Sofia Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 38.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#738.8/100
- Best for Expats#738.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#734.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#140.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#925.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#742/100
- 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) — Not verified No sedation/general anaesthesia info found; site mentions only an emergency-call number.
Summary
Central Sofia general dental clinic offering therapeutic, orthopedic (crowns, bridges, dentures), aesthetic and periodontal dentistry, extractions and implant consultations. Works with Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund; English site available; provides an emergency contact number.
Advertises an emergency dental help line (+359 878 94 19 48).
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist sofia; mentioned for: english speaking dentist sofia; mentioned for: dental implants sofia; mentioned for: 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 [s10] | 4/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed No individual dentists named on the fetched page. [s10] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s10] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s10] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sofia-dental-deepen-2] [s10] | 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 [s10] | 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) as of 2026-08-26 [sofia-dental-deepen] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [sofia-dental-deepen] | 1/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s10] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Twitter/X profile linked. [s10] | 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 Implant consultations offered. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions / dental surgery. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Own site publishes a dedicated emergency contact number [s10] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English site. [s10] | 2/2 |
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 [s10] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s10] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 08:00-20:00; Sat 10:00-14:00. [s10] | 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 Sofia", "English speaking dentist Sofia", "dental implants Sofia", "emergency dentist Sofia", "Sofia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Sofia [sofia-dental-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sofia [sofia-dental-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Sofia [sofia-dental-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sofia [sofia-dental-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Sofia dental clinic for expats [sofia-dental-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s10] | 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 checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No individual dentists named on the fetched page. [s10]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No price list published. [s10]
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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: 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- 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://sofiadental.bg/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +359 878 941 948 |
| https://www.facebook.com/SofiaDentalCare/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 34 "Ivan Asen II" Str., 1124 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s10 | https://sofiadental.bg/en/ | 'If you need emergency dental help, please call to: +359 878 94 19 48' - accessed 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| sq | search:emergency dentist Sofia Bulgaria | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sofia-dental-lic | https://registries.his.bg/api/V1/outpatientcare/getOutpatientCareWi… | recordsTotal 0 for 'София Дентал' in Sofia. | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-lic-2 | https://registries.his.bg/api/V1/outpatientcare/getOutpatientCareWi… | 15 '<Name> Дентал Кеър' individual-practice records returned, none matching Sofia Dental's name or address. | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/SofiaDental/@42.6895364,23.342400… | Google rating 5.0 (35 reviews) as of 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-2 | https://www.zoominfo.com/c/sofia-dental/sofia-dental | ZoomInfo business profile confirms headquarters address '34 "Ivan Asen II" Str., Sofia, Sofia-Capital, 1124, Bulgaria' matching the site - accessed 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-4 | search:english speaking dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: 'Dental Clinic Sofia Dental' snippet with its emergency number appears in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| sofia-dental-deepen-7 | search:dentist for expats Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked website/contacts/operating status (unchanged); added Google rating (5.0/35), a ZoomInfo business-profile external source confirming the address, and the site's own emergency-line quote (previously null); visibility scout 5 queries - appears only for emergency; no uncited sources found to triage. |
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against IAMN/his.bg outpatient-care registry: no clinic registration identified for Sofia Dental under 2 name variants tried; no named doctors on the clinic's site to check against BZS. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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