Dr. Emebet Special Higher Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 48.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 11 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#948.6/100
- Best for Expats#947.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#648.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1030.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1049.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#753.5/100
- 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
One of the older private dental practices in Addis Ababa: the clinic dates its founding to 1991 in the Ethiopian calendar (1998/1999 in the Gregorian calendar) and states a team of eleven dentists alongside hygienists, assistants and technicians. Its published catalogue is unusually detailed for the market - intraoral, panoramic and CBCT imaging, surgical extractions, porcelain and zirconia crowns, flexible dentures, implants with bone grafting and collagen membranes, bleaching, veneers and an in-house clear-aligner line. Rated 4.2 from 416 Google reviews. No dentist is named on the site.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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 Body read: live single-page site with current clinic content. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed The site describes "a team of 11 certified professional doctors" and refers to the founder only as "Dr. Emebet" inside prose about the clinic's history; no roster, no full names, no team page exists on any of the four published pages. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed No named dentist, so no specialisation is attributed to anyone. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The listing photo strip read 2026-09-11 shows the clinic's own premises: a long waiting hall with two rows of chairs, a lit reception counter and staff at the desk (visitor-uploaded 2025-07-31). The strip also carries a clinic-uploaded video of the same interior. Genuine premises, not stock. [gm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Seven service groups with itemised treatments published on the clinic's own page. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Landline published in the header of every page and repeated in the contact section. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published The clinic's own site publishes no street address; the Menarol Building location is known from its Google place record. [s1] | 0/2 |
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) as of 2026-09-26; previously 4.2 [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 416 [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-gbp-2026-09-26] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Re-read 2026-09-11 from the review records, which carry exact timestamps: the newest review shown is dated 2026-07-28, 45 days old. [gm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews Two independent readings of the place record on 2026-09-11 return the same five reviews, and only one of them carries a reply from the practice: a five-star review of 2021-12-24, answered on 2022-12-31. None of the three one-star reviews rendered - dated 2025-11-17, 2026-05-23 and 2026-05-28 - has a reply, although the record carries reply text inline wherever it exists and does so on four other Ethiopian listings. The criterion asks whether a clinic answers public reviews including critical ones, and on the readable sample this one answers praise but not criticism. The remaining reviews of the base are not rendered. [gm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints 71 of 549 Google ratings (12.9 %) are one or two stars (1★ 61 / 2★ 10 / 3★ 27 / 4★ 62 / 5★ 389), and the lowest-rated reviews repeat complaints about root canal treatment judged incomplete or mistaken (2019, 2025) and restorations that failed within months. [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-10] [gm] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns 10 Google reviews read (2019-11-09 to 2026-10-02): no burst of five-star ratings (at most 3 on one day), no repeated wording; accounts hold 1-11 reviews, 5 single-review. [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Live Facebook page "Dr. Emebet Higher Special Dental Clinic", newest post 2026-07-18; it matches the clinic's own contact details (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-9] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Dr Emebet Special Higher Dental Clinic Addis Ababa" and "Emebet"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen] [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-2] [dr-emebet-higher-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). [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-4] [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-5] [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-6] [dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-7] [dr-emebet-higher-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 Intraoral and panoramic (OPG) radiography published as diagnostic services. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) "CBCT (3D X-ray): advanced 3D imaging for precise diagnosis and treatment planning". [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Implants with bone grafting and collagen membrane published as a service group. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Traditional braces plus the clinic's own ED Aligners clear-aligner line. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Surgical extractions and fractured-jaw stabilisation published as services. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Deciduous (baby) tooth extraction published as a distinct service. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 The clinic publishes in English only. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment is described in one plain-language sentence, and the aligner route is broken down into five numbered steps. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The clinic publishes no hours on its own website, but its own Google Business Profile does, and that is a first-party channel: Monday to Friday 07:30-18:30 and Saturday and Sunday 08:30-17:00, read 2026-09-11. Both weekend days and an evening margin on weekdays. [gm] | 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] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ethiopia [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ethiopia [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ethiopia [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Ethiopia dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD with Organization, WebPage, WebSite and BreadcrumbList; no Dentist or LocalBusiness type. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages The site is a single scrolling page with anchor links (#about, #services, #contact), not separate service pages. [s1] | 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 1029374, registered name "Dr Emebet Specialty Clinic", type Specialty Clinic, Yeka sub-city, status Approved, as of the 20 February 2025 public extract (Matched on proprietor name plus sub-city, as the register requires: this is the only "Dr Emebet" clinic in the Addis Ababa rows (the only other Emebet row is a pharmacy in a different sub-city), it sits in the same Yeka sub-city as the clinic's mapped location, about 340 m from it. The register drops the word "Dental" from the name and carries no licence number and no expiry date, so no number is claimed; "Approved" is a facility approval status recorded on the snapshot date, not a statement about today.) [mfr] [gm]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://dremebetclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +251 11 618 1357 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Menarol Building, Fikremariam Aba Techan Street, Yeka, 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://dremebetclinic.com/ | Live clinic website: founding in 1991 E.C., team of 11 dentists stated without names, full service catalogue including CBCT, implants with bone grafting, ED Aligners, phone number, JSON-LD Organization markup, absence of prices and of any street address | 2026-09-10 |
| gm | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15053336958660065923 | Google place record read live 2026-09-10: "Dr. Emebt Higher Special Dental Clinic and implantology", rating 4.2 from 416 reviews, Menarol Building, Fikremariam Aba Techan St, Yeka, coordinates 9.0281205/38.7909608, phone +251 11 618 1357 Re-read 2026-09-11: star histogram 57/10/17/44/288 (sum 416, mean 4.19), five review records with exact dates and owner replies, hours Mon-Fri 07:30-18:30 and Sat-Sun 08:30-17:00, four-item photo strip. | 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 1029374 "Dr Emebet Specialty Clinic", Yeka, coordinates 9.0253926/38.7922665, status Approved | 2026-09-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Addis Ababa Ethiopia | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic site ranked in 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 site ranked in the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Addis Ababa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic site 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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15053336958660065923&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.3 from 495 reviews; star histogram 1★ 59 / 2★ 10 / 3★ 25 / 4★ 53 / 5★ 348; newest review dated 2026-09-24. | 2026-09-26 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dr%20Eme… | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Dr Emebet Special Higher 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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Emebet | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Emebet" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-3 | https://dremebetclinic.com/ | The clinic's website, read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-emebet-higher-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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-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 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-8 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dremebetclinic.com | Trustpilot: no company page for dremebetclinic.com ("Whoops! … could not be found", checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-9 | https://www.facebook.com/Dr.EmebetHigher/ | Facebook page "Dr. Emebet Higher Special Dental Clinic", read 2026-10-02: 4.8K followers, 3 reviews, newest post 2026-07-18; it gives the clinic's phone +251 11 618 1357 and website dremebetclinic.com | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-emebet-higher-dental-clinic-addis-ababa-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15053336958660065923&hl=en | Google listing "Dr. Emebt Higher Special Dental Clinic and implantology" (Dental clinic, Dental implants provider, Oral surgeon, Orthodontist), read 2026-10-02 in two review orders (newest, lowest-rated first): 4.3 from 549 reviews (1★ 61 / 2★ 10 / 3★ 27 / 4★ 62 / 5★ 389); 10 distinct reviews read, dated 2019-11-09 to 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read 10 of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-02: a repeated complaint is recorded, no suspicious review pattern. |
| 2026-10-02 | Platform presence checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, EthYP or Trustpilot; live Facebook page found. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4.3 (was 4.2) and review count 495 (was 416) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-11 | Editorial review of the review record, on two independent readings of the place record on 2026-09-11. The clinic is now recorded as not answering critical reviews: the only reply among the five reviews shown is to a five-star review of 2021, answered a year later, while all three one-star reviews are unanswered. An earlier note said a one-star review about an incomplete root canal had drawn a reply in the same month; no such reply is present, and that statement is withdrawn. The dates of two of the three one-star reviews are corrected to the exact dates their records carry. |
| 2026-09-11 | Reputation pass: star histogram 57/10/17/44/288 and five dated review records read from the live place record; realClinicPhotos settled; convenientHours set from the clinic's own Google Business Profile under the methodology's rule that hours published in a clinic's own profile are published hours. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection for the Ethiopia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via dremebetclinic.com, the live Google Maps place record, and the Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract. |
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