Dr. Sadiq Sharaf Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 64.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#464.4/100
- Best for Expats#561/100
- Best for Dental Implants#658.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#642.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#464.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#563.7/100
- 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
Multi-speciality dental center in East Riffa, in practice since 1999 (NHRA licence 150203-0051 for this branch; a second branch operates in Budaiya/Jidhafs under licence 150203-0050), led by Dr. Sadiq Sayed Sharaf and fielding eight registered dentists including an orthodontics specialist and an endodontics specialist.
Doctor cross-check against the September 2026 NHRA Licensed Dental Practitioners list, re-run on 2026-09-02 against a local parse of all 1,323 rows: eight dentists are registered under the facility name "DR SADIQ SHARAF DENTAL CENTER" (a string the East Riffa and Jidhafs branches share), and seven of the eight names on the clinic’s own Doctors menu match one of them. The exception is "Dr. Mariam Madan": no dentist surnamed Madan is registered at either branch — the only Madan in the whole register works elsewhere — while a "Maryam Salman Mahdi Abdulwahab Ismaeel" is registered here under a different surname. Possibly the same person under a published professional name; unconfirmed.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 10 of 10 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)
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 Eight dentists named: Sadiq Sharaf, Maryam Madan, Ahmed Abdulhakeem Radhi, Zahraa Alkhabbaz, Ali Juma, Manjula, Mahmood Amin, Bhargav Penubadi. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Site labels Sadiq Sharaf as "Implantologist", Manjula as "Orthodontist", Bhargav Penubadi as "Endodontist"; NHRA confirms Manjula Thimmaiah Kadur (Orthodontics) and Penubadi Bhargav (Endodontics) as specialists at this facility. [s1] [reg2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Cosmetic dentistry, fillings, laser dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics, Invisalign, pediatric, preventive, prosthodontics, root canal, periodontal care, TMJ treatment, implants, extractions. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Available in English with an Arabic option. [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) As of 2026-09-03, live Google Maps place page, re-read in a browser: 4.7 / 212 reviews - re-read live 2026-09-03, unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading. The March-2026 third-party copy (4.60 / 150) differs because it is six months older, not because the reading is wrong. Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged, and the published rating reproduces from the star histogram 187/8/5/1/11 (5*->1*). [sm] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume As of 2026-09-03, live Google Maps place page, re-read in a browser; unchanged. Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged; the star histogram 187/8/5/1/11 (5*->1*) sums to the published count. [sm] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "a month 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 187/8/5/1/11 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews None of the 12 reviews read from the last 24 months (2024-10-07 to 2026-09-28) carries an owner reply on the Google listing; the latest reply seen is dated 2019-07-21 (read 2026-10-02). [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-r6rep] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No repeated issue class. One of the eight visible reviews is one-star: a fixed retainer the reviewer says came off three times in nine months. It appears once. The histogram carries 11 one-star, 1 two-star and 5 three-star reviews that the relevance-ordered preview did not surface. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 187/8/5/1/11 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The distribution retains 11 one-star, 1 two-star, 5 three-star and 8 four-star reviews of 212, the visible reviews span one month to one year, wording is individual and names four different dentists (Dr. Zahra, Dr. Mariam Madan, Dr. Mahmood and others), and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 15 reviews including three Local Guides. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 187/8/5/1/11 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/DrSadiqSharaf, published in the site’s own schema.org sameAs. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Dr. Sadiq Sharaf Dental Center Riffa" and "Sadiq Sharaf"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-tripadvisor] [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms Its Hospital Examiner page is a directory entry with no reviews. No profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-05). [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen] [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-2] [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-3] [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-4] [sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-5] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray OPG, Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray and Laser Dentistry listed as support services. [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery and extractions listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [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 [s1] [sm] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Reviews describe dentists explaining treatment clearly. [sm] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open until 23:00, 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 Own site and an Instagram video both surface for this query. [sqa] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain Own site (About Us page) appears directly for this query. [sqb] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Bahrain Appears in the local Google map-pack and own site's implants page. [sqc] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain Own domain surfaced directly for this query. [sqd] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Bahrain dental clinic for expats Own site appears directly for this query. [sqe] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org JSON-LD graph (Organization/Place with logo, address and sameAs) in the homepage source. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Own domain (sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com) ranks directly for all five canonical queries. [sqa] [sqb] [sqc] [sqd] [sqe] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Twelve /Services/ pages (cosmetic dentistry, dental fillings, gum & periodontal, Invisalign orthodontics, laser dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics, paedodontics, preventive dentistry, prosthodontics, root canal, TMJ) plus a dedicated page per dentist. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
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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: Licence 150203-0051 (DR SADIQ SHARAF DENTAL CENTER, East Riffa branch), Active, expires 24-11-2026 — NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder, Area: Riffa/Alhajiyat, Facility_Category: Multi-Speciality Dental Center. (Verified 2026-09-02: registered address (Building 378, Road 3505, Block 935) matches the Google Maps address exactly ("Villa: 378 Road: 3505, Block: 935"). The same owner also holds a second, separately-licensed branch (150203-0050) in Jidhafs/Budaiya — this record covers the Riffa branch specifically.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Sadiq Sayed Sharaf Mohsen Sharaf Alkhabbaz (Dr. Sadiq Sharaf) [s1] [reg2] | General | NHRA 11001064 |
| Manjula Thimmaiah Kadur (Dr. Manjula) [s1] [sm] [reg2] | Specialist, Orthodontics | NHRA 11022020 |
| Zahra Mahdi Ali Abdulla Ali (per site: "Dr. Zahraa Alkhabbaz") [sm] [reg2] | General | NHRA 11021714 |
| Penubadi Bhargav [s1] [reg2] | Specialist, Endodontics | NHRA 11022875 |
| Ahmed Abdulhakeem Radhi Ali Ahmed (Dr. Ahmed) [s1] [sm] [reg2] | General | NHRA 11019468 |
| Sayed Ali Juma Mohsen Ali (site: "Dr. Ali Juma") [s1] [reg2] | General | NHRA 11021764 |
| Mahmood Amin S Alkhabbaz (site: "Dr. Mahmood Amin") [s1] [reg2] | General | NHRA 11021576 |
| Dr. Mariam Madan (per site) [s1] | General (Pediatric & Cosmetic, per site) | not found in the public register (checked 2 September 2026) |
One or more named dentists could not be found in the public register on the date checked — recorded as unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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
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://sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +973 1777 2700 |
| https://www.facebook.com/DrSadiqSharaf | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Um Al-Nasan Avenue Road, Villa 378, Road 3505, Block 935, East Riffa, 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://sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com/ | Description, dentist team with specializations, services, English/Arabic | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Sadiq+Sharaf+Dental+Center/@2… | Live Google rating 4.7 (212 reviews), address, phone, reviews naming Dr. Zahra, Dr. Manjula, Dr. Mariam Madan, Dr. Ahmed, read 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-03 |
| sqa | search:best dentist Riffa | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqb | search:English speaking dentist Riffa | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqc | search:dental implants Riffa | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqd | search:emergency dentist Riffa | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqe | search:Riffa dental clinic for expats | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| reg1 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Facilities/ | NHRA facility register: DR SADIQ SHARAF DENTAL CENTER, licence 150203-0051 (East Riffa branch, Building 378 Road 3505 Block 935 — exact address match), Active, expires 24-11-2026; a second branch (licence 150203-0050) is registered in Jidhafs | 2026-09-02 |
| reg2 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Professionals/ | NHRA dental practitioners list: 8 dentists registered under the facility name DR SADIQ SHARAF DENTAL CENTER (a name string the East Riffa and Jidhafs branches share) incl. Manjula Thimmaiah Kadur (Orthodontics) and Penubadi Bhargav (Endodontics) | 2026-09-02 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen | https://hospitalexaminer.com/countries/bahrain/dr-sadiq-sharaf-dent… | Hospital Examiner, read 2026-10-02: page "Dr. Sadiq Sharaf Dental Center", Um Al-Nasan Avenue Road, Villa 378, Road 3505, Block 935, East Riffa, phone +973 1777 2700; a directory page with a generic description of the clinic, no reviews ("0.0 out of 5 stars (based on 0 reviews)") and no sign that the clinic manages it | 2026-10-02 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=201462154129534079&hl=en | Google listing "Dr. Sadiq Sharaf Dental Center", read 2026-10-02 with its reviews sorted lowest first, newest first, highest first and by relevance: rating 4.7 from 214 reviews, histogram 11 one-star, 1 two-star, 5 three-star, 8 four-star, 189 five-star; 15 distinct reviews read (dated 2019-06-24 to 2026-09-28), 1 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2019-2025. | 2026-10-02 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/bahrain | WhatClinic, read 2026-10-05: its Bahrain dentist catalogue (3 clinics) and its profile sitemap (3 Bahrain profiles) have no profile of this clinic, and a profile address under its name (bahrain/dr-sadiq-sharaf-dental-center) returns "page not found" | 2026-10-05 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-3 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-05: none of the 1,107 clinics its clinic search returns is in Bahrain | 2026-10-05 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-4 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=bahrain/ | Bookimed, read 2026-10-05: its Bahrain clinics page has been removed (HTTP 410), and Bahrain is not among the 53 countries of its clinic sitemaps | 2026-10-05 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-deepen-5 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-05: no company page for sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com | 2026-10-05 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Dr. Sadiq Sharaf Dental Center Riffa" (6 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Riffa; 12 suggestions for "Sadiq Sharaf" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Riffa; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| sadiq-sharaf-dental-center-riffa-tripadvisor-2 | https://sadiqsharafdentalcenter.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. |
| 2026-10-05 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the Hospital Examiner page cited before is a directory entry with no reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (15 reviews read): owner replies to reviews no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: Hospital Examiner (clinic page, no reviews yet); the page cited before is not a review platform. |
| 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 | Not-found rule: "Dr. Mariam Madan" re-checked against the re-downloaded NHRA September 2026 practitioner list (1,323 rows) — no dentist surnamed Madan is registered at either Sadiq Sharaf branch; the only Madans in the whole register work elsewhere. license:null + licenseNotFound: 2026-09-02 replaces the narrative-string placeholder. Prices: sadiqsharafdentalcenter.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. |
| 2026-09-03 | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page (4.7 / 212): unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading, which is therefore corroborated. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Bahrain Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via sadiqsharafdentalcenter.com, Google Maps and the NHRA Open Data facility and dental-practitioner registers. |
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