile-recreation-dentistry-sedation]
Summary
General and cosmetic dentistry practice on Wilshire Blvd with an in-house team including a periodontist, endodontist and oral surgeon. Offers implants, Invisalign, root canals and emergency care.
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)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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 2026-08-25 [smile-recreation-dentistry-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smile-recreation-dentistry-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [smile-recreation-dentistry-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp (213 reviews), Zocdoc, Poyst. [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 Digital X-rays mentioned. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral & maxillofacial surgeon on team. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Family 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 [s1] | 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 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] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | 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 | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [s1] [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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Bernard Baseri, DDS [s1] [smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic] | General & cosmetic dentistry | 62519 (California Dental Board license, per NPPES NPI Registry) |
| Dr. Shervin Molayem [s1] [smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic-2] | Periodontist | 58968 (California Dental Board license, per NPPES NPI Registry) |
| Dr. Iman Dean [s1] [smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic-3] | Endodontist | 106170 (California Dental Board license, per NPPES NPI Registry) |
| Dr. Michael Issakhaian [s1] | Oral & maxillofacial surgeon | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No treatment prices published on the site. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- 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://www.smilerecreation.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-323-413-2903 |
| https://www.facebook.com/doctorbaseri | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 6221 Wilshire Blvd #517, Los Angeles, CA 90048 |
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.smilerecreation.com/ | Clinic name, address, phone, dentists, services, photos, Facebook, Maps link. | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/bernard-baseri-dds-smile-recreation-los-an… | 213 Yelp reviews, updated 2026. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:dental implants Los Angeles | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| smile-recreation-dentistry-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Recreation+Dentistry+by+Dr.… | most recent review 2 weeks ago, marked NEW (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-recreation-dentistry-sedation | https://www.smilerecreation.com/sedation-dentistry/ | Site: 'Remaining awake while experiencing a sense of calm is possible' and 'stay awake and responsive'; only Gas sedation described, no IV/GA | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1699220608 | NPPES record for BEHNAM BERNARD BASERI, D.D.S. (NPI 1699220608, status Active) lists CA taxonomy 'Dentist' with license 62519, practice address 6221 Wilshire Blvd 517, Los Angeles - exact match to Smile Recreation Dentistry's address. | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic-2 | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1407183205 | NPPES record for SHERVIN M MOLAYEM, DDS (NPI 1407183205, status Active) lists primary CA taxonomy 'Dentist, Periodontics' with license 58968 (also NV license 6153), matching the clinic-listed specialization 'Periodontist'. Registered address is 264 S La Cienega Blvd #943, Beverly Hills, not Smile Recreation's Wilshire Blvd address - consistent with a visiting specialist who has his own primary registered office. | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-recreation-dentistry-doclic-3 | https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1861064057 | NPPES record for IMAN DEAN, DMD (NPI 1861064057, status Active) lists CA taxonomy 'Dentist' with license 106170, matching the clinic-listed specialization 'Endodontist'. Registered addresses are in Orange/Santa Ana, CA, not Smile Recreation's LA address - consistent with a visiting specialist. | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against NPPES NPI Registry: Bernard Baseri (lic. 62519, exact address match), Shervin Molayem (lic. 58968, periodontist match) and Iman Dean (lic. 106170, endodontist match) found; Michael Issakhaian not found under any spelling tried, left null. No clinic-level NPI found. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Only nitrous ('Gas sedation') offered; site explicitly says patient stays awake and responsive, not asleep. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live (smilerecreation.com), address and clinic name unchanged, operating 24 hours (open). Newly captured Google rating 4.7 (369 reviews, previously unset), Maps place URL, geo coordinates and review recency. Note: Google Maps listing shows phone +1 323-218-8098, differing from the site's/worklist's listed number +1-323-413-2903 (likely a call-tracking number); left stored phone unchanged since the clinic's own site confirms +1-323-413-2903. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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