Aga Khan University Hospital Dental Clinics
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 34.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #20 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 4 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2034.9/100
- Best for Expats#2034.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1733/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2121.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#2037.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#1636.2/100
Summary
Hospital-affiliated network of dental clinics operated by Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, with its flagship multi-specialty clinic at Park Place in Parklands and additional branches in Valley Arcade, Mountain View, Karen, Peponi Road, Capital Centre and Buruburu. Services span aesthetic dentistry, endodontics, implantology, oral surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and prosthetics. Appointments can be booked through the hospital website; individual dentists and prices are not published on the dental pages.
Multi-branch operation under a large teaching hospital; each branch has its own phone and reception email. An aggregator listing titled 'Aga Khan University Hospital - Park place Dental Clinic' shows 2.7 stars from 277 Google reviews, but its review keywords suggest the reviews cover the wider hospital rather than the dental clinics specifically, so no rating is recorded here.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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] [s2] | 4/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed Dental pages list services and branches but no individual dentist names. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Specialty areas listed: implantology, orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthetics. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Per-branch phones, emails and hours published. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site is in English. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full addresses for all branches published; embedded map not verified. [s1] | 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 No pricing on the dental clinics pages. [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) A 2.7/277 figure exists on an aggregator listing titled 'Park place Dental Clinic', but the reviews appear to cover the whole hospital; not attributable to the dental clinics with confidence. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume Same caveat as rating. | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Hospital-wide reviews mention wait times/customer service, but nothing verified specific to the dental clinics. | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Hospital has social media (incl. X/Twitter); dedicated dental Facebook presence not verified. | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on top-rated.online, doctor254.com, medpages.info, yellowpageskenya.com. [s3] [s4] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital x-rays and intra-oral photography cited by the hospital. [s5] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care Hospital has 24h emergency services; dedicated dental emergency service not verified. | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language institution and website. [s1] [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment booking exists; pre-treatment consultation format not verified. | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Weekday hours to 5-6pm (Park Place reported to 8pm in earlier coverage) plus Saturday hours at all branches. [s1] [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Nairobi", "English speaking dentist Nairobi", "dental implants Nairobi", "emergency dentist Nairobi", "Nairobi dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Nairobi [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nairobi [s7] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nairobi [s9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nairobi [s10] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Nairobi dental clinic for expats [s8] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Official dental pages rank well in relevant searches. [s1] [s5] | 2/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages One consolidated dental clinics page verified; per-service pages not verified. | 0/1.5 |
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — The dental clinics pages do not name any individual dentists; common for hospital departments but reduces transparency. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- 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: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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
- 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
| Website | https://hospitals.aku.edu/nairobi/Departments/Pages/dental-clinics.aspx |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254 20 366 2856 |
| Address | Park Place Building, 3rd Floor, 2nd Parklands Avenue, Limuru Road, Parklands, Nairobi |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://hospitals.aku.edu/nairobi/Departments/Pages/dental-clinics.… | Services, specialty areas, all branch addresses/phones/emails/hours; no dentist names or prices published. | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://hospitals.aku.edu/nairobi/Pages/default.aspx | Hospital address (3rd Parklands Avenue, Limuru Road), main phone and email; dental clinics listed under clinical services. | 2026-07-04 |
| s3 | https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Nairobi/place/p/7501088/Aga+Kha… | Aggregator listing exists titled 'Aga Khan University Hospital - Park place Dental Clinic' (2.7 stars, 277 reviews; reviews appear hospital-wide, so not used for the rating datum). | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://www.doctor254.com/kenya/nairobi/dentist/aga-khan-university… | Park Place address, phone 020 3662856 / 0711 092856, hours Mon-Fri 8am-6pm Sat 9am-2pm, accepts Jubilee insurance. | 2026-07-04 |
| s5 | https://hospitals.aku.edu/nairobi/AboutUs/News/Pages/Dental-treatme… | Digital x-rays, intra-oral photography, root canal, implants, ceramic crowns (via search snippet). | 2026-07-04 |
| s6 | search:best dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s7 | search:English speaking dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s8 | search:Nairobi dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s9 | search:dental implants Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: not among top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s10 | search:emergency dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: not among top results | 2026-07-04 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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