Dr. Zakaria Saleh Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 36.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #15 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1536.7/100
- Best for Expats#1535/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#534/100
- Best Price Transparency#1428/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1539.8/100
- 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
Solo general and cosmetic dental practice on Sheyookh Avenue in central Manama, run by Dr. Zakaria Saleh (35+ years in practice) under NHRA licence 200200-0007. The website is English-only and lists routine, cosmetic and emergency services but no prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 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: 1 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: dental implants Bahrain; mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: Bahrain 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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Zakaria Saleh, dental surgeon — sole practitioner. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Described only as "dental surgeon" with 35+ years of experience; no formal specialization named. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Exams/hygiene, fillings, dentures/veneers, emergency dentistry, whitening, general/cosmetic dentistry. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sm] | 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 live 2026-09-02. Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged, and the published rating reproduces from the star histogram 12/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*). [sm] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged; the star histogram 12/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*) sums to the published count. [sm] | 0.5/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "a year ago". "a year ago" sits on the boundary, so the lower bucket is recorded rather than the better one. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 12/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 0/3 |
| ? | 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 2026-10-02). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No complaint appears among the eight visible reviews, and the histogram holds no review below five stars. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 12/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns A flat 5.0 across 12 reviews with no non-five-star entry, and three of the eight visible entries carry a star rating with no text at all - both facts are published rather than smoothed over. Against reading it as manipulation: the visible reviews span one year to six years, so there is no burst; the five that carry text are individual and specific; and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 64 reviews including two Local Guides. Twelve reviews is a very thin evidence base and the note says so. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 12/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence The clinic's website links the dentist's personal Facebook profile, not a page of the clinic (checked 2026-10-02). [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-presence] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Dr. Zakaria Saleh Dental Clinic Manama" and "Zakaria Saleh"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-tripadvisor] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Hospital Examiner or Trustpilot; its Urbi map listing takes no reviews (checked 2026-10-01). [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-2] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-3] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-4] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-5] [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray NHRA facility record lists "Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray" as a support service. [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) NHRA support-service list for this facility carries intra-oral X-ray only, no OPG and no CBCT. [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency dentistry explicitly listed as a service. [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.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Bahrain", "English speaking dentist Bahrain", "dental implants Bahrain", "emergency dentist Bahrain", "Bahrain dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Bahrain Named with its rating (5.0 / 12 reviews) in a "best dentist Manama" results synthesis, 2026-09-02. [sqa] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain [sqb] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Bahrain [sqc] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain [sqd] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Bahrain dental clinic for expats [sqe] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website Markup found is only generic (WebSite); no Dentist, LocalBusiness or Organization type. [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-r6s] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Services are listed in a section of the one-page homepage; the only other page linked is /book-online. [zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-r6s-2] | 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.
- #1Al Rabeeh Dental Center - Muharraq57 of 100View report →
- #2Al Rabeea Dental Center Isa Town57 of 100View report →
- #3The Best Dental Center (Al Haddad Plaza)18.1 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 9 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: NHRA facility register snapshot of 2026-02-04: Licence 200200-0007 (DR ZAKARIA SALEH DENTAL CLINIC), Active, expires 19-06-2026 — NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder, Area: Manama/Alqudaybiyah, Facility_Category: Dental clinic. (Verified 2026-09-02: exact facility-name match; registry telephone (17710410) matches the clinic’s own published phone. The NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder file itself carries an HTTP Last-Modified date of 2026-02-04 (reconfirmed 2026-09-03), months before this snapshot's quoted expiry date; the licence may since have been renewed and the register simply hasn't caught up.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- 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://drzakariadentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +973 1771 0410 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Sheyookh Ave, Manama, Bahrain |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://drzakariadentalclinic.com/ | Description, dentist name, services, contacts, hours | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Zakaria+Saleh+Dental+Clinic/@… | Live Google rating 5.0 (12 reviews), address, geo, reviews, read 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-03 |
| sqa | search:best dentist Manama | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqb | search:English speaking dentist Manama | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqc | search:dental implants Manama | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqd | search:emergency dentist Manama | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqe | search:Manama dental clinic for expats | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| reg1 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Facilities/ | NHRA facility register: DR ZAKARIA SALEH DENTAL CLINIC, licence 200200-0007, Active, expires 19-06-2026 | 2026-09-02 |
| reg2 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Professionals/ | NHRA dental practitioners list: Zakaria Saleh Hasan Alrify, licence 11001469 | 2026-09-02 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/bahrain | WhatClinic: its Bahrain dentist catalogue (1 page, 3 clinics) and its profile sitemap (3 Bahrain profiles) list no profile of this clinic, and a profile address under its name (bahrain/al-manamah/dr-zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic) returns "page not found" (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: none of the 1,106 clinics its search returns is in Bahrain (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=bahrain/ | Bookimed: its Bahrain clinics page has been removed (HTTP 410); it lists no clinic in Bahrain (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-4 | https://hospitalexaminer.com/countries/bahrain/ | Hospital Examiner: its Bahrain list (226 pages, about 35 of them dental) and a search of the site by the clinic's name show no page for this clinic (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-5 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/drzakariadentalclinic.com | Trustpilot: no page for drzakariadentalclinic.com ("could not be found") (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-platforms-6 | https://urbi.bh/bahrain/firm/70000001063648059 | Urbi (the 2GIS map in Bahrain): listing "Dr. Zakaria Saleh dental clinic, Gudaibiya, phone +973 1771 0410" with the clinic's phone, reviews switched off for it ("isReviewable": false), so a directory entry, not a review profile (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-presence | https://drzakariadentalclinic.com/ | The clinic's website, read 2026-10-02: its Facebook link is facebook.com/dr.zakaria.alrify, a personal profile ("Dr.Zakaria Saleh Alrify is on Facebook"), not a clinic page | 2026-10-02 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-r6s | https://www.drzakariadentalclinic.com/ | HTML of the homepage read 2026-10-02: structured data present only as WebSite; no Dentist, MedicalBusiness, LocalBusiness or Organization type. | 2026-10-02 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-r6s-2 | https://www.drzakariadentalclinic.com/ | Homepage lists emergency, general and cosmetic dentistry, exams and hygiene in its own sections; its only other linked page is /book-online, and /services returns 404 (read 2026-10-02). | 2026-10-02 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Dr. Zakaria Saleh Dental Clinic Manama" (6 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Manama; 12 suggestions for "Zakaria Saleh" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Manama; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| zakaria-saleh-dental-clinic-manama-tripadvisor-2 | https://drzakariadentalclinic.com/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (8 reviews read): nothing settled; owner replies to reviews left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): no structured data found; no separate service pages. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Hospital Examiner or Trustpilot (its Urbi map listing takes no reviews); the Zavis page cited before only repeats Google data and is not a review platform; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass 2026-09-03 (browser): the clinic's Google Maps place page was reopened on its Reviews tab and the star histogram, the visible reviews, their dates, their reviewer profiles and the owner replies were read. reviewRecency, respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns set from that read, each carrying the sample size and the read order on the criterion itself. Rating and review count reproduced unchanged from the histogram. recurringComplaints false; suspiciousReviewPatterns false. |
| 2026-09-03 | Rule E: NHRA facility register snapshot date (2026-02-04) prepended to the licence text so the 19-06-2026 expiry doesn't read as an unexplained lapse. Infra: hasXray/hasCBCT set from the register's Support_Service field (reg1: Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray only). Prices: drzakariadentalclinic.com — checked /prices, /price-list, /pricing, /offers, /fees paths plus the homepage nav for a price link — no price list found; pricesPublished:false / opaque_prices stands. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Bahrain Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via drzakariadentalclinic.com, Google Maps and the NHRA Open Data facility and dental-practitioner registers. |
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