Al Safa Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 32.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #16 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1632.2/100
- Best for Expats#1629.5/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#734/100
- 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
General dental center above Bahrain Pharmacy in the Awal Building, central Manama (NHRA licence 150201-0021), positioned on affordable general care. The clinic publishes a cleaning-and-polishing price (8 BD) via Facebook/Instagram.
One 2026 review describes a filling redone elsewhere after ongoing pain and no follow-up X-ray; this is a single account among 21 public reviews, not a corroborated pattern, so no red-flag-triggering "recurring complaints" verdict is made.
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Information Transparency: 7 of 16 verifiable points (missing: has a working website; dentist specializations listed; service list published)
- Price Transparency: 5 of 15 verifiable points (missing: filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1 of 5 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)
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 listed on the Google Maps profile. [sm] | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Not named on the clinic's own social pages, but two dentists are on record at this facility in the NHRA register. [reg2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Service list published [sm] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [sm] [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Facebook/Instagram post: "Cleaning & Polishing - 8 BD only." [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed 8 BD, per Facebook/Instagram promotional post. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [sm] | 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 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 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*). [sm] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged; the star histogram 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*) sums to the published count. [sm] | 1/3 |
| ✗ | 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 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews 7 of the 8 visible reviews carry a published reply from the owner. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No repeated issue class. One of the eight visible reviews is one-star: a filling the reviewer says was placed without a proper X-ray, followed by severe pain in the same tooth. It is the only complaint visible and the histogram holds only one one-star review in 21. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The distribution retains its single one-star and one four-star review, the visible reviews span one to six years with no burst, and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 10 reviews. Recorded rather than charged: four of the eight visible five-star entries carry no text beyond a rating, each answered by the owner with a short thank-you. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 19/1/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Instagram @alsafa_manama; also listed on HealthFinder.ae and Zavis.ai. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
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 | 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 Open until 21:00 per Maps listing, later than most peers. [sm] | 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 Bahrain", "English speaking dentist Bahrain", "dental implants Bahrain", "emergency dentist Bahrain", "Bahrain dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Bahrain [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 | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
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 150201-0021 (ALSAFA DENTAL CENTER W.L.L), Active, expires 22-05-2026 — NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder, Area: Manama Center, Facility_Category: General Dental Center. (Verified 2026-09-02: exact facility-name and email match (alsafadentalcenter@gmail.com). 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Asma Ashraf [reg2] | General | Licence 11010388 — NHRA list September 2026, facility: ALSAFA DENTAL CENTER W.L.L. |
| Manoj Thomas [reg2] | General | Licence 11009318 — NHRA list September 2026, facility: ALSAFA DENTAL CENTER W.L.L. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- 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
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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 | +973 1748 3455 |
|---|---|
| https://www.facebook.com/100064547034582/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Near Bahrain Pharmacy, Awal Building, Flat 225 (2nd Floor, Flat 204), Road 383, Manama 323, 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://www.facebook.com/100064547034582/posts/al-safa-dental-cente… | Facebook post: address, cleaning price 8 BD | 2026-09-02 |
| s2 | https://www.instagram.com/alsafa_manama | Instagram presence, address, hours (1pm-9pm, Friday closed) | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Al+Safa+Dental+Center/@26.232012,… | Live Google rating 4.8 (21 reviews), address, geo, owner replies, 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: ALSAFA DENTAL CENTER W.L.L, licence 150201-0021, Active, expires 22-05-2026 | 2026-09-02 |
| reg2 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Professionals/ | NHRA dental practitioners list: Asma Ashraf and Manoj Thomas registered at ALSAFA DENTAL CENTER W.L.L | 2026-09-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 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 22-05-2026 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). |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Bahrain Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps and the NHRA Open Data facility and dental-practitioner registers. |
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