Markov-Dent
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 20/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1120/100
- Best for Expats#1114/100
- Best for Dental Implants#913.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1110.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#415.9/100
Summary
Single-dentist practice (Dr. Ivan Markov) with an endodontic and oral-surgery focus, also offering caries treatment, prosthodontics, implantology, periodontology, laser therapy and pediatric dentistry. Uses a surgical microscope. Bulgarian-language site; does not work with the national health fund (NZOK).
Site states the practice does NOT work with NZOK (national health insurance).
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist sofia; mentioned for: english speaking dentist sofia; mentioned for: dental implants sofia; mentioned for: emergency dentist sofia; mentioned for: sofia dental clinic for expats)
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 [s9] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Ivan Markov. [s9] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Endodontics and oral surgery. [s9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s9] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s9] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s9] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full address published; no map link. [s9] | 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 [s9] | 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) | 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 | 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 [s9] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral and periodontal surgery. [s9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients No English site. | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s9] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours Phone hours 10:00-20:00. | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Sofia", "English speaking dentist Sofia", "dental implants Sofia", "emergency dentist Sofia", "Sofia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Sofia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sofia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Sofia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sofia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Sofia dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s9] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ivan Markov [s9] | Endodontics and oral surgery | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No price list published. [s9]
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: 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: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://www.markov-dent.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +359 88 865 64 16 |
| Address | ul. "Bunaya" 31a, Oborishte district, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s9 | https://www.markov-dent.com/ | Clinic/dentist name, address, contacts, services, NZOK note (Bulgarian site). | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:зъболекар София зъбна клиника | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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