Africa Speciality Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 15.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #15 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1515.6/100
- Best for Expats#1612.3/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1512.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- 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
Summary
Specialty dental clinic in the Mebrat Hail area of Adama, registered in the Master Facility Registry snapshot as Africa Dental Medium Clinic and present on Google Maps with an address, a phone number and a 5.0 average from two reviews. It publishes no website and did not appear in any of the five canonical search checks; its Facebook page, under the shorter name Africa Dental Clinic, names a dentist, Dr. Melon Asfaw, but services, prices and hours are not published anywhere that could be read.
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Ethiopia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ethiopia; mentioned for: dental implants Ethiopia; mentioned for: emergency dentist Ethiopia; mentioned for: Ethiopia dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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 No website field on the clinic's own Google listing and no clinic-owned domain found in search. [gm] | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Corrected: a treating dentist, Dr. Melon Asfaw, is named on the clinic's own Facebook page [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-7] | 3/3 |
| ? | Dentist specializations listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ? | Service list published | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone number and located address published on the clinic's own Google Business listing. [gm] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version No independent website exists. [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [gm] | 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 | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) Re-read on 2026-09-10 from the place-detail record, which does publish an aggregate star average of 5.0 across the two reviews. An earlier read the same day returned the review count without the average. [gm] | 3/6 |
| ✗ | Google review volume [gm] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Both reviews carry exact timestamps: 2026-08-24 and 2026-08-15, 18 and 27 days old. The whole base is inside three months. [gm] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 2 reviews from the last 24 months were read on the Google listing, none with an owner reply, too few to say the clinic does not answer reviews (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Only 2 Google reviews exist, too few to show whether a complaint recurs (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns The listing carries only 2 Google reviews (2026-08-15 to 2026-08-24), fewer than the ten needed to judge a pattern, so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Clinic's own Facebook page; phone matches [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search has no listing for the clinic; only unrelated destinations match. Its Google Business listing carries no TripAdvisor reference either. [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen] [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-5] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile on another review platform: WhatClinic, Dental Departures and Bookimed list no clinic in Ethiopia (checked 2026-10-01) [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-8] [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-9] [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-10] | 0/0.5 |
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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours No opening hours are published anywhere: the clinic has no website, and its Google Business Profile carries no hours grid (checked 2026-09-11, when profiles for eleven other Ethiopian clinics in this directory did return one). Recorded as unverified rather than as inconvenient hours. [gm] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Ethiopia", "English speaking dentist Ethiopia", "dental implants Ethiopia", "emergency dentist Ethiopia", "Ethiopia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Ethiopia [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ethiopia [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ethiopia [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ethiopia [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Ethiopia dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No website exists to carry structured data. [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-3] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages No website exists to carry service pages. [africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-4] | 0/1.5 |
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.
- #1NovoCare Dental and Orthodontic Clinic55.4 of 100View report →
- #2TrueCare Dental and Implant Center24.9 of 100View report →
- #3Green Life Specialty Dental Clinic19.5 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: Listed as an approved health facility in Ethiopia's Master Facility Registry (Ministry of Health), facility Id 1064459, registered name "Africa Dental Medium Clinic", type Specialty Clinic, Adama town, Geda kebele, status Approved, as of the 20 February 2025 public extract (Matched on name plus location: the register's row sits 25 m from the clinic's mapped Google place and "Africa" is unique among Adama's dental facilities. The Master Facility Registry carries no licence number and no expiry date, so none is claimed; "Approved" is a facility approval status recorded on the snapshot date. Practising licences for Adama clinics are issued by the Oromia Regional Health Bureau, which has no public web presence.) [mfr] [gm]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist specializations listed
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Service list published
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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
| Phone | +251 93 222 5095 |
|---|---|
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Mebrat Hail, Geda kebele, Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gm | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11341463613059023661 | Google place record read live 2026-09-10: "AFRICA SPECIALITY DENTAL", Adama Mebrat hail, coordinates 8.5471597/39.2712531, phone +251 93 222 5095, category Dental clinic, rating 5.0 from 2 reviews, no website field Re-read 2026-09-11: star histogram 0/0/0/0/2, both reviews read in full and dated 2026-08-24 and 2026-08-15, no opening hours published on the listing, no photographs on the listing. | 2026-09-17 |
| mfr | https://data.humdata.org/dataset/ethiopian-health-facilities | Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract (snapshot 2025-02-20), row Id 1064459 "Africa Dental Medium Clinic", Adama town, Geda kebele, coordinates 8.5473865/39.271266, status Approved | 2026-09-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Adama Ethiopia | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten and no clinic-owned website found for it | 2026-09-10 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Adama | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Adama | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Adama | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq5 | search:Adama dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Africa%2… | TripAdvisor's own search index, queried for "Africa Speciality Dental Adama" and read 2026-09-17: it answered with twelve results, all unrelated geographic and hotel matches, and no business listing for the clinic. | 2026-09-17 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11341463613059023661&hl=en | No website field on the clinic's Google Business Profile, re-read 2026-09-24, and no clinic-owned domain found; there is no site to carry an English version. | 2026-09-24 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11341463613059023661&hl=en | The clinic has no website (re-confirmed 2026-09-24); its Google Business Profile is a listing, not a page, and carries no schema.org markup. | 2026-09-24 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11341463613059023661&hl=en | No website exists (re-confirmed 2026-09-24) to host individual service pages. | 2026-09-24 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11341463613059023661 | Google place record, re-read 2026-09-17: no TripAdvisor link or mention anywhere on the listing. | 2026-09-17 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-6 | https://www.facebook.com/p/Africa-Dental-Clinic-100092526884606/ | Page "Africa Dental Clinic" (about 190 followers), category General Dentist, phone +251 93 222 5095 matching the card; a post reads "Africa Speciality dental clinic Dr Melon Asfaw" | 2026-09-29 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-7 | https://www.facebook.com/p/Africa-Dental-Clinic-100092526884606/ | Post: "Africa Speciality dental clinic Dr Melon Asfaw" | 2026-09-29 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-8 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ethiopia | WhatClinic's Ethiopia dentist page, read 2026-10-01: "No information on Dentists in Ethiopia" - the platform lists no dental clinic in the country | 2026-10-01 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-9 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/ethiopia | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-01: its Ethiopia page returns "not found" and its clinic search recognises no Ethiopian location (Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar, Hawassa) - no clinic listed in the country | 2026-10-01 |
| africa-speciality-dental-clinic-adama-deepen-10 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=ethiopia/ | Bookimed, read 2026-10-01: its Ethiopia clinic page has been removed ("Page removed", HTTP 410) - the platform lists no clinic in the country | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (2 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints, owner replies to reviews, suspicious review patterns left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-01 | Searched the review platforms for the clinic (WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed): none lists it, the first three carry no Ethiopian clinic at all. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: dentist specializations listed, real clinic photos, service list published, published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Found the clinic's own Facebook page (it uses the shorter name "Africa Dental Clinic"; the phone matches the card). Corrected: a treating dentist, Dr. Melon Asfaw, is named there. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no recurring complaints now unverified: 2 Google reviews are too few to show a pattern; clinic responds to reviews now unverified: with 2 Google reviews a missing owner reply shows nothing yet. |
| 2026-09-24 | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's Google Business Profile, which still carries no advertised website. Recorded: no English website version, no structured data and no dedicated service pages, all because the clinic has no website. Rating and review count unchanged. Still unverified: Facebook presence, other review platforms, and the clinic's services and equipment. |
| 2026-09-17 | Checked TripAdvisor's own search index for the clinic: no listing exists there, and its Google Business profile carries no TripAdvisor reference either. Recorded: no TripAdvisor presence. Still unverified: Facebook and other review platforms, and any equipment, service or communication details - the clinic publishes none of these on a channel of its own. |
| 2026-09-11 | Editorial review of the sourcing: the website criterion no longer cites a search query as evidence and rests on the clinic's own Google listing, which carries no website field. |
| 2026-09-11 | Reputation pass: the entire two-review base, the star histogram and the empty photo and hours sections read from the live place record. respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints, reviewRecency and realClinicPhotos settled. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection for the Ethiopia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via the live Google Maps place record and the Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract. |
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