Dental 8 Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
61.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1461.1/100
- Best for Expats#1456/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1156.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1441.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1159.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#1162.8/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented The service list publishes nitrous oxide (laughing gas) only; laughing gas leaves the patient awake and does not meet the general-anaesthesia or asleep-and-unaware bar. [s10]
Summary
Dental 8 Clinic is a Tunis Street practice in Hawally founded and led by Dr. Adel Ashkanani (DMD, AEGD, M.Sc.), with a stated team of 18+ staff. A second, independent aggregator (WhatClinic) separately lists the same address and a distinct satisfaction score.
The clinic's own site lists a Medical Staff section but the content retrieved did not include individual staff names beyond the founder. Corrected 2026-09-02: the card had been read from the homepage only. dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ publishes an itemised treatment list under nine headings, including CBCT and nitrous oxide, and it settles seven criteria that were null or directory-sourced. The Medical Staff page carries photographs with no readable names, so the roster stays at the one named founder.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 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)
- Communication & Service: 4 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: whatsApp / LINE available; pre-visit consultation possible; clear service explanations)
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 [s2] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Adel Ashkanani (DMD, AEGD, M.Sc.), founder/CEO; 18+ additional staff referenced without individual names in the content retrieved [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed The founder is published with his DMD, AEGD and M.Sc. qualifications; the remaining staff are referenced in aggregate without names — confirmed on the clinic site 2026-09-02. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Real founder photo in branded scrubs [dental-8-clinic-deepen-7] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published A full itemised treatment list is published under nine headings on the clinic’s own services page. [s10] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site is in English by default throughout [dental-8-clinic-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Al Bahar Center, first floor, Tunis Street (block 61, plot 18), Hawally, on the clinic's website, pinned on its Google listing. [dental-8-clinic-deepen-22] [dental-8-clinic-deepen-23] [s1] [s3] | 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 list found on dental8clinic.com; the only finance-related page is "Insurances and Payment Plans," which lists accepted insurers and payment plans but no treatment prices (checked 2026-09-03). [s11] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No numeric prices on any checked page [dental-8-clinic-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
14.5 / 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) as of 2026-09-25 [dental-8-clinic-deepen] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25 [dental-8-clinic-deepen-5] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest review sorted by date on 2026-09-25 is dated 2026-08-16 (a month ago) [dental-8-clinic-deepen-6] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No negative surfaced among the eight visible. Histogram 86/4/3/2/6 over 101; relevance order under-represents the negative tail and 6 one-star plus 2 two-star reviews were not surfaced. Read on the Google Maps place page's Reviews tab on 2026-09-03. A newest-first sort could not be applied, so the sample is in Google's relevance order. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram 86/4/3/2/6 over 101 - sums exactly to the header count, and 465/101 = 4.604 reproduces the published 4.6. The full non-five-star block (15 of 101) stands unremoved, dates span 5 months to 8 years with no burst, and accounts hold 1 to 319 reviews. Recorded rather than ignored: four of the eight visible reviews are one-line praise of a dozen words or fewer - thin wording, but not template wording, since each names something different (a named dentist, a child's visit, the cleanliness of the rooms). Read on the Google Maps place page's Reviews tab on 2026-09-03. A newest-first sort could not be applied, so the sample is in Google's relevance order. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Own Facebook page (2.7k followers), address matches the clinic [dental-8-clinic-deepen-21] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No listing found; no link on the clinic’s own channels [dental-8-clinic-deepen-4] [dental-8-clinic-deepen-14] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic: profile at the clinic's Al-Bahar Centre, Tunis Street, Hawally address, ServiceScore 5.4 from 9 interactions. [dental-8-clinic-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray CBCT imaging published as a listed capability. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT published as a listed capability (implant planning, hard-tissue disease investigation). [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Dental implants published under Periodontics, and implant planning under CBCT. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontic treatment with braces and clear aligners published as a service. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extraction and dental bone grafts published under Surgery. [s10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Re-sourced 2026-09-02: was carried on a third-party directory summary. "Pedodontics" is a published service heading on the clinic’s own site, with named sub-treatments. [s10] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Full categorized services list read; no emergency item [dental-8-clinic-deepen-15] | 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 Contact page and site have no WhatsApp link [dental-8-clinic-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic's own site is written in English throughout [dental-8-clinic-deepen-16] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✗ | Pre-visit consultation possible Only a generic contact form, no service or time selection [dental-8-clinic-deepen-17] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Clear service explanations Services page is a categorized name list without explanations [dental-8-clinic-deepen-18] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Hours close after 19:00 on weekdays [dental-8-clinic-deepen-19] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Kuwait", "English speaking dentist Kuwait", "dental implants Kuwait", "emergency dentist Kuwait", "Kuwait dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Kuwait [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Kuwait [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Kuwait [s7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Kuwait [s8] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Kuwait dental clinic for expats [s9] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No business-entity JSON-LD found [dental-8-clinic-deepen-20] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Services are published on one combined page, not one page per treatment. [s10] | 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 checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Adel Ashkanani [s2] | Founder and CEO (DMD, AEGD, M.Sc.) | 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- 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://www.dental8clinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +965 1827 626 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Al Bahar Centre, 1st Floor, Tunis Street, Hawally, Kuwait |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.zavis.ai/kw/directory/hawalli/dental/dental-8-clinic | address, phone, directory-reported rating | 2026-09-02 |
| s2 | https://www.dental8clinic.com/ | founder name and qualifications, site structure | 2026-09-02 |
| s3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/kuwait/kuwait-city | independent confirmation of address and a separate ServiceScore rating | 2026-09-02 |
| s4 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+8+Clinic/@29.3290923,48.02… | Live Google Maps place listing, reopened on its Reviews tab 2026-09-03: rating 4.6 (101 reviews), star histogram and the eight most relevant reviews | 2026-09-03 |
| s5 | search:best dentist Hawally | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-02: appears in map-pack/organic/AI-overview results | 2026-09-02 |
| s6 | search:English speaking dentist Hawally | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-02: appears in map-pack/organic/AI-overview results | 2026-09-02 |
| s7 | search:dental implants Hawally | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-02: appears in map-pack/organic/AI-overview results | 2026-09-02 |
| s8 | search:emergency dentist Hawally | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-02: appears in map-pack/organic/AI-overview results | 2026-09-02 |
| s9 | search:Hawally dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-09-02: appears in map-pack/organic/AI-overview results | 2026-09-02 |
| s10 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Clinic services page: itemised treatment list under nine headings — Orthodontic (braces, clear aligner), Pedodontics, Prosthodontic, Periodontics (incl. dental implants), Endodontics, Surgery (extraction, bone grafts), Laser, CBCT (implant planning, hard-tissue investigation) and Nitrous Oxide | 2026-09-25 |
| s11 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/insurances/ | Homepage nav and the "Insurances and Payment Plans" page checked 2026-09-03: neither lists any specific treatment prices, only accepted insurers and payment-plan options. | 2026-09-03 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 4.6 from 101 reviews; histogram 5★ 86 / 4★ 4 / 3★ 3 / 2★ 2 / 1★ 6 | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-2 | https://dental8clinic.com/ | Home, services, staff, contact and insurance pages are all in English by default (with some Arabic promotional copy alongside on the insurance page) | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-3 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/contact/ | Contact page gives only a phone number (1 827 626) and a generic message form; no wa.me/WhatsApp link anywhere in the fetched pages | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-4 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dental%2… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson returns no genuine match for "Dental 8 Clinic" (only unrelated Dental 8-named locations abroad) | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: rating 4.6 from 101 reviews, histogram sums to 101 | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-6 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | Google listing, newest-first sort, 2026-09-25: newest review dated 2026-08-16 | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-7 | https://dental8clinic.com/ | Photo of Dr. Adel Ashkanani, DMD, AEGD, M.Sc., wearing scrubs embroidered with the Dental 8 logo and his name | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-8 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Home, services, equipment, contact, insurances and JCI pages read; no currency figures on any | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-9 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Services page categorizes procedures with no price figures | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-10 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Crowns/bridges/veneers listed under Prosthodontic with no price figures | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-11 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Dental implants listed under Periodontics/CBCT with no price figures | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-12 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/contact/ | Contact page has only a generic name/email/mobile/message form, no consultation fee stated | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-13 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | CBCT listed as a service category with no price figure | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | No tripadvisor.com reference found on any dental8clinic.com page or in the Google listing | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-15 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Services page lists Orthodontic, Pedodontics, Prosthodontic, Periodontics, Endodontics, Surgery, Laser and CBCT/Nitrous Oxide categories in full; no emergency/urgent-care item | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-16 | https://dental8clinic.com/ | The clinic site (home, services, medical staff, insurances, contact form) is in English by default, read 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-17 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/contact/ | Contact page form fields are only Name, Email, Mobile number and Message; no service or appointment-time selection | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-18 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/our-services/ | Services page lists procedure names under category headers (e.g. "Prosthodontic: Removable, Crown Bridge, veneers...") with no explanatory text | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-19 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours: Saturday-Thursday 9 AM-9 PM, Friday closed | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-20 | https://dental8clinic.com/ | Fetched pages carry no @type Dentist/MedicalClinic/LocalBusiness/Organization schema | 2026-09-25 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-21 | https://www.facebook.com/Dental8Clinic | Page address "Al-Bahar Centre, Hawalli, Kuwait, 22005" and bio "State of the Art Dental Clinic in Kuwait - Hawalli - Tunis Street - AlBahar Center" match the clinic's card | 2026-09-29 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-22 | https://dental8clinic.com/index.php/find-us/ | Find Us page of the clinic's website, read on 2026-09-30: Hawally, Tunis Street, block 61, plot 18, Al Bahar Center, first floor, shops 10 to 18 and 28; phone +965 1827626 | 2026-09-30 |
| dental-8-clinic-deepen-23 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=18287465811352972858&hl=en | Google listing "Dental 8 Clinic", managed by the business, read on 2026-09-30: Al Bahar Center, first floor, Tunis Street, Hawally, with its map pin; phone +965 1827 626; website dental8clinic.com | 2026-09-30 |
| dental-8-clinic-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/kuwait/al-khafji/dental-8-clinic | WhatClinic: profile "Dental 8 Clinic", Al-Bahar Centre, 1st Floor, Tunis Street, Hawally (the clinic's address; WhatClinic files it under Al-Khafji), staff Dr Adel Ashkanani and Dr Oussama Haidar among others, ServiceScore "Satisfactory" 5.4 from 9 user interactions (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected: found the clinic's own Facebook page, address matching the card. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic’s website (home, services, equipment, contact, insurances, JCI pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a real branded founder photo, the site is in English throughout, no published prices anywhere checked, no TripAdvisor listing, no emergency service or WhatsApp contact documented, only a generic contact form (no scheduling widget), service names without explanations, and convenient weekday hours. Google rating 4.6 from 101 reviews, newest 2026-08-16. Still unverified: Facebook presence and work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-09 | Sedation criterion re-read against methodology 1.4.0, which counts only general anaesthesia or deep intravenous sedation where the patient is asleep and unaware. The service list publishes nitrous oxide (laughing gas) only; laughing gas leaves the patient awake and does not meet the general-anaesthesia or asleep-and-unaware bar. The value moves from true to false: what this practice offers is published, and it is not sleep dentistry. |
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass 2026-09-03 (browser): the Google Maps place page was reopened on its Reviews tab and reviewRecency, respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns were assessed for the first time (all four were null). Rating and review count re-read and reconciled against the star histogram. |
| 2026-09-03 | Kuwait top-up 2026-09-03: price transparency assessed -- dental8clinic.com publishes no price list (Insurances/Payment Plans page checked and has no figures); pricesPublished set to false (was unassessed). |
| 2026-09-02 | Live re-verification 2026-09-02: Google rating/review count and geo coordinates recorded from a live Maps place URL; aiVisibility.* recorded from 5 canonical Google search queries for Hawally. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Kuwait Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
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