Maltepe Dental Clinic (Özel MDC Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 41.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#941.4/100
- Best for Expats#942.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1133.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1026.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#848.5/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented FAQ explicitly: 'Full narcosis is not possible'; offers conscious sedation on request + local anaesthesia [maltepe-dental-clinic-sedation]
Summary
Kadıköy clinic focused on implant and cosmetic dentistry for international patients, reporting around 20 years of operation and patients from many countries.
Holds a Health Tourism Certificate per its site. Some third-party reviews mention billing concerns.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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 Dr. Yusuf Ilhan and Dr. Alper Gurhan named. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Named dentists shown without detailed specializations. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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] [s2] | 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 [maltepe-dental-clinic-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [maltepe-dental-clinic-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Some reviews cite billing concerns and procedure complications. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Reviewed on Trustpilot and Trustindex. [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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Single/multiple, All-on-4, All-on-6, guided surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral, pre-implant and periodontal surgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
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 | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Istanbul dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq5] | 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 [maltepe-dental-clinic-lic] [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Yusuf Ilhan [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Alper Gurhan [s1] | — | 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 on site. [s1]
- low Complaints about upselling / pushed treatment (-2 pts) — Third-party reviews mention billing concerns. [s2]
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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: emergency dentist Istanbul
- 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.maltepedentalclinic.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +90 545 231 53 29 |
| +90 545 231 53 29 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Koşuyolu Mah. Koşuyolu Cad. No:51/1, 34718 Koşuyolu, Kadıköy, 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.maltepedentalclinic.com/ | Clinic's own website (checked 2026-08-25) displays ISO 9001/13485/10002 and Health Tourism Certificate seal images and an 'Authorized & Certified Service' claim, but no verifiable ministry registration/authorization number | 2026-08-25 |
| s2 | https://www.trustindex.io/reviews/www.maltepedentalclinic.com | Review aggregation (~4.8, ~350 customers), billing/complication mentions, location. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq5 | search:Istanbul dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| maltepe-dental-clinic-sedation | https://www.maltepedentalclinic.com/faq/ | 'Full narcosis is not possible during the procedure' — conscious sedation offered on request | 2026-08-23 |
| maltepe-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maltepe+Dental+Clinic/@41.0094864… | Google rating 4.9 (385 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| maltepe-dental-clinic-lic | https://shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-94837/yetkili-diger-saglik-te… | Full İstanbul section of the Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri and Yetkili Muayenehaneler lists searched for 'Maltepe Dental'/'MDC'; no matching facility name found — only the generic district name 'Maltepe' recurs for unrelated clinics | 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, and the site itself publishes only certificate images, no license number — recorded as verified-false; both named doctors could not be checked — no accessible individual-dentist registry. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, clinic open; newly captured Google rating 4.9 (385 reviews, both previously unset), Maps place URL, and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-08-23 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. FAQ explicitly: 'Full narcosis is not possible'; offers conscious sedation on request + local anaesthesia |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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