Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 48.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
48.4/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1348.4/100
- Best for Expats#1352.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1247.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#956.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#1528.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1356.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#1054.1/100
- 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 Extractions are described as performed under anaesthesia, without any statement about general anaesthesia or deep sedation.
Summary
Milidduwa practice with the broadest published treatment menu in this Galle set: preventive care, restorations, cosmetic work, dentures and bridges, implants, braces and clear aligners, gum treatment, oral surgery including impacted-tooth removal, children's dentistry, emergency pain and trauma care, and in-house digital imaging. Each treatment carries a plain-language description and a WhatsApp enquiry button. No dentist is named and no prices are published.
Strengths
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
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)
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
13 / 20
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 The single-page site refers to "experienced and qualified dental professionals" and "our experienced team" but names no individual dentist; "Dr. Dentium" is the practice's own trading name. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Real clinic photos THE GALLERY IS NOT PUBLISHED. The initial data collection found an "Our Clinic Gallery" heading in the served HTML with the image block beneath it commented out, and could not tell whether a browser would render it. drdentium.lk was opened in a real browser on 2026-09-06 and scrolled end to end: the word gallery does not appear anywhere in the rendered page, so the heading and its block are commented out together and the section simply does not exist for a visitor. The only images the site serves are twenty-two treatment illustrations under /images/treatments/ named for the procedures they depict (dental-consultation, scaling-polishing, root-canal-treatment and so on) - service artwork, not photographs of these premises. No photograph of the clinic is published. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Twenty-two named treatments grouped into eight categories. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Telephone, WhatsApp, email and street address in the contact block; the social icons are placeholder links. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 No price page and no figures or ranges anywhere on the site; every treatment card routes to a WhatsApp enquiry instead. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
9 / 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: 6 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 0 one-star. The buckets sum to 7, matching the 7 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.857 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmpI5b] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. SEVEN REVIEWS. This is the smallest review base in the country set and the figure most likely to surprise a reader of the card: the 4.9 that the verification pass's sweep 1b flagged as a high rating with an unassessed reputation block turns out to rest on seven ratings, six of them five-star and one four-star. The rating is real and the engine's volume adjustment should be read as doing heavy work on this card. [gmpI5b] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is 8 months old, which proves the within-a-year bucket and no better. A newest-first list was not available, so the page proves the within-a-year 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] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Only 2 reviews dated within the last 24 months were read, none with an owner reply; fewer than ten, so whether the owner answers reviews stays open. [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints There is no complaint on this listing to repeat: the histogram carries no one-star, no two-star and no three-star rating at all in 7, so the value rests on the whole base rather than on the sample. READ IT WITH THE BASE SIZE, THOUGH - seven reviews is the smallest base in the country set, and a clean seven says very little about a practice. 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 A base of seven carries almost no distributional information in either direction, and this is said plainly rather than dressed up. What can be said is that the shape is 6/1/0/0/0 - it contains a four-star rating, so it is not even a wall - and that the three visible reviewers hold 2, 1 and 25 reviews (the last a Local Guide with 54 photos) and post eight months and two years apart. There is nothing to suggest manipulation and there is not enough here to rule it out either. 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 The Facebook page the clinic's website links (facebook.com/drdentium) is not available, so a page of the clinic could not be confirmed (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-facebook] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | 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 its website carries no TripAdvisor link. [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-tripadvisor] [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms] [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms-2] [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms-3] [dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray "Dental X-Rays & Imaging - Digital imaging for precise diagnosis with minimal radiation." [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Metal braces and clear aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Tooth extraction and surgical removal of impacted or wisdom teeth. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Child Dental Care and dental sealants for children. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency Dental Care category covering pain management and knocked-out or broken teeth. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available Every treatment card and the booking button open a WhatsApp chat with +94 77 923 7812. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible A "Dental Consultation & Oral Examination" enquiry route is offered over WhatsApp before visiting. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each of the twenty-two treatments has a one-line purpose and a short description. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Split sessions 09:00-12:00 and 16:00-21:00 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; Tuesday evenings only; closed Friday. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
7.5 / 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: named and described ("comprehensive dental care including dental implants, root canal treatment, braces") in the answer for "best dentist Galle", citing its own site drdentium.lk. [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | 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: named and described ("comprehensive dental care including dental implants...emergency dental services") in the answer for "dental implants Galle", citing its own site drdentium.lk. [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Sri Lanka Web search 2026-09-06: named as offering emergency dental services in the answer for "emergency dentist Galle", citing its own site drdentium.lk. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Sri Lanka dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: named and described ("dental implants, root canal treatment, braces, cosmetic dentistry, paediatric dentistry, and emergency dental services") in the answer for "Galle dental clinic for expats", citing its own site drdentium.lk. [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org Organization markup with postal address and service description. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain drdentium.lk is the top result, but the clinic name returns only three results in total (the homepage, a LinkedIn profile and a Facebook thread) — no deeper service pages are indexed (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages The whole site is a single page; treatments are anchors within it. [s1] | 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: not published on the clinic’s website — red flag applied [reg1] [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -6 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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://drdentium.lk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +94 77 923 7812 |
| +94 77 923 7812 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 137/9, H. K. Edmond Mawatha, Milidduwa, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://drdentium.lk/ | Full treatment menu with descriptions, digital imaging, clinic timings, contacts, WhatsApp, schema.org markup, placeholder social links, absence of dentist names and prices | 2026-09-04 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Dentium+-+Dental+Clinic/@6.04… | Google Maps place record read 2026-09-04: rating 4.9, coordinates, address, phone, opening hours, linked website | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://www.phsrc.lk/pages_e.php?id=14 | PHSRC register of registered institutes (per-year, per-category tables) - no entry for this clinic in the 2024, 2025 or 2026 lists | 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/Dr.+Dentium+-+Dental+Clinic/@6.04… | 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 |
| giq1 | search:"Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic" Galle Sri Lanka | own domain drdentium.lk is the top result, but the clinic name returns only three results in total (the homepage, a LinkedIn profile and a Facebook thread) — no deeper service pages are indexed | 2026-09-07 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dr.%20De… | TripAdvisor's own search, 2026-10-02: 12 suggestions for "Dr. Dentium Dental Clinic Galle", 1 in Sri Lanka, none of them this clinic; 1 suggestions for "Dentium", none in Sri Lanka; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-tripadvisor-2 | https://drdentium.lk/ | The clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/sri-lanka | WhatClinic: it has no dentist listing for Sri Lanka or for Galle (/dentists/sri-lanka and /dentists/sri-lanka/galle return not found); its profile sitemaps (22,064 dentist profiles) carry a single Sri Lankan dentist, Rosewood Dental & Medical Hospital in Kadawatha; the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (/dentists/sri-lanka/dr-dentium-dental-clinic, /dentists/sri-lanka/dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle) return not found (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/sri-lanka | Dental Departures: the Sri Lanka page returns not found and its search does not recognise Sri Lanka or Galle as a location (it answers with its whole list of 1,106 clinics), so it lists no clinic in Sri Lanka (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-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 and its Sri Lanka clinics page is removed (HTTP 410) (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-platforms-4 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/drdentium.lk | Trustpilot: no business page for drdentium.lk, the clinic's website (the address returns "page not found") (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-facebook | https://www.facebook.com/drdentium | Facebook address facebook.com/drdentium, linked from the clinic's website drdentium.lk, checked 2026-10-02: Facebook shows "This content isn't available"; no page can be read | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-dentium-dental-clinic-galle-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9733544033047364366&hl=en | Google listing "Dr. Dentium - Dental Clinic" (Dental clinic; 137, 9 Morris Rd, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka), read 2026-10-05 in 2 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first): 4.9 from 7 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 6); 6 distinct reviews read, dated 2024-09-04 to 2026-06-02, 0 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; no profile on the review platforms checked. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: with 7 Google reviews a missing owner reply shows nothing yet; active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established. |
| 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 and owner replies; and drdentium.lk was rendered to settle whether the commented-out clinic gallery is actually published. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Sri Lanka Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via drdentium.lk, the Google Maps place record and a full read of the PHSRC register of registered institutes. |
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