Dental and Cosmetics by Dr Malinda Ekanayake
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #17 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 7 September 2026
37.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1737.2/100
- Best for Expats#1837.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1631/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1627.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1840.8/100
- 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
Summary
Karapitiya practice of Dr Malinda Ekanayake, the only dental institution in Galle listed in the Private Health Services Regulatory Council register for 2025 and 2026. It has no website: its published channels are a Google Business profile and a Facebook page, and it opens seven days a week including long weekend hours. Most transparency criteria could not be assessed because its Facebook page is not readable without a browser.
Strengths
- Reputation & Reviews: 18.5 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: dental implants Sri Lanka; mentioned for: emergency dentist Sri Lanka; mentioned for: Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats; google indexing quality)
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
9 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✗ | Has a working website The link published on the clinic's Google Business profile points at a Facebook profile, not at a website of its own. [sm] | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The clinic's own Google Business profile names its dentist in the business name: "Dental and Cosmetics by Dr Malinda Ekanayake - General Dentist-Implantologist". [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed The same profile states the role: General Dentist - Implantologist. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Service list published The clinic's Facebook page was read in a browser on 2026-09-06. Its own description names four fields - "Provides all sorts of Dental treatments related to General Dentistry , Aesthetic Dentistry , Implantology , and Orthodontics" - which is a statement of scope, not the concrete list of offered treatments this criterion asks for: no individual procedure is named anywhere the page publishes as its own description. The value is false rather than null because the About section, which is where a service list would live on a Facebook-only clinic, was actually opened and read. One limit is disclosed: the post feed rendered only its most recent entry to this reader, so a service list published inside an individual post would not have been seen. [fbI5b] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Telephone number published on the clinic's own Google Business profile. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published THE DISCLOSURE THE VERIFICATION PASS ATTACHED TO THIS FIELD CAN NOW BE LIFTED. The card's street address - 101B, Sunny Side 2nd Lane, Karapitiya, Galle - was taken from the clinic's PHSRC register row because its Google Business profile publishes only the city line "Galle 80000", and the value was false for exactly that reason. The clinic's own Facebook page, read in a browser on 2026-09-06, publishes "101B, Sunny Side 2nd Lane, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka, 80000" - the card's address, from the clinic itself rather than from a register. Together with the map pin its Google profile does carry (plus code 369H+PP Galle), a verifiable street address and a map location are both published by the clinic. The value moves to true. [fbI5b] [sm] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published The clinic publishes no price. Its Facebook page - the only channel it has besides its Google Business profile, and the one the initial data collection could not read - was opened in a browser on 2026-09-06: its description, contact block and About section carry no amount in any currency, and the profile directs price questions to a telephone number and WhatsApp instead. Disclosed limit: the post feed rendered only its most recent entry, so a price posted inside an individual post would not have been seen. [fbI5b] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no cleaning price is published. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no filling price is published. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no crown price is published. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no implant price is published - notwithstanding that the practice describes itself as an implantology practice. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no consultation price is published. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Entailed by pricesPublished: the clinic's only channel carries no price of any kind, so no X-ray price is published. [fbI5b] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
18.5 / 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 237 five-star, 2 four-star, 0 three-star, 1 two-star, 4 one-star. The buckets sum to 244, matching the 244 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.914 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmpI5b] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. 244 reviews - the second-largest base in the country set, on the card that until this pass scored lowest but one. The reputation block was the whole of the hole. [gmpI5b] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 1 month old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmpI5b] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews One owner reply stands in the block of reviews shown, under the review from a Local Guide who describes the practice as her family's dentist. Two of the three reviews shown are unanswered, so the practice answers reviews but not consistently. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmpI5b] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints None of the three reviews Google renders is critical; all three are five-star, and two of them are from visitors who broke a tooth or developed toothache while on holiday in Galle and were seen quickly. The histogram carries 4 one-star and 1 two-star ratings out of 244, 2.0 per cent of the base, which the relevance-ordered sample cannot reach, so this reading rests on the sample rather than on the whole base. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmpI5b] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 237/2/0/1/4 shape populates the four-, two- and one-star buckets and carries a genuine 2.0 per cent negative tail rather than a five-star wall, on the second-largest base in the country. The three visible reviewers hold 6 reviews and 11 photos, 41 and 58 (a Local Guide), and 28 and 24 (a Local Guide), they describe three different encounters and post one, two and three months apart. No manipulation signature. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmpI5b] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence A Facebook page is the link the clinic publishes on its own Google Business profile. [sm] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing: TripAdvisor's own search finds none for the clinic's name or a short form of it (checked 2026-10-02), and the clinic has no website that could link one. [dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-tripadvisor] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No clinic profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms] [dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms-2] [dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
2 / 15
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 The clinic's own Google Business profile describes its dentist as an implantologist. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic's Facebook page - its only publishing channel - is written entirely in English, including its self-description and its statement of the fields it covers, on a page whose audience is local. Independently, two of the three reviews Google renders on its place page are from English-speaking visitors who were treated in Galle while on holiday, one with a broken tooth and one with toothache, both describing being seen quickly. Published English plus treated English-speaking patients is as direct as this criterion gets without a phone call. [fbI5b] [gmpI5b] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Opening hours published on the clinic's own Google Business profile: Monday-Thursday 09:00-20:00, Friday 15:00-20:00, Saturday 10:30-20:00, Sunday 09:00-17:30. [sm] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
0 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Sri Lanka", "English speaking dentist Sri Lanka", "dental implants Sri Lanka", "emergency dentist Sri Lanka", "Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Galle Dental Care, Specialized Dental Surgery). [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "English speaking dentist Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Galle Dental Care, Dentorium Specialist Dental Surgery). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Galle" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Galle" (named results were Specialised Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic, Galle Dental, Galle Dental Care). [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "Galle dental clinic for expats" (named results were Galle Dental Clinic, Specialised Dental Clinic, Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic). [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website No website of its own, so there is nothing to mark up. | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality the practice has no independent domain; the top results are its Facebook page and a Review Guru listing, and the rest of the page is other Galle clinics on Review Guru, Cybo and magicpin (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 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: PHSRC/PDS/144 - Part time Dental Surgery, registered in the name Dental and Cosmetics by Dr Malinda Ekanayake at 101B, Sunny Side 2nd Lane, Karapitiya, Galle (Private Health Services Regulatory Council register of registered institutes, per the 2026 annual list read 2026-09-04; the same entry appears in the 2025 list) (PHSRC publishes its register as an annual snapshot per calendar year, not as a live database. This is the only dental institution in Galle city listed in the 2025 or 2026 dental categories. Sri Lanka publishes no searchable register of individual dental practitioners - the Sri Lanka Medical Council issues certified extracts only against a posted or emailed paid application.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Malinda Ekanayake [sm] [reg1] | General Dentist and Implantologist | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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
| Phone | +94 77 316 8887 |
|---|---|
| https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568075922423 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 101B, Sunny Side 2nd Lane, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+and+Cosmetics+by+Dr+Malind… | The clinic's own Google Business profile read 2026-09-04: name including the dentist and his role, rating 4.9, coordinates, phone, opening hours, Facebook link in place of a website | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.phsrc.lk/mis/web/web/regInstitute26.php?ins=7&pro=0 | PHSRC 2026 register of Part time Dental Surgeries, island-wide: PHSRC/PDS/144 with the street address | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Galle | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Galle dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| gmpI5b | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+and+Cosmetics+by+Dr+Malind… | Live Google Maps place page read in a browser: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| fbI5b | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568075922423 | The clinic's Facebook page, its only publishing channel besides its Google Business profile: published street address, self-description, named fields of dentistry, contact number and posting activity, read in a browser 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| y1a | https://www.youtube.com/@drmalinda.ekanayake.dental | The clinic's own YouTube channel, live: "Dr Malinda Ekanayake ( dental surgeon)", HTTP 200 | 2026-09-07 |
| y1b | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568075922423 | The contact block of the clinic's own Facebook page, re-read: the platform the handle drmalinda.ekanayake.dental actually belongs to | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Dental and Cosmetics" Malinda Ekanayake Galle Sri Lanka | the practice has no independent domain; the top results are its Facebook page and a Review Guru listing, and the rest of the page is other Galle clinics on Review Guru, Cybo and magicpin | 2026-09-07 |
| dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/sri-lanka | WhatClinic: it has no dentist listing for Sri Lanka or Galle (both addresses return not found); its profile sitemaps carry a single Sri Lankan dentist profile, Rosewood Dental & Medical Hospital in Kadawatha, and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name return not found, so it has no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/sri-lanka | Dental Departures: no clinic listing for Sri Lanka (the country page returns not found) (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-platforms-3 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinic.xml | Bookimed: its clinic sitemap (2 127 clinics) has no clinic in Sri Lanka (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| dental-and-cosmetics-malinda-ekanayake-galle-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dental%2… | TripAdvisor's own search, 2026-10-02: 12 suggestions for "Dental and Cosmetics by Dr Malinda Ekanayake Galle", none in Sri Lanka; 12 suggestions for "Malinda Ekanayake", 2 in Sri Lanka, none of them this clinic; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing. |
| 2026-10-01 | Review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so "reviewed on other platforms" changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-09-07 | Close-out, 2026-09-07: the handle recorded as an unreachable Instagram account turns out to be a YouTube channel, and the channel is live — so onOtherPlatforms is answered with a positive rather than left null. |
| 2026-09-06 | Checked by hand in a browser: the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies and the weekly hours; and the clinic's Facebook page - its only channel besides the Google profile, and unreadable to the initial data collection's HTTP client - was read for its published address, description and prices. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Sri Lanka Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via the clinic's Google Business profile and the PHSRC register of registered institutes; the clinic's Facebook page could not be read in this pass. |
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