Balikçi Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
58.4/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1258.4/100
- Best for Expats#1061/100
- Best for Dental Implants#958.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1239.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1063.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#766.5/100
- 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 No anaesthesia/sedation info found (homepage, maxillofacial-surgery, implants pages checked)
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.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 2 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 4.5 of 10 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
15 / 20
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
2 / 15
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 Full clinic page read; no prices published [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Full clinic page read; no prices published [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Full clinic page read; no prices published [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Full clinic page read; no prices published [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Corrected: the clinic offers a free consultation, repeated as a standing call to action. [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed The clinic says its in-house 2D/3D Panoramex is free "in most cases"; no price is published for it. [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
14.5 / 20
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 2026-08-26; newly captured (previously unset) [balikci-dental-vlore-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25; previously 55 [balikci-dental-vlore-gbp-2026-09-25] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency newest review 2026-06-29 [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-8] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews None of the 10 reviews read from the last 24 months (2025-06-09 to 2026-09-25) carries an owner reply on the Google listing (read 2026-10-02). [balikci-dental-vlore-r6rep] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Low-star reviews are a small share of the total [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Ratings and dates spread naturally; reviewer accounts have prior history [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor profile found for the clinic in Vlore; the clinic's own website does not mention TripAdvisor [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-7] [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-14] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Booking Dentist, Wupdoc or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms] [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-2] [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-3] [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-4] [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-5] [balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13.5 / 15
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 Menu and full clinic page checked; no dedicated emergency service page [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-10] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Airport transfers and accommodation support offered for dental tourism patients. [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available Corrected: the clinic’s site carries a WhatsApp contact widget with its WhatsApp number. [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 The site offers a free online consultation with an X-ray upload form [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-12] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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
4.5 / 10
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 Organization schema.org markup found on the clinic page [balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ◐ | 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. 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 [s1]
Dentists & Order of Dentists licence
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence validity |
|---|---|---|
| Murat Balikçi [s2] | Clinic Founder | not verified |
| Melik Balikçi [s4] | Dentist | 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 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]
Red-flag penalty applied: -6 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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 page read on 2026-09-17: "Balikçi Dental has 2D and 3D Panoramex inside which in most cases, you get it for FREE" - a conditional statement, with no published price or unconditional free offer for imaging. | 2026-09-17 |
| 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:best dentist Vlorë / English speaking dentist Vlorë / dental implants Vlorë / emergency dentist Vlorë / Vlorë dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-18 | 2026-08-18 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Balikci+Dental+Vlore+Albania | Google rating 4.9 for Balikci Dental, Vlore, as of 2026-08-26 (read as text; phone +355 69 207 4123 on the rendered listing matched the clinic; exact review count not visible on this render) | 2026-08-26 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2917281365176482008&hl=en | Histogram is 53 five-star out of 55 (96%, not a uniform 100%); review dates span June 2025 to March 2026; readable reviewers include Local Guides with 13 and 33 prior reviews | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-2 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Full clinic page (about, services, equipment, hours, patient guide) read; no numeric price for any treatment | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-3 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Full clinic page read; no numeric price for any treatment | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-4 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Full clinic page read; Dental Crowns is a menu item but the page carries no price for it | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-5 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Full clinic page read; Dental Implants is a menu item but the page carries no price for it | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-6 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Clinic page read on 2026-09-17 repeats "Book a Free Consultation" as a standing call to action alongside a "Get a Quote" form. | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2917281365176482008&hl=en | Newest of 5 readable reviews dated 2026-06-29 (about 2.5 months before this check) | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2917281365176482008&hl=en | Histogram shows 1 two-star and 1 four-star review out of 55 (under 4%, well under the 10% threshold); the 5 readable reviews are all positive | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-10 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Full services menu (Crowns, Implants, Prosthetics, Veneers, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Pre-Operative Analysis) has no emergency/same-day item | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-11 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Clinic page read on 2026-09-17 loads a WhatsApp contact widget configured with the clinic name and the number +355 69 227 5700, opening WhatsApp on mobile. | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-12 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Clinic page read on 2026-09-17: "Book a Free Consultation" call to action plus a quote form with "Upload Dental X-Ray file (max 20Mb) ... Please upload your Dental X-Ray file here (JPG, PNG, BMP, PDF)". | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-13 | https://balikcidental.com/clinic/ | Page JSON-LD includes an entity of "@type":"Organization" alongside page-level WebPage/BreadcrumbList/WebSite types | 2026-09-17 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2917281365176482008&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.9 from 59 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 56; newest review dated 2026-09-25. | 2026-09-25 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-7 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Balikci%… | A search for "Balikci Dental Vlore" returned only unrelated results (a stadium, a dental office and a museum in the US), none in Albania | 2026-09-29 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-deepen-14 | https://balikcidental.com/ | Homepage read in full; no reference to tripadvisor.com anywhere on the page | 2026-09-29 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/albania/vlore | WhatClinic: its Vlorë dentist listing shows two clinics (Euro Dent, Turismo Dentale in Albania), and its Albania-wide dentist directory read page by page (10 pages, 108 of the 109 clinics it announces) and checked against its clinic-profile sitemaps (115 Albanian profiles; the 7 not shown in the directory opened) and direct profile addresses for the clinic's name have no profile of this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search for Albania returns eight clinics, all in Tirana — not this one (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=albania/ | Bookimed: its Albania ranking counts 13 clinics, and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-4 | https://www.booking.dentist/dental-clinics/albania/vlore | Booking Dentist: its Vlorë listing shows two clinics (Dr. Ardit Mone Dental Clinic, Dental Studio) — not this one (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-5 | https://www.wupdoc.com/best-doctors/albania/vlora | Wupdoc: its Vlorë listing has three clinics (Infinity Dental Valona, Eurodent Vlora, Valona Dental), and none of the 543 Albanian pages in its sitemap is this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-platforms-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/balikcidental.com | Trustpilot: no company page for balikcidental.com (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| balikci-dental-vlore-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2917281365176482008&hl=en | Google listing "Dental Balikci", read 2026-10-02 with its reviews sorted lowest first, newest first, highest first and by relevance: rating 4.8 from 60 reviews, histogram 1 one-star, 2 two-star, 0 three-star, 1 four-star, 56 five-star; 12 distinct reviews read (dated 2018-05-24 to 2026-09-25), 0 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2018-2026. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (12 reviews read): owner replies to reviews no. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reviews on other platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Booking Dentist, Wupdoc or Trustpilot; the dental-tourism guide cited earlier only repeated the clinic's Google reviews, so this is now marked no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Checked for a TripAdvisor listing: a name-and-city search on TripAdvisor found no matching profile, and the clinic's own website carries no TripAdvisor link. Recorded: not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 59 (was 55) from the Google listing on 2026-09-25. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic’s website (clinic page, in English) and its Google listing. Recorded: 55 reviews, newest from two and a half months before this check; no recurring complaint pattern and no signs of manipulated reviews; a free consultation and an online quote form that accepts an X-ray upload; a WhatsApp contact widget; Organization structured data; no emergency service documented; no individual prices for cleaning, fillings, crowns or implants, and the in-house Panoramex is described as free "in most cases" rather than priced. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence and whether the clinic responds to reviews. |
| 2026-09-07 | Doctor licence data-standard normalisation: license:false -> null for Murat Balikçi, Melik Balikçi (no negative register/professional-body evidence naming them specifically was on file; the false value predates the methodology's null=unknown / false=documented-negative convention). |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 2 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s2 [https://local.tourmake.al/en/dental-balicki-rruga-sadik-zotaj-qarku-i-vlor%C3%ABs-vlor%C3%ABs-vlor%C3%AB-dentist%C3%ABt]: https://local.tourmake.al/en/dental-balicki-rruga-sadik-zotaj-qarku-i-vlor%C3%ABs-vlor%C3%ABs-vlor%C3%AB-dentist%C3%ABt (attempt1: HTTP 404; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) | s4 [https://albania.worldplaces.me/review/98088564-dr-melik-balikci.html]: https://albania.worldplaces.me/review/98088564-dr-melik-balikci.html (attempt1: HTTP 511; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 511, other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: website live, name/address/phone unchanged, not permanently closed; captured first Google rating 4.9 (review count not visible on render); no coordinates found. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status): no changes. Google reputation not captured; no changes recorded. |
| 2026-08-25 | Licensing red flag(s) no_clinic_license, no_doctor_credentials re-based on the recorded source check: the underlying licensing data now carries a verified "not published" (false) and the manual flag is replaced by the auto-derived one. See methodology v1.3.0. |
| 2026-08-18 | Initial data collection. |
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