Klinika Dentare EuroDent
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 35.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1235.9/100
- Best for Expats#1331.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1431.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1220.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1435.2/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
EuroDent is a Vlorë dental clinic founded in 2000 by Dr. Edlira Haxhiraj Bacaj, operating for over two decades on Rruga Sadik Zotaj. The clinic offers general dentistry, prosthodontics, orthodontics, implantology, surgery, periodontology, and dental hygiene, and publishes its content in Albanian, Italian, and English. External sources report 363 Google reviews at 5.0 stars, though this figure could not be independently confirmed via direct Google access.
Two domains are in circulation: eurodent-vlore.com (active) and eurodentvlore.com (DNS not resolving as of 2026-08-18). The alternative phone +355 33 222 728 also appears on the contact page. Dr. Alessandro Cartelli is listed as the orthodontist and Dr. Esat Bardhoshi as the oral/maxillofacial surgeon on the services page; Dr. Bardhoshi is identified in an independent Albanian health media source as President of the Albanian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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. Edlira Haxhiraj Bacaj (lead dentist/founder), Dr. Esat Bardhoshi (oral/maxillofacial surgery), Dr. Alessandro Cartelli (orthodontics) identified across site pages. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Surgery/implantology by Dr. Bardhoshi; orthodontics by Dr. Cartelli; general dentistry by Dr. Haxhiraj Bacaj. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Gallery section with clinic images referenced on website. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Dental therapy, prosthetics, orthodontics, surgery/implantology, periodontology, hygiene, radiography. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phone numbers (+355 33 222 728 and +355 69 224 1230) and email on contact page. [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Website available in Albanian, Italian, and English. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address published; no embedded Google Maps link confirmed. [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 Services page lists treatments but no prices. [s2] | 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 third-party sources report 5.0 stars / 363 reviews, but Google Maps could not be accessed directly to confirm. | 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 Facebook presence not confirmed from accessible sources. | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on WhatClinic and Albania Medical Directory. [s3] [s4] | 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 Panoramic and intraoral X-rays listed as a service. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D imaging not specifically confirmed. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral and maxillofacial surgery by Dr. Esat Bardhoshi. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care One third-party aggregator mentions EuroDent for emergency care but this is not confirmed on the clinic's own site. | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Website in three languages; Italian specialist (Dr. Cartelli) on staff. [s1] | 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 or LINE contact found on official site or directory listings. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language website version available. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Service descriptions published per category. [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours Opening hours not published on the accessible pages. | 0/1.5 |
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 Named in search results for the five canonical Vlorë queries (the five canonical city queries). [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Albania [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Albania [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Albania Mentioned by aggregator as offering emergency care; not confirmed on clinic's own site. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Albania dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality Clinic appears in search results primarily via aggregator pages, not its own domain. [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate services page exists with per-specialty breakdown. [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Edlira Haxhiraj Bacaj [s1] [s3] [s5] | General Dentistry / Clinic Founder | not published |
| Esat Bardhoshi [s2] [s6] | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | not published |
| Alessandro Cartelli [s2] | Orthodontics | 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 on website. [s1]
- low Dentists / their licences not listed (-3 pts) — Dentist names listed but no individual licence numbers published. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 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: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://eurodent-vlore.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +355692241230 |
| Address | Rruga Sadik Zotaj, 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://eurodent-vlore.com/?lang=en | Clinic name, address, phones, email, English version, multilingual site, gallery photos, founding information. | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://eurodent-vlore.com/?page_id=68&lang=en | Services page: dentist names (Haxhiraj Bacaj, Bardhoshi, Cartelli), specializations, service categories, X-ray availability. | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/albania/vlore/euro-dent | Dentist name Dr. Haxhiraj Bacaj (graduated University of Tirana 1997), service list, cross-confirmation of address. | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | https://dentaltourismalbania.com/clinics/eurodent | Cross-confirmation of address, services, review count claim (351), founding year 2000. | 2026-08-18 |
| s5 | https://ussh.org.al/regjistri-i-stomatologeve/ | USSH public registry confirms 'Edlira Haxhiu' as a licensed dentist with licence period 11/10/2022–11/10/2027; individual number not displayed. | 2026-08-18 |
| s6 | https://shendeti.com.al/esat-bardhoshi/ | Independent Albanian health media identifying Dr. Esat Bardhoshi as oral and maxillofacial surgeon and President of Albanian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. | 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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