Albaqali Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1137.4/100
- Best for Expats#1136.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1031/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1026.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1140.2/100
- 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
General dental center in Isa Town (NHRA licence 150201-0044), founded and owned by Dr. Zainab Jasim Albaqali; Google reviews unanimously credit a "Dr. Ali" (Dr. Ali Albaqali) as the treating dentist.
Doctor cross-check, re-run by the verifier on 2026-09-02 against a local parse of the full 1,323-row NHRA September 2026 list: exactly one dentist is registered at this facility, the owner Zainab Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali. The "Dr. Ali" thanked in every visible Google review matches Ali Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali, licence 11019589 — but the register lists his facility as FACES FOR DENTAL SERVICES W.L.L in Manama, not here. Five spellings of the surname were tried (Albaqali, Albaqqali, Albakali, Bakali, Baghali) and the register returns only three holders of the name in total, so this is not a transliteration miss. Unconfirmed for this facility as of the September 2026 snapshot. NHRA facility register specialties on file: General Dental Practice, Implantology (a register fact, not a clinic-published service list).
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2 of 5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain)
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 Every visible review names "Dr. Ali" (some spell out "Dr. Ali Albagali") as the treating dentist. [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Service list published Rule A (2026-09-03): the clinic's own website was re-checked and found to be a one-page "link in bio" style landing page — logo, hours and contact links only, no service list anywhere. The previous true value rested on the NHRA register's specialty field (reg1), a directory/register fact rather than something the clinic itself publishes; that text is kept in the clinic note only. [s3] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [sm] | 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.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published A review specifically praises "fair prices" but no figures are published. [sm] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | 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 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*). [sm] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged; the star histogram 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*) sums to the published count. [sm] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "2 months ago". Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews None of the 8 visible reviews carries a reply from the owner. Absence from a relevance-ordered preview is weaker evidence than a positive finding, but with 8 reviews visible and none answered the criterion is recorded as not met. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No complaint appears among the eight visible reviews, and the histogram holds no review below five stars at all. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The rating is a genuine wall of five stars - 22 of 22, with no four-, three-, two- or one-star review - which is exactly the shape this criterion exists to examine, so the facts are published rather than assumed either way. Against reading it as manipulation: the visible reviews span two to seven months rather than arriving in a burst, the wording is individual and place-specific (one notes the centre is new and its staff Bahraini, another names Dr. Ali Al-Baqali), and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 180 reviews including an established Local Guide. The clinic is small and recently opened, which is the ordinary explanation for a short, uniformly positive history. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 22/0/0/0/0 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed with rating, review count and address in the Zavis.ai Bahrain healthcare directory. [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 Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray and Laser Dentistry listed as support services. [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Orthodontic is not among the registered specialties (General Dental Practice, Implantology only). [reg1] | 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 Reviews are in fluent English. [sm] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open until 21:00. [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] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain [sqb] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Bahrain Named directly (top of the list, 5.0 stars) in the Zavis.ai directory result surfaced for this query. [sqc] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain [sqd] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Bahrain dental clinic for expats Named directly as the "highest-rated" clinic in a Zavis.ai "well-regarded dental clinics in Isa Town" result surfaced for this query. [sqe] | 1/1 |
| ? | 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 150201-0044 (ALBAQALI DENTAL CENTER), Active, expires 22-03-2026 — NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder, Area: Isa Town, Facility_Category: General Dental Center. (Verified 2026-09-02: exact facility-name and email match (drzainabjassim1@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. |
|---|---|---|
| Zainab Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali [reg2] | General | Licence 11011049 — NHRA list September 2026, facility: ALBAQALI DENTAL CENTER; also the registered facility owner. The sole dentist confirmed at this facility. |
| Dr. Ali (per every visible Google review, likely Ali Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali) [sm] | Not stated | Licence 11019589 — registered at a different facility, not here; see the clinic note. |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- 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: 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
| Website | https://www.albaqalidental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +973 3665 5358 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Flat 106, Building 3651, Road 1018, Block 810, Isa Town, 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.albaqalidental.com/ | Website existence, English content (found via Maps "Website" link) | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Albaqali+Dental+Center+%7C+%D9%85… | Live Google rating 5.0 (22 reviews), address, phone, reviews unanimously naming "Dr. Ali", read 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-03 |
| sqa | search:best dentist Isa Town | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqb | search:English speaking dentist Isa Town | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqc | search:dental implants Isa Town | Canonical query check — named directly in a Zavis.ai directory result | 2026-09-02 |
| sqd | search:emergency dentist Isa Town | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqe | search:Isa Town dental clinic for expats | Canonical query check — named as highest-rated in a Zavis.ai directory result | 2026-09-02 |
| reg1 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Facilities/ | NHRA facility register: ALBAQALI DENTAL CENTER, licence 150201-0044, Active, expires 22-03-2026 | 2026-09-02 |
| reg2 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Professionals/ | NHRA dental practitioners list: searched "Albaqali"/"Albagali" — only Zainab Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali is registered at this facility; a same-surname dentist "Ali Jasim Abdulla Ahmed Jasim Albaqali" is registered, but at a different facility (FACES FOR DENTAL SERVICES W.L.L, Manama) | 2026-09-02 |
| s2 | https://www.zavis.ai/bh/directory/isa-town/dental | Third-party Bahrain healthcare directory listing: "Albaqali Dental Center | مركز البقالي لطب الأسنان, Isa Town — 5.0 (6 reviews)" | 2026-09-02 |
| s3 | https://www.albaqalidental.com/ | Re-fetched 2026-09-03: the site is a single link-in-bio style landing page (logo, working hours, and links to Instagram, Google Maps, phone call, WhatsApp, email) with no service list, no team page, and no other subpages of any kind — no /prices, /price-list, /pricing, /offers or /fees path exists either. | 2026-09-03 |
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 A: serviceListPublished true->false — the clinic's own site is a one-page link-in-bio landing page with no service list (checked 2026-09-03); the NHRA register text it was previously sourced to is a register fact, not a clinic publication, and moved to the clinic note. Rule E: NHRA facility register snapshot date (2026-02-04) prepended to the licence text so the 22-03-2026 expiry doesn't read as an unexplained lapse. Prices: same one-page site has no /prices path or price content — pricesPublished:false / opaque_prices stands. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Bahrain Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via Google Maps and the NHRA Open Data facility and dental-practitioner registers; the reviewer-named "Dr. Ali" could not be confirmed as registered at this specific facility. |
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