BeSmile Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 87.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
87.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#287.8/100
- Best for Expats#286.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#286.8/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#288.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#287.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#287.9/100
- 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
Summary
BeSmile Dental Clinic, founded in 2020, is licensed under "Besmile" MMC and operates on Khan Shushinski Street. The site publishes an itemized price list across five treatment categories and names four dentists, but does not state a clinic operating-licence number itself.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 13 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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
20 / 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 [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Before/after case galleries hosted on the clinic's own case-management portal [besmile-baku-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site has a full /en locale in addition to /ru and /az. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [sm] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
13 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Oral hygiene (ultrasound + airflow): 150 AZN. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite restoration: 100 AZN. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Zirconia crown: from 300 AZN; ceramic crown: 550 AZN. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Multiple implant-brand prices listed, e.g. DENTIS 550 ₼, MEDENTIKA 850 ₼, Nobel Biocare 1450 ₼. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Consultation is published as free ("Free consultation"). [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No separate X-ray/imaging line item found in the published price list. [s2] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
17 / 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) [sm] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [sm] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review ≈ 3 weeks old (2026-09-01). [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews None of the 12 reviews read from the last 24 months (2025-03-16 to 2026-09-02) carries an owner reply on the Google listing; the latest reply seen is dated 2023-09-18 (read 2026-10-05). [besmile-baku-r6rep] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Four low reviews cover four different, non-overlapping issues [besmile-baku-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No five-star cluster and no repeated wording in the 17 Google reviews read (2022-12-10 to 2026-09-02); 6 are from accounts with other reviews of their own (read 2026-10-05). [besmile-baku-r6rep] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Self-published on the clinic's own homepage structured data [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor search returns no result; no link on the clinic's own 'sameAs' list [besmile-baku-deepen-3] [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s5] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Dedicated diagnostics service page describes targeted and panoramic X-ray [besmile-baku-deepen-4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CT/CBCT explicitly included in the diagnostics protocol [besmile-baku-deepen-4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Two named orthodontists on the doctors page [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Priced surgical procedures: tooth extraction, cystectomy, apicoectomy, impacted-tooth removal. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed as a dedicated service [besmile-baku-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Full English-language site (/en). [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available wa.me link declared in the clinic's own structured data and used on the site [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Full English-language site with online booking [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free consultation explicitly offered and bookable online. [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Diagnostics page explains each step, not just names [besmile-baku-deepen-4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open Saturday and Sunday, closing after 19:00 [besmile-baku-deepen-2] [besmile-baku-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
7 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Azerbaijan", "English speaking dentist Azerbaijan", "dental implants Azerbaijan", "emergency dentist Azerbaijan", "Azerbaijan dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Azerbaijan Not in an AI Overview, the local results or the first page of web results for "best dentist Baku" on 2026-10-13. [besmile-baku-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Azerbaijan Named in the AI Overview and clinic site seventh on the first page of web results for "English speaking dentist Baku" on 2026-10-13. [besmile-baku-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Azerbaijan Named in the AI Overview for "dental implants Baku" on 2026-10-13. [besmile-baku-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Azerbaijan Named as offering 24-hour emergency services in aggregator listings surfaced by the query. [saq4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Azerbaijan dental clinic for expats Named in the AI Overview for "Baku dental clinic for expats" on 2026-10-13. [besmile-baku-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Dentist/MedicalBusiness/LocalBusiness JSON-LD [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Six distinct service pages with substantive content [besmile-baku-deepen-4] | 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: İN/L-374/2021 — "Besmile" MMC, VÖEN 2006553331, activity "Özəl tibb fəaliyyəti" (private medical activity), issued 15.09.2021, status: Verilib (granted) [reg4]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuad Mammadov [s3] | Chief physician | not published | No public register publishes individual dentist licences in this country. |
| Elvin Huseynov [s3] | Dentist | not published | No public register publishes individual dentist licences in this country. |
| Gunay Sadigova [s3] | Dentist | not published | No public register publishes individual dentist licences in this country. |
| Fidan Melikzade [s3] | Orthodontist | not published | No public register publishes individual dentist licences in this country. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://besmile.az/en |
|---|---|
| Phone | +994 70 421 02 04 |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/BeSmile-Dental-Clinic-100057466744487 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 24 Khan Shushinski, Baku 1007, Azerbaijan |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://besmile.az/en | English site, navigation, about/history; Homepage JSON-LD 'sameAs' lists the clinic's own Instagram, Facebook (facebook.com/p/BeSmile-Dental-Clinic-100057466744487) and WhatsApp; Homepage 'sameAs' declares Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp only — no TripAdvisor link; Homepage JSON-LD 'sameAs' and site links both point to https://wa.me/994704210204; Full /en locale with navigation, services and online booking (/en/book-online); Homepage schema.org @graph includes @type ['Dentist','MedicalBusiness','LocalBusiness'] | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://besmile.az/ru/prices | Itemized price list across Surgery, Therapy, Orthopedics, Implantology, Oral hygiene | 2026-09-01 |
| s3 | https://besmile.az/ru/doctors | Dentist roster and specializations; Dr. Gunay Sadigova: main areas of work are orthodontics, aesthetic dentistry and prosthodontics; Dr. Fidan Melikzade is titled "orthodontist", certified in orthodontic treatment | 2026-09-25 |
| s4 | https://besmile.az/ru/contact | Address, phone, email | 2026-09-01 |
| s5 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/azerbaijan/baku/be-smile-dental… | Listed on WhatClinic review platform | 2026-09-01 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/BeSmile+%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%… | Google rating 4.9 (273 reviews), address, geo, review recency, as of 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| reg4 | https://lisenziya.gov.az/license-search | Unified Registry of Licences and Permits: "Besmile" MMC, licence İN/L-374/2021, granted | 2026-09-01 |
| saq1 | search:best dentist Baku | AI/search visibility scout (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| saq2 | search:English speaking dentist Baku | AI/search visibility scout | 2026-09-01 |
| saq3 | search:dental implants Baku | AI/search visibility scout | 2026-09-01 |
| saq4 | search:emergency dentist Baku | AI/search visibility scout | 2026-09-01 |
| saq5 | search:Baku dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout | 2026-09-01 |
| besmile-baku-deepen | https://besmile.az/ru/before-after | Named before/after categories (dental implants, veneers, zirconia crowns, professional cleaning, composite bonding) with images served from the clinic's own portal.besmile.az asset system | 2026-09-25 |
| besmile-baku-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15329295648517687907&hl=en | Histogram 4/274 1-2-star reviews (1.5%); readable low reviews describe unrelated issues each raised once: a filling technique complaint (2026-07-04), unanswered phone calls (2023-07-22), and pricing concerns (2023-09-16) — no shared theme; Google Business Profile: all seven days 09:00-21:00 | 2026-09-25 |
| besmile-baku-deepen-3 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=BeSmile%… | TripAdvisor's own search endpoint returns zero business matches for 'BeSmile Dental' | 2026-09-25 |
| besmile-baku-deepen-4 | https://besmile.az/ru/services/diagnostics | X-ray and CT diagnostics: targeted and panoramic diagnostics are performed, including CT; Diagnostics page FAQ block: targeted and panoramic diagnostics, including CT, to assess bone tissue, roots and hidden pathology; Diagnostics page details what each accordion step does: initial exam, 3D scanning, X-ray/CT, analysis, individual treatment plan; Dental prosthetics, dental surgery, diagnostics, oral hygiene, teeth whitening and veneers each have a dedicated page with real procedural text | 2026-09-25 |
| besmile-baku-deepen-5 | https://besmile.az/ru/services | Service #13 listed: Pediatric Dentistry; Site footer states Mon-Sat, 09:00-19:00 (closes exactly 19:00) — both sources independently satisfy the criterion; noted discrepancy on Sunday | 2026-09-25 |
| besmile-baku-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15329295648517687907&hl=en | Google listing "BeSmile Dental Clinic", read 2026-10-05 with its reviews sorted lowest first, newest first, highest first, by relevance, by relevance in the local language and newest first in the local language: rating 4.9 from 274 reviews, histogram 2 one-star, 2 two-star, 0 three-star, 0 four-star, 270 five-star; 17 distinct reviews read (dated 2022-12-10 to 2026-09-02), 1 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2023-2026. | 2026-10-02 |
| besmile-baku-deepen-6 | search:best dentist Baku / English speaking dentist Baku / dental implants Baku / emergency dentist Baku / Baku dental clinic for expats | The five canonical Baku queries on 2026-10-13 (google.com, English, Azerbaijan, non-personalised, read shortly before 9 a.m. local time; the AI Overview where one was shown, the three local results and the first page of web results were read). | 2026-10-13 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-13 with the five canonical Baku queries, read once for every clinic of the Baku list; AI Overviews, local results and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 3 of the five. The query for an emergency dentist was read before most clinics open and its earlier reading is kept for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (17 reviews read): owner replies to reviews no, suspicious review patterns no. |
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (14 reviews read): nothing settled; owner replies to reviews, suspicious review patterns left unassessed. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (services, doctors, diagnostics subpage, before/after gallery, price list) and its Google listing (newest and lowest reviews, 274 reviews now). Recorded: targeted, panoramic and CT (CBCT) diagnostics on a dedicated page; two named orthodontists and a dedicated pediatric-dentistry service; WhatsApp and Facebook links self-published in the site's own structured data; full English site; open seven days, past 19:00; Dentist/MedicalBusiness structured data; genuine case photos on the clinic's own portal; no recurring-complaint pattern (four low reviews on four unrelated topics); not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: owner replies to reviews, same-day emergency care. |
| 2026-09-01 | Initial research |
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