Taghreed Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 26.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #17 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1726.6/100
- Best for Expats#1728.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1229/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1914.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1629/100
- Best for Families / Children#1233.8/100
- 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 Al Hajiyat, Riffa (NHRA licence 150203-0132), praised in reviews for its orthodontist "Dr Shweta" and pediatric dentist "Dr. Hawra" — neither of whom could be matched to a licensed dentist at this facility in the NHRA register.
Licensing search: neither of the two dentists named by reviewers ("Dr. Hawra", "Dr Shweta") could be matched to the September 2026 NHRA Licensed Dental Practitioners list at this facility — re-checked by the verifier on 2026-09-02 against a local parse of the full 1,323-row workbook: "Shweta" returns no hits under any of six transliterations (Shweta, Shwetha, Sweta, Swetha, Shveta, Sveta), and all nine dentists named Hawra in the register are employed at other facilities. In fact no dentist at all is registered under this facility name. The facility owner's name ("Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Rafea") likewise has no individual dentist-register entry, consistent with an owner who may not personally practise. The facility licence itself is independently confirmed active. NHRA facility register specialties on file: General Dental Practice, Implantology, Orthodontic, Periodontics (a register fact, not a clinic-published service list — see serviceListPublished).
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- Information Transparency: 4 of 16 verifiable points (missing: has a working website; dentist names listed; dentist specializations listed; service list published)
- 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 5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bahrain; mentioned for: dental implants 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 [sm] | 0/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed Own channels checked 2026-09-03 (Google Business profile; no website): no dentist names published. The review-sourced names "Dr. Hawra" and "Dr Shweta" are Google-review mentions, not something the clinic itself publishes — no website, no Facebook/Instagram in contacts to check. See the clinic note and licensing for the register cross-check. Google Business profile read in a browser 2026-09-03: the place page's Overview pane names no dentist - it carries the category, address, hours, phone and a five-year-old visitor update, and no 'From the business' description. Rule A applied: own channel checked, carries nothing -> verified false. [sm] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [sm] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Service list published Rule A, Google Business profile read in a browser 2026-09-03: the clinic-managed Maps place page renders the tab strip Overview / Reviews / About only - there is no Services tab and no Products tab - and its Overview pane carries no 'From the business' description and no treatment list, only the Maps category 'Dental clinic'. Maps does render a Services affordance when a profile publishes one (a profile opened in the same session, Gentle Dental Abu Dhabi, showed exactly that), so the absence here is a read rather than a gap. The clinic's own Google Business profile therefore publishes no service list: verified false. Recorded rather than hidden: the About tab itself would not open - the extension's synthetic clicks do not reach Maps' own tab controls, the same limitation that blocked the review Sort menu - but the Maps About tab carries accessibility/amenity attributes, not treatment lists, so it is not where a service list would live. The profile publishes no website either ('Add website' is offered); the only extra content on the pane is a five-year-old visitor update reading 'Great dental centre'. [sm] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [sm] | 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 [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 33/4/0/0/1 (5*->1*). [sm] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged; the star histogram 33/4/0/0/1 (5*->1*) sums to the published count. [sm] | 1/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "9 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 33/4/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | 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 33/4/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No complaint appears among the eight visible reviews. The histogram carries a single one-star review 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 33/4/0/0/1 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The distribution retains 1 one-star and 4 four-star reviews of 38, the visible reviews span nine months to six years with no burst, wording is individual and names different dentists (Dr. Hawra, "doc Mohammed"), and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 52 reviews. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 33/4/0/0/1 (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. [s1] | 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 OPG and Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray listed as support services. [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) [reg1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Registered specialty; review credits "Dr Shweta" as orthodontist with fast, reasonably priced braces treatment. [reg1] [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Review describes children's check-ups being handled gently and painlessly. [sm] | 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 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 20:00. [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 [sqc] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bahrain [sqd] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Bahrain dental clinic for expats Named directly in the Zavis.ai "well-regarded dental clinics in Riffa" directory listing that 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: Licence 150203-0132 (TAGREED DENTAL CENTER), Active, expires 18-11-2026 — NHRA Healthcare Facilities Finder, Area: Riffa/Alhajiyat, Facility_Category: Multi-Speciality Dental Center. (Verified 2026-09-02: exact facility-name match; registry telephone (17690300) matches the clinic’s published phone. Owner on record: Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Rafea. The registered facility e-mail is ajoordentist@hotmail.com and the register carries a Consultant in Primary Care Dentistry named Taghreed Omran Jasim Ajoor (licence 11001133) — the apparent namesake of the clinic — though the register lists her employing facility as a public health centre, not this one.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hawra (per review, pediatric care) [sm] [reg2] | Not stated | not found in the public register (checked 2 September 2026) |
| Dr Shweta (per review, orthodontics) [sm] [reg2] | Orthodontics (per review) | 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
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- 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
| Phone | +973 1769 0300 |
|---|---|
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Al Hajiyat, Block 939, Road 3901, Building 43, Flat 12/53, Riffa, Bahrain |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Taghreed+Dental+Center/@26.134733… | Live Google rating 4.8 (38 reviews), address, phone, reviews naming Dr. Hawra and Dr Shweta, read 2026-09-02; Google Business profile pane (tab strip, category, contact block, any services/description) read in a browser 2026-09-03 | 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 — named directly in a Zavis.ai directory snippet | 2026-09-02 |
| reg1 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Facilities/ | NHRA facility register: TAGREED DENTAL CENTER, licence 150203-0132, Active, expires 18-11-2026 | 2026-09-02 |
| reg2 | https://www.nhra.bh/OpenData/Licensed%20Professionals/ | NHRA dental practitioners list: searched "Tagreed"/"Taghreed" (both spellings) and owner surname "Rafea" — zero matching individual dentist records for this facility, checked 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-02 |
| s1 | https://www.zavis.ai/bh/directory/riffa/dental | Third-party Bahrain healthcare directory listing: "Taghreed Dental Center, Al Hajiyat Block 939, Road 3901, Building 43 — 4.8 (37 reviews)" | 2026-09-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Ruling applied (Rule A): dentistNamesListed null -> false. Own channels checked (Google Business profile; no website) and empty: the Maps place page's Overview pane names no dentist. sourceIds set to the Maps place source (sm). |
| 2026-09-03 | Rule A via the Google Business profile (browser, 2026-09-03): serviceListPublished null -> false. The clinic-managed Maps place page was opened and read; it renders no Services or Products tab and no 'From the business' description, only the category 'Dental clinic'. This closes the "GBP not checkable without a browser" caveat left by the 2026-09-03 policy pass, which had left the value null for exactly that reason. dentistNamesListed left null: the same profile names no dentist either, recorded on the criterion with the Rule A consequence flagged for a ruling rather than applied unilaterally. |
| 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 and dentistNamesListed true->null — both were register/review-sourced, not clinic-published; no website or Facebook exists to check, Google Business profile not checkable via curl. Not-found rule: "Dr. Hawra" and "Dr Shweta" re-checked against the re-downloaded NHRA September 2026 list (1,323 rows, all transliterations tried) — zero match for either; both now carry license:null + licenseNotFound: 2026-09-02 replacing the narrative-string placeholders. |
| 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; reviewer-named dentists could not be cross-verified in the practitioner register for this facility. |
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