Dalian Speciality Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 11 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#656.1/100
- Best for Expats#655.3/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#658/100
- Best Price Transparency#540.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#660.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#659.9/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Bole Medhanialem practice founded in 2006 by Dr. Ferhana Adem, publishing a named clinical team of four dentists plus nursing and front-desk staff, seven treatment areas with their own pages, and an equipment description covering intraoral cameras, dry and steam autoclaves and digital radiography. Rated 4.9 from 76 Google reviews. Registered in the Master Facility Registry snapshot as "Daliyan Dental Specialty Clinic".
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Ethiopia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ethiopia; mentioned for: dental implants Ethiopia; mentioned for: Ethiopia dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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 Body read: live site with current clinic content and working sub-pages. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Four dentists published by name on the clinic's own team page: Dr. Ferhana Adem, Dr. Fithalew Lijindi, Dr. Merhawit Zerabiruk, Dr. Shimelis Megersa, plus named nursing, management and front-desk staff. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Roles published for each: founder/expert dental surgeon, orthodontist, expert dental surgeon, oral and maxillofacial surgeon. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos All four items in the listing photo strip were uploaded by the clinic itself (2025-10 and 2026-07). The lead photograph is its own reception: a marble desk under the branded "DALIAN SPECIALITY DENTAL CLINIC - We Care for Your Smile" wall, with a surgery and a dentist at work visible through the open door. Genuine premises, not stock. [gm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phone numbers, street address, opening hours; the e-mail address is deliberately JavaScript-obfuscated. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Bole Medhanialem, Abyssinia Building, 4th floor" published on the clinic's own contact page. [s3] | 2/2 |
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) Read from the live Google place record on 2026-09-10. [gm] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 76 [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Read 2026-09-11 from the review records: the newest review shown is dated 2026-07-10, 63 days old, with two more inside three months. [gm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews Five reviews were read on 2026-09-11, dated 2026-03-17 to 2026-07-10, and none carries a reply, although the endpoint renders replies inline and does so on four other Ethiopian listings. 71 of the 76 reviews are not rendered. [gm] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints The star histogram read 2026-09-11 is 1/0/1/2/72: exactly one review in the whole base of 76 sits below three stars. The criterion needs three or more dated reviews by different authors about the same thing, which one critical review cannot supply, so no recurring complaint exists in the published record. [gm] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns 6 of the 6 five-star reviews read come from accounts with a single review or none shown, but no burst reaches the threshold against 82 reviews on the listing, so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Page read in a logged-in browser session on 2026-09-11: 1,300 followers, no page reviews, and a bilingual post on veneers dated 2025-12-19 - the page is real and identifiable but its posting had lapsed for about nine months at the time of reading. [fb] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Dalian Speciality Dental Clinic Addis Ababa" and "Dalian"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-2] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, EthYP or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-4] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-5] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-6] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-7] [dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-8] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray "Intra-oral cameras, dry and steam autoclaves, and digital X-rays are all used." [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics A named orthodontist on the published team. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dental surgery is one of the seven published treatment areas and the team includes an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Paediatric dentistry has its own treatment page. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency care is one of the seven published treatment areas. [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 international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment form with preferred date and time published on the clinic's contact page. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations A patient-facing FAQ and aftercare guide (before and after extraction, X-ray safety, hygiene) written in plain language. [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Monday to Saturday 08:30-18:00, Sunday closed, published on the clinic's own pages. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
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 The clinic's own emergency-care page ranked in the top ten. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Ethiopia dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD, no schema.org microdata, no Open Graph tags in the served HTML. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for cosmetic dentistry, dental hygiene, dental surgery, emergency care, endodontics, paediatric dentistry and prosthodontics. [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.
- #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 1044421, registered name "Daliyan Dental Specialty Clinic", Bole sub-city kebele 3, status Approved, as of the 20 February 2025 public extract (Matched on name plus location: the register's row sits 34 m from the clinic's mapped Google place in Bole kebele 3; "Daliyan" is the register's transliteration of the same name. 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, not a statement about the clinic's licence today.) [mfr] [gm]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ferhana Adem [s2] | Founder, expert dental surgeon | not verified |
| Dr. Fithalew Lijindi [s2] | Orthodontist | not verified |
| Dr. Merhawit Zerabiruk [s2] | Expert dental surgeon | not verified |
| Dr. Shimelis Megersa [s2] | Oral and maxillofacial surgeon | 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: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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
| Website | https://daliandentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +251 91 263 8003 |
| https://www.facebook.com/Daliandentalclinic/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Abyssinia Building, 4th floor, Bole Medhanialem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://daliandentalclinic.com/ | Live clinic website, seven treatment areas each with its own page, founder Dr. Ferhana Adem and founding year 2006, Facebook link, absence of structured data | 2026-09-10 |
| s2 | https://daliandentalclinic.com/about-us | Named clinical team of four dentists with roles, named support staff, equipment description (intra-oral cameras, dry and steam autoclaves, digital X-rays), address and hours | 2026-09-10 |
| s3 | https://daliandentalclinic.com/contact | Street address (Bole Medhanialem, Abyssinia Building, 4th floor), two phone numbers, Monday-Saturday 08:30-18:00, online appointment form | 2026-09-10 |
| s4 | https://daliandentalclinic.com/doctors-mobile | Patient FAQ and aftercare guidance in plain language (X-ray safety, pre- and post-extraction instructions, hygiene advice) | 2026-09-10 |
| gm | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2279536308323496912 | Google place record read live 2026-09-10: "Dalian Specialty Dental Clinic", rating 4.9 from 76 reviews, Bole, coordinates 8.9946209/38.790487, phone +251 91 263 8003, website daliandentalclinic.com Re-read 2026-09-11: star histogram 1/0/1/2/72 (sum 76, mean 4.91), five review records with exact dates, hours Mon-Sat 08:30-18:00 and Sunday closed, four-photo strip all four of them clinic-uploaded. | 2026-09-11 |
| mfr | https://data.humdata.org/dataset/ethiopian-health-facilities | Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract (snapshot 2025-02-20), row Id 1044421 "Daliyan Dental Specialty Clinic", Bole kebele 3, coordinates 8.9944442/38.7902377, status Approved | 2026-09-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Addis Ababa Ethiopia | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Addis Ababa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Addis Ababa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Addis Ababa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: the clinic's emergency-care page ranked in the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq5 | search:Addis Ababa dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| fb | https://www.facebook.com/Daliandentalclinic/ | Clinic Facebook page read in a logged-in session 2026-09-11: "Dalian Speciality Dental Clinic", category General dentistry, 1,300 followers, no page reviews, links daliandentalclinic.com, location given as Bole Medhanialem; newest post 2025-12-19, on veneers, in English and Amharic. | 2026-09-11 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2279536308323496912&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.9 from 80 reviews; star histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 76; newest review dated 2026-09-19. | 2026-09-26 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dalian%2… | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Dalian Speciality Dental Clinic Addis Ababa" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dalian | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Dalian" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-3 | https://daliandentalclinic.com/ | The clinic's website, read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-4 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ethiopia | WhatClinic: its Ethiopia dentist page reads "No information on Dentists in Ethiopia", and none of the 22,054 dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps is in Ethiopia — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-5 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/ethiopia | Dental Departures: its Ethiopia page returns "not found" and its clinic search does not recognise Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Adama or Hawassa as a location — no clinic listed there (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-6 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=ethiopia/ | Bookimed: its Ethiopia clinic page has been removed ("410 — Page removed"), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is in Ethiopia (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-7 | https://www.ethyp.com/category/dentists | EthYP (Ethiopia Yellow Pages): its dentist category (4 listings declared; all 1 page read, 4 listings) has no listing with this clinic's name, address or phone — its four entries are Kal Speciality, Ke ab, Addis Ababa Dental Clinic and Clinic Dental Konjit (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dalian-specialty-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-8 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/daliandentalclinic.com | Trustpilot: no company page for daliandentalclinic.com ("Whoops! … could not be found", checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (10 reviews read): nothing settled; suspicious review patterns left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-02 | Platform presence checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, EthYP or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 80 (was 76) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-11 | Reputation pass: star histogram 1/0/1/2/72, five dated review records and a wholly clinic-uploaded photo strip read from the live place record. respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints, reviewRecency and realClinicPhotos all settled. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection for the Ethiopia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via daliandentalclinic.com, the live Google Maps place record, and the Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract. |
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