VM Dent
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 41.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#641.3/100
- Best for Expats#640.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#635/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#629/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#545/100
- 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 Site mentions general 'anesthesia' for procedures with no detail; a third-party listicle's STA-anesthesia claim was found to describe a different clinic, not VM Dent, on verification - discarded.
Summary
Dentist-led clinic (Dr. Kostadin Mitov) offering implantology, orthodontics (braces and aligners), aesthetic dentistry, periodontology and fillers. Multilingual website with English-speaking support and free initial examination; oriented to international patients.
Fetched pages did not expose a phone/email/street address; contact captured via a quote form.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 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 [s4] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Kostadin Mitov named. [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clear contact details Phone/email/address not shown on fetched pages; only a quote form. [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published No explicit street address on fetched pages. [s4] | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [s4] | 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; confirmed unchanged [vm-dent-deepen] [s18] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume updated from previously-recorded 107 (aggregator estimate); now confirmed directly on Google Maps [vm-dent-deepen] | 2/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [vm-dent-deepen-2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic and other aggregators. [s18] | 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 [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces and aligners. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English support and driver service. [s4] | 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 [s4] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free initial examination / remote treatment-plan quote. [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s4] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 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 [vm-dent-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sofia [vm-dent-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Sofia [vm-dent-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sofia [vm-dent-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Sofia dental clinic for expats [vm-dent-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s4] | 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kostadin Mitov [s4] [vm-dent-doclic] | — | 010008800 (LPK, БЗС) |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No price list published; quotes via form. [s4]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 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: 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: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://vmdent.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +359 877 303 059 |
| https://www.facebook.com/vmdentbulgaria/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 14 Sveti Pimen Zografski Street, Dianabad, 1172 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s4 | https://vmdent.com/en/ | Clinic name, named dentist, services (implants, orthodontics), English/multilingual, free exam. | 2026-07-12 |
| s18 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/bulgaria/sofia/vm-dent | Aggregator rating/review count. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Sofia Bulgaria | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| vm-dent-doclic | https://pub.registerbzs.org/reg.php?name=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D… | 'Д-р Костадин Иванов Митов', LPK 010008800, active ('непрекъснати членски права'), address София ул. Св. Пимен Зографски 14. | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/VM+Dent/@42.665477,23.3505142,811… | Google rating 4.9 (174 reviews) as of 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen-2 | https://www.facebook.com/VMDentSofia | 'VM Dent International' Facebook page, 9.7K+ followers - found via search, accessed 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen-4 | search:english speaking dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Sofia | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top results | 2026-08-26 |
| vm-dent-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: recheck found a full street address (previously only 'Sofia, Bulgaria') and a phone number (previously unset) via the clinic's own contacts page - note the site's own listed number (+359 877 303 059) differs from the Google Maps-displayed number (+359 87 651 0055), both appear to be live clinic lines; review count updated 107->174 (directly confirmed vs prior aggregator estimate); added a live Facebook page as external source; visibility scout 5 queries - not present in any; a third-party 'STA anaesthesia' claim initially found in search was verified on the source page to describe a different clinic and was discarded, so sedation stays null; no uncited sources found to triage. |
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against BZS dentist register and IAMN/his.bg outpatient-care registry: Dr. Kostadin Mitov confirmed as an active BZS member; clinic-level registration for VM Dent not identified in the state registry under 2 name variants tried. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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