Dentakay Dental Clinics
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 13 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#357.8/100
- Best for Expats#159.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#451.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#441/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#165.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#162/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#357.8/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented GA documented for jaw surgery ('under general anaesthesia') and paediatric dentistry on patient-guides page [dentakay-sedation]
Summary
Istanbul-based dental group founded in 2009 by Dr. Gülay Akay, focused on cosmetic dentistry, implants and orthodontics with a large multi-branch international patient operation.
Operates multiple branches (Nish, Şişli, Bağcılar in Istanbul, plus Antalya, Ankara, London office and Riyadh). Address and phone are for the main Bahçelievler location.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 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)
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address published on booking listings; no map embed confirmed on own site. [s2] | 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 Site cites '50-70% savings vs UK/US/EU' but no itemized price list. [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
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 2026-08-25 [dentakay-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [dentakay-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Bookimed, Trustpilot, Flymedi and other tourism platforms. [s3] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Istanbul", "English speaking dentist Istanbul", "dental implants Istanbul", "emergency dentist Istanbul", "Istanbul dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Istanbul [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Istanbul | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Istanbul dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 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: International Health Tourism Authorization (listed as 'Özel Dentakay Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği-3', T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri list) (T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Turizmi Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri list, İstanbul filter. Variants tried: 'Dentakay', 'Dentakay Bahçelievler', 'Dentakay İstanbul'. Three separate Dentakay-branded İstanbul rows exist (Bağcılar; Bahçelievler; Şişli/Esentepe); matched row 756 to the clinic's stored Bahçelievler address by exact street+building (Çobançeşme Mah., Sanayi Cad. No:44 vs. the site's Sanayi Cd. 44A No:16) — registry phone (0532 280 76 48) differs from the clinic's central WhatsApp/booking line, consistent with a branch-specific registry contact. Checked 2026-08-25.) [dentakay-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Gülay Akay [s1] [s3] | Founder; cosmetic/aesthetic dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Ahmet Özdemir [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Ahmet Alper Kaya [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Ali Ekemen [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Ayça Yıldız [s1] | — | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Istanbul
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Istanbul dental clinic for expats
- 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://dentakay.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +90 541 500 80 08 |
| +90 541 500 80 08 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Çobançeşme, Sanayi Cd. 44A No:16, 34196 Bahçelievler/İstanbul |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dentakay.com/ | Official site: dentist names, services, English version, photos, WhatsApp. | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://dentakay.com/ | Contact/address (Bahçelievler) and phone. | 2026-07-10 |
| s3 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/clinic/dentakay-dental-clinic/ | Google rating 4.9 / ~6,488 reviews, address, hours, foreign-patient focus. | 2026-07-10 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Istanbul | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| dentakay-sedation | https://dentakay.com/patient-guides | 'Under general anaesthesia, we surgically reposition the jaws'; GA mentioned for complex paediatric cases | 2026-08-23 |
| dentakay-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dentakay+Dental+Clinic+Nish+%C4%B… | Google rating 4.9 (6687 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| dentakay-lic | https://shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-94837/yetkili-diger-saglik-te… | Row 756, İstanbul: 'Özel Dentakay Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği-3' — Özel Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği — Çobançeşme Mah. Sanayi Cad. No:44 AP, Bahçelievler/İstanbul — phone 0 532 280 76 48 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no citable evidence found on re-verification: dentakay.com, fetched 2026-09-07, publishes no price list and no teaser price — only a JavaScript savings calculator and the FAQ line 'Patients typically save 50-70% compared to dental costs in the UK, US, and Europe' — so there is no published figure to be contradicted, and no independent report of a quote not being honoured is reachable headless). |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag reviewed under methodology v1.4.0 and kept: the note hints at opacity but cites nothing verifiable, so it is annotated for re-verification at the next crawl. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Turizmi Yetkili Diğer Sağlık Tesisleri list: found — 'Özel Dentakay Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği-3', İstanbul, matching the clinic's stored Bahçelievler address; all 5 named doctors could not be checked — Doktor Bilgi Bankası (only individual-dentist registry) requires e-Devlet identity verification with no public name-lookup. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, clinic open; rating holds at 4.9 while review count rose from 6488 to 6687; recorded Maps place URL and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-08-23 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. GA documented for jaw surgery ('under general anaesthesia') and paediatric dentistry on patient-guides page |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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