Dt. Özlem Özcan Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 49/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#449/100
- Best for Expats#549/100
- Best for Dental Implants#642.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#350.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#531.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#654.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#351.5/100
- 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 informational blog post on GA vs sedation found but no evidence clinic itself offers GA; no service page available
Summary
Şişli single-dentist practice led by Dt. Özlem Özcan focused on cosmetic, restorative and implant dentistry, marketing to English-speaking and international patients.
Also markets emergency dental care in search results. Geo from site-embedded coordinates.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 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) as of 2026-08-25 (Google Business Profile lists 46 reviews; the clinic's own website advertises "500+ Google Yorumu" (500+ Google reviews), a notable overstatement versus the live Maps count) [dt-ozlem-ozcan-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [dt-ozlem-ozcan-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [dt-ozlem-ozcan-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pedodontics. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency dentist page/marketing. [s1] [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00, Sat 09:00-15:00. [s1] | 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 Istanbul", "English speaking dentist Istanbul", "dental implants Istanbul", "emergency dentist Istanbul", "Istanbul dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Istanbul [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Istanbul dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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: not published on the clinic’s website — red flag applied [dt-ozlem-ozcan-lic] [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dt. Özlem Özcan [s1] | Cosmetic, restorative and implant dentistry; smile design | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No published prices. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -6 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Istanbul dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.dtozlemozcan.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +90 212 288 76 48 |
| +90 552 288 76 48 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Esentepe Mah., Yıldız Posta Cad. Çiğdem Apt. Kat:3 Daire:16, Şişli, İstanbul |
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.dtozlemozcan.com/en/ | Clinic's own website (checked 2026-08-25) publishes a copyright line naming the practitioner but no license/registration number | 2026-08-25 |
| s2 | https://www.dtozlemozcan.com/en/emergency-dentist-istanbul-immediat… | Emergency dentist service page, English-speaking team. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Istanbul | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| dt-ozlem-ozcan-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dentists+%C3%96zlem+%C3%96zcan/@4… | most recent review dated about 1 month ago as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| dt-ozlem-ozcan-lic | https://shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-94837/yetkili-diger-saglik-te… | Full Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri and Yetkili Muayenehaneler PDFs searched for 'Özlem Özcan'/'Ozcan'; no matching row combining both names found nationwide | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Turizmi Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri/Muayenehaneler lists and the clinic's own site: not found under any searched name variant nationwide, and the site publishes no license number — recorded as verified-false; the 1 named doctor could not be checked — no accessible individual-dentist registry. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, clinic open; newly captured Google rating 4.9 (46 reviews, both previously unset). Flagged a notable discrepancy: the clinic's own website claims "500+ Google reviews" but the live Google Business Profile shows only 46. Recorded Maps place URL and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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