Balikçi Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 32.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1432.2/100
- Best for Expats#1331.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1134/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1715.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1533.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#337.1/100
Summary
Balikçi Dental is a polyclinic founded in 2000 by Murat Balikçi on Rruga Sadik Zotaj in Vlorë, occupying the third floor of the Conad complex. The clinic employs 22 staff across four treatment rooms, offers implantology, maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, prosthetics, and general dentistry, and has an in-house laboratory. External sources report 50 Google reviews at 4.9 stars, and the clinic explicitly offers dental tourism packages including airport transfers. Dr. Melik Balikçi is also associated with the clinic.
Phone +355 33 400 880 is a second line listed on the website. An Instagram account (policlinico_dentale_balikci) is active. No individual dentist names are listed on the clinic's own website pages beyond founding family references in search sources.
Strengths
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist albania; mentioned for: english speaking dentist albania; mentioned for: emergency dentist albania; dedicated service pages)
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 Founders Murat Balikçi and Dr. Melik Balikçi identified in external sources; no dentist names listed on the clinic's own website. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed No per-dentist specializations on website. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Before/after smile transformations and clinic imagery displayed on site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Implants, crowns, veneers, prosthetics, orthodontics, maxillofacial surgery, pre-operative analysis. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phones, email, address published on site. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Website available in English and Italian. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full address with coordinates (40.46317, 19.489427) verified via directory listing. [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 No price list found on official website. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) Multiple sources report 4.9/5 from 50 Google reviews; not confirmed via direct Google access. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Local Tourmake and Dental Tourism Albania directories. [s2] [s3] | 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 2D and 3D panoramic imaging documented. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D panoramic/CBCT imaging listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Maxillofacial surgery listed as specialty. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed on directory profile. [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Airport transfers and accommodation support offered for dental tourism patients. [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp contact confirmed on website; phone-based contact only. | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English spoken per website language and patient testimonials. [s1] [s3] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Monday–Friday 09:00–18:00, Saturday 09:00–14:00. [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 Albania", "English speaking dentist Albania", "dental implants Albania", "emergency dentist Albania", "Albania dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Albania [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Albania [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Albania Named in implant-focused search results (the five canonical city queries). [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Albania [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Albania dental clinic for expats Frequently cited for dental tourism / expat patients in aggregator results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality Own website ranks but significant details appear only via directories. [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Services listed on a single clinic page rather than dedicated per-service pages. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Murat Balikçi [s2] | Clinic Founder | not published |
| Melik Balikçi [s4] | Dentist | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- low Clinic operating licence not published (-3 pts) — No operating licence number published. [s1]
- low Dentists / their licences not listed (-3 pts) — No individual professional licence numbers published for any practitioner. [s1]
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names or credentials listed on the clinic's own website; only identifiable from third-party sources. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://balikcidental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +355692074123 |
| https://www.facebook.com/klinikadentarebalikci/ | |
| Address | Rr. Sadik Zotaj, Kompleksi "Conad", Kati 3, Vlorë 9401, Albania |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Clinic name, address, phones, email, Facebook, Instagram, opening hours, services, imaging equipment, in-house lab, English/Italian website, dental tourism services. | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://local.tourmake.al/en/dental-balicki-rruga-sadik-zotaj-qarku… | Cross-confirmation of address, coordinates (40.46317, 19.489427), founder name Murat Balikçi, pediatric dentistry, 22 staff. | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://dentaltourismalbania.com/dental-clinics/vlore | Clinic listed among Vlorë clinics; dental tourism packages cross-confirmed. | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | https://albania.worldplaces.me/review/98088564-dr-melik-balikci.html | Dr. Melik Balikçi associated with clinic; Google 4.9/5 (50 reviews) claim. | 2026-08-18 |
| sq | search:(the five canonical city queries) with city name Vlorë | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-18 | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | Initial data collection. |
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