Dr. Meseret Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 31.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 11 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1231.9/100
- Best for Expats#1332.8/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1221.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1237.2/100
- 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
Summary
Neighbourhood practice near Hawassa Polytechnic College, in the Tilte kebele. It publishes a nine-item treatment list (cleanings, whitening, extractions, braces, white fillings, ceramic and gold crowns, dentures, root canals, scaling and halitosis treatment), a patient FAQ and directions in plain language, and two contact numbers. Registered in the Master Facility Registry snapshot as Doctor Meseret Medium Dental Clinic. Its Google listing exists but carries only a single review, which is typical of the Hawassa dental market.
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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 3 of 13 verifiable points (missing: google review volume; review recency; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
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: a small but genuine, currently maintained Weebly site (copyright 2025) with clinic-specific content, not a parked page. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed The clinic's own site names no dentist. It refers to "a diverse team of certified doctors" on the About page and carries the founder's given name only inside the practice name itself. [s1] [s2] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed No named dentist and no stated qualification or specialisation anywhere on the site. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos All four photographs on the listing were uploaded by the clinic itself in March 2025 and show its own surgery: a dental chair under an operating light, the instrument tray, a wall cabinet of supplies and the compressor. Genuine premises, not stock. [gm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Nine named treatments with one-line descriptions on the clinic's own Services page. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phone numbers published site-wide plus a described location; consistent with the phone on the clinic's Google listing. [s3] [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published The clinic publishes a landmark description ("200 meters up the road from Polytechnic College") but no street address and no map; its Contact page carries only phone numbers. [s4] | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No figures or ranges on the Services page or anywhere else on the site. [s3] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No implant price is published. The clinic does not offer implants at all - they are absent from its published treatment list - so the omission reflects its scope rather than withheld pricing. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No imaging price is published; imaging is not among the clinic's published treatments either. [s3] | 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) Read from the live Google place record on 2026-09-10; based on a single review, so the Bayesian adjustment matters here. [gm] | 3/6 |
| ✗ | Google review volume [gm] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency The single review carries an exact timestamp of 2025-03-10, about eighteen months old. Because the base is one review, this is the whole picture and not a sample, so the oldest bucket is a measurement rather than an assumption. [gm] | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 1 review from the last 24 months was 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 1 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 1 Google review (2025-03-10 to 2025-03-10), fewer than the ten needed to judge a pattern, so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence No Facebook page of this clinic could be identified: its site links none, and the only profile found under the name is an unrelated personal one (checked 2026-10-02). | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Dr Meseret Dental Clinic Hawassa" and "Meseret"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-2] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, EthYP or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-4] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-5] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-6] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-7] [dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implantology The published treatment list covers crowns and dentures for missing teeth but no implants. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics "Braces & Orthodontics: align your teeth with modern, effective braces." [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Tooth extractions published as a named service. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care The clinic's Google Business categories include "Emergency dental service", but the clinic's own site does not describe emergency care; left unverified rather than counted. | 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 Every treatment carries a one-sentence plain-language explanation, and the FAQ answers what to expect at a first visit. [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The clinic publishes no hours on its own website, but its own Google Business Profile does, read 2026-09-11: Monday to Saturday 08:00-20:00 and Sunday 14:00-20:00. Both weekend days and evening cover every day. [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 Surfaced through a third-party African business directory entry about the clinic rather than through its own site. [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD with a Dentist type and a PostalAddress block - the only clinic in this city file whose markup identifies it as a dental practice. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages One combined Services page; the site has four pages in total. [s3] | 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 1066260, registered name "Doctor Meseret Medium Dental Clinic", type Specialty Clinic, Hawasa town, Tilte kebele, status Approved, as of the 20 February 2025 public extract (Matched on name plus location: the register's row sits 5 m from the clinic's mapped Google place and is the only dental facility within 200 m. 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. Practising licences for Hawassa clinics are issued by the Sidama Regional Health Bureau, which publishes nothing.) [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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook 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: 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://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +251 91 196 0636 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 200 metres up the road from Polytechnic College, Tilte, Hawassa, 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://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/ | Live clinic website, English-language, JSON-LD Dentist markup, phone number, positioning as a Hawassa family practice | 2026-09-10 |
| s2 | https://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/about-us.html | About page: "diverse team of certified doctors" with no names, values statement, contact numbers | 2026-09-10 |
| s3 | https://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/services.html | Nine named treatments with descriptions, patient FAQ, landmark directions, absence of prices | 2026-09-10 |
| s4 | https://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/contact.html | Contact page carrying two phone numbers and nothing else - no street address, no map, no hours | 2026-09-10 |
| gm | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14768749561451608556 | Google place record read live 2026-09-10: "Dr. Meseret Dental Clinic Hawassa", rating 5.0 from 1 review, coordinates 7.0272973/38.4705689, phone +251 91 196 0636, website drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com, categories Dental clinic / Cosmetic dentist / Dentist / Emergency dental service / Orthodontist Re-read 2026-09-11: star histogram 0/0/0/0/1, the single review read in full and dated 2025-03-10, Google Business Profile hours Mon-Sat 08:00-20:00 and Sunday 14:00-20:00, four clinic-uploaded photographs of the surgery (2025-03). | 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 1066260 "Doctor Meseret Medium Dental Clinic", Hawasa town, Tilte kebele, coordinates 7.0272582/38.4705435, status Approved; 17 dental facilities in Hawassa in the whole extract | 2026-09-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Hawassa Ethiopia | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic site ranked first in the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Hawassa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic absent from the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Hawassa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic site ranked in the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Hawassa | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: clinic site ranked first in the top ten | 2026-09-10 |
| sq5 | search:Hawassa dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-10: the clinic appeared in the top ten through a third-party directory entry | 2026-09-10 |
| dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dr%20Mes… | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Dr Meseret Dental Clinic Hawassa" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Meseret | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Meseret" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-3 | https://drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com/ | The clinic's website, read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-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-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-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-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-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-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-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-meseret-dental-clinic-hawassa-deepen-8 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com | Trustpilot: no company page for drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.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 (1 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints, owner replies to reviews, 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: no recurring complaints now unverified: 1 Google review is too few to show a pattern; clinic responds to reviews now unverified: with 1 Google review a missing owner reply shows nothing yet. |
| 2026-09-11 | Reputation pass: the one-review base with its exact date, the star histogram, four clinic-uploaded surgery photographs and the Google Business Profile hours read live. Five criteria settled, including convenientHours, which the website does not publish but the clinic's own profile does. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection for the Ethiopia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via drmeseretdentalclinic.weebly.com, the live Google Maps place record, and the Ministry of Health Master Facility Registry public extract. |
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