Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Methodology v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Methodology v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | Asian Dental Center | Google indexing quality measured as poor after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (no website of its own, none listed). |
| 2026-10-02 | Asian Dental Center | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2026-01-10 to 2026-09-30; 4.9 from 265): owner replies false. |
| 2026-10-02 | British International Dental Centre | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2025-12-30 to 2026-09-30; 4.9 from 8064): owner replies false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no profile on the review platforms checked. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no profile on the review platforms checked. |
| 2026-10-02 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2022-08-04 to 2026-10-02; 4.8 from 2525): owner replies true. |
| 2026-10-02 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | Presence on review sites re-read on 2026-10-02: no profile on the review platforms checked. |
| 2026-10-02 | Zircon Dental | Facebook presence re-checked on 2026-10-02: live Facebook page confirmed. |
| 2026-10-01 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | Viewed the photos on the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-01: its own photos show the signed building and the waiting room, so genuine premises photos are now recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | Asian Dental Center | Other platforms set to yes: the clinic has a HeliumDoc profile in Al Wakrah naming Dr. Reena Chacko, rated 4.6 from 71 patient reviews (checked 2026-10-01). |
| 2026-09-30 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | Summary updated on 2026-09-30: dentist names now rest on the group's website, which lists nine dentists with their specialties without assigning them to branches. |
| 2026-09-30 | Asian Dental Center | Re-read 2026-09-30 on the clinic's own Facebook page (every post since it opened in July 2025), Instagram and Google listing: no working website (its domain shows a suspension page) and no English version; dentist specializations and the service list recorded; published prices and the six treatment prices recorded as not published, since its only figures are time-limited offers; WhatsApp and the Facebook page recorded; the dentist list now comes from its own posts. |
| 2026-09-30 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Re-read 2026-09-30 on the clinic's own Google listing and Facebook page: service list and dentist specialization (general and aesthetic dentistry) recorded, the Facebook page recorded, and no English website version, since the domain on its listing serves no site; the dentist's name now rests on its own channels. |
| 2026-09-30 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Re-read 2026-09-30: dentist names are now unverified, as the practice has no website or social page and its Google listing, which carries the name Dr Lavanya, is unclaimed; the dentist entry that rested on a directory was removed. |
| 2026-09-30 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Re-read 2026-09-30 on the group's website: dentist names and specializations now rest on its doctors list, which names five dentists at Wakra; the dentist entry that rested on a directory (Dr. Sahil, pediatric orthodontics) was corrected to the website's Dr. Sahil Agrawal, orthodontist, alongside the four other Wakra dentists. |
| 2026-09-30 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | Summary and notes updated on 2026-09-30: the branch address now rests on the chain's contact page and the branch's Google listing. |
| 2026-09-29 | Asian Dental Center | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies; review count 260 (was 232) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | British International Dental Centre | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-29 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-29 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4.8 (was 4.7) and review count 172 (was 159) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency older than a year (newest review dated 2025-04-28). |
| 2026-09-29 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-29 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-19). |
| 2026-09-29 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-12). |
| 2026-09-29 | Zircon Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 8 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-25 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the group website (all pages) and this branch's Google listing. Recorded: an English site, a Facebook link, digital X-ray, implants, online booking with treatment and date selection, FAQ explanations, Dentist and MedicalOrganization structured data, opening on Saturdays; no prices published; no per-procedure pages; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe rushed treatment. Still unverified: CBCT, premises photos, English-speaking staff. |
| 2026-09-25 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the group website (all pages) and this branch's Google listing. Recorded: premises photos, an English site, a Facebook link, digital X-ray, implants, online booking with treatment and date selection, FAQ explanations, Dentist and MedicalOrganization structured data, opening on Saturdays; no prices published; no per-procedure pages; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe extra charges (about 700 riyals for one extraction; 400 charged against a 50 promotion). Still unverified: CBCT, English-speaking staff. |
| 2026-09-25 | Asian Dental Center | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing. Recorded: genuine reception photos; opening daily until midnight; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: the website (its address showed a suspended-hosting page on 2026-09-25), services and prices. |
| 2026-09-25 | British International Dental Centre | Re-read on 2026-09-25: qatardental.net (all pages) and the Google listing. Recorded: team photos, digital X-rays and low-dose CBCT, online consultation booking with a choice of dentist, clear treatment explanations; no prices published for any treatment; no structured data; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe high quotes and billing disputes. |
| 2026-09-25 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | Re-read on 2026-09-25: craftdental.qa (all pages), which the Google listing links to and which lists this Al Rayyan branch, and the Google listing. Recorded: a working website, eight named dentists with qualifications and specialties, ten procedure pages, an English site, Facebook link, WhatsApp number, X-rays, implants, orthodontics, extractions, pediatric dentistry, clear explanations, opening on Saturdays; fees follow the MOPH price list and no clinic prices are published; no emergency service listed; the appointment form has no service or time choice; no structured data; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: CBCT, work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-25 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the group website (FAQ, services, booking, contact, team and Arabic pages) and this branch's Google listing. Recorded: premises photos, an English site, filling (300-600 QR) and implant (5,000-6,000 QR with crown) prices, a Facebook link, WhatsApp chat, X-rays including 3D X-rays, after-hours emergency care, online booking with dentist and date, clear explanations, Organization structured data; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Prices overall remain recorded as not published: only two regular prices and a promotional whitening offer. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe long waits despite appointments. Still unverified: work with foreign patients, English-speaking staff. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing and the website address it gives. Recorded: the listed domain shows a Wix "connect your domain" error, so there is no working website; genuine treatment-room photos; no TripAdvisor listing; opening on Saturdays. Still unverified: other review platforms, services and prices. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing. Recorded: no website on the listing; the listing is unclaimed, so owner replies are not possible. Still unverified: services, prices and platform presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's dental pages (English and Arabic) and the Google listing. Recorded: premises photos, a free first consultation, a panoramic X-ray included in the free implant consultation, X-rays, free consultation booking, clear explanations, MedicalBusiness structured data, opening on Saturdays; no cleaning, filling, crown or implant prices; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe charges for X-rays patients saw as unnecessary and a focus on money. Still unverified: CBCT, pediatric dentistry. |
| 2026-09-25 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Re-read on 2026-09-25: gulfdental.org (home and all dental service pages), which the Google listing links to and which lists a Wakra branch, WhatClinic and the Google listing. Recorded: a working website, premises photos, per-procedure service pages, an English site, Facebook and WhatsApp links, a free consultation, digital X-rays and 3D imaging, implants, surgical extractions, emergency appointments, Dentist and MedicalClinic structured data, a WhatClinic profile, opening on Saturdays; no treatment prices published; not on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: pre-visit consultation, work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-25 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the chain website (all pages, English and Arabic) and this branch's Google listing. Recorded: premises photos, an English site, Facebook and WhatsApp links, X-rays, implants, extractions, emergency care, a dental-tourism page for international patients, Organization structured data; no prices published for any treatment; no dentist named, so no specializations; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - several low reviews describe long waits and uncoordinated appointments. Still unverified: CBCT, English-speaking staff, pre-visit consultation. |
| 2026-09-25 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the chain website (all pages, English and Arabic) and this branch's Google listing. Recorded: team and reception photos, an English site, Facebook and WhatsApp links, X-rays, implants, extractions, emergency care, a dental-tourism page for international patients, Organization structured data; no prices published for any treatment; no dentist named, so no specializations; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe slow, unpunctual service. Still unverified: CBCT, English-speaking staff, pre-visit consultation. |
| 2026-09-25 | Promise Dental Center – Madinat Khalifa | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic website (treatments, offers, booking, blog) and the Google listing. Recorded: waiting-room photos, a Facebook link, a free consultation, online booking with branch and treatment choice, department explanations, pediatric dentistry, Dentist structured data, opening on Saturdays; no treatment prices published; treatments on one page; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Corrected: recurring complaints are now recorded - low reviews describe appointments not being respected. Still unverified: X-ray and CBCT equipment. |
| 2026-09-25 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing. Recorded: no website on the listing; the listing is unclaimed, so owner replies are not possible. Still unverified: services, prices and platform presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Zircon Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing. Recorded: no website on the listing; genuine building photos; opening on Saturdays; not on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Recurring complaints confirmed: low reviews describe insurance and billing surprises. Still unverified: services and prices. |
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-03 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page (4.7 / 177): unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading, which is therefore corroborated. |
| 2026-09-03 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 160/2/0/1/14 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.7 / 99 -> 4.8 / 112. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Al Abeer Dental Center - Muaither", address "Umm Al Dawn St, Al-Rayyan" and phone +974 4017 9822 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 103/2/1/0/6 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Asian Dental Center | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 5 / 133 -> 4.9 / 232. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Asian Dental Center | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Asian Dental Center" and address "Building 25, Zone, Street 450, 90 Majlis Al Taawon St, Al Wakrah" match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Asian Dental Center | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 221/7/0/1/3 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | British International Dental Centre | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.9 / 7673 -> 4.9 / 8006. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | British International Dental Centre | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "British International Dental Centre", address "Al Mirqab Tower, 15th Floor, Al Funduq St, Doha" and phone +974 4411 7755 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | British International Dental Centre | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 7735/189/22/10/50 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.9 / 112 -> 4.9 / 117. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "CRAFT DENTAL CENTER - Rayyan", address "Door No:4, AL SHAFI STREET, 1ST FLOOR, Rayyan" and phone +974 5993 2424 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 109/6/0/0/2 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.7 / 129 -> 4.7 / 159. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Doha Specialized Dental Center Al Wakra", address "Al Jabal St, Al Wakrah" and phone +974 3344 7734 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 142/7/1/0/9 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page (5 / 59): unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading, which is therefore corroborated. |
| 2026-09-03 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Dr.Abdu Rahman's Dentistry", address "Naseem medical centre, Room 21 Ermaila St, Al-Rayyan" and phone +974 3004 4373 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_year, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 58/1/0/0/0 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Coverage top-up: Google rating re-checked live on the Maps place page in a browser. The listing genuinely carries no rating and no reviews, so googleRating stays null and googleReviewCount is now recorded as an explicit 0 rather than null — an honest zero, not an unread figure. |
| 2026-09-03 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | zero-review listing re-confirmed; the four reputation criteria stay null with the reason stated. |
| 2026-09-03 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.8 / 2457 -> 4.8 / 2526. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — address "Al Taif Street Madinat Khalifa North, Al Taif ST, Area # 32, St. #830, Villa #76, Doha" matches the card exactly; the listing shows a second contact number (+974 3029 0013) alongside the switchboard number held on the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 2376/47/14/10/79 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.6 / 48 -> 4.6 / 56. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Gulf Dental Center Wakra", address "Al Wukair St" and phone +974 4477 1011 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_year, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 47/4/0/0/5 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.5 / 535 -> 4.5 / 536 (rating unchanged, +1 review). |
| 2026-09-03 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 457/14/7/6/52 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page (4.4 / 584): unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading, which is therefore corroborated. |
| 2026-09-03 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_year, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 478/14/6/9/77 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-09-03 | Promise Dental Center – Madinat Khalifa | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page (4.8 / 311): unchanged from the 2026-09-02 reading, which is therefore corroborated. |
| 2026-09-03 | Promise Dental Center – Madinat Khalifa | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 293/3/2/2/11 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-03 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | Coverage top-up: Google rating re-checked live on the Maps place page in a browser. The listing genuinely carries no rating and no reviews, so googleRating stays null and googleReviewCount is now recorded as an explicit 0 rather than null — an honest zero, not an unread figure. |
| 2026-09-03 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | zero-review listing re-confirmed; the four reputation criteria stay null with the reason stated. |
| 2026-09-03 | Zircon Dental | Google rating and review count re-read live in a browser on the Maps place page: 4.1 / 37 -> 4.1 / 45. The earlier note claiming a live 2026-09-02 read was false; that pair matched a March-2026 third-party copy exactly. Provenance corrected. |
| 2026-09-03 | Zircon Dental | Coverage top-up: geo filled from the live Google Maps place page (map pin, 7 decimals) after resolving the stored ?cid= link in a browser; contacts.googleMapsUrl replaced with the resolved place URL and the cid link kept as a source. Identity re-confirmed on the page — name "Zircon Dental Center", address "Al Wakra hospital Road street 595 - villa no 36" and phone +974 4443 3161 all match the card. |
| 2026-09-03 | Zircon Dental | reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=false, recurringComplaints=true, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 30/5/2/1/7 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-02 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Al Waab | Live Google Maps rating, review count and geo added (partial re-research, googleRating was null). |
| 2026-09-02 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Al Abeer Dental Center – Muaither | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Asian Dental Center | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Asian Dental Center | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | British International Dental Centre | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Craft Dental Center – Rayyan | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Doha Specialized Dental Center – Al Wakra | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. No independent clinic website located; hasWebsite left null rather than asserted false given a limited search effort. |
| 2026-09-02 | Dr. Abdu Rahman's Dentistry | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | Geo added; live Maps card re-confirmed still has zero reviews (googleRating stays honest null). |
| 2026-09-02 | Dr. Lavanya Dentist | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | GDDC – German Dental & Dermatology Centre | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Gulf Dental Center – Wakra | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | Live Google Maps card found (previously null) — rating, review count and geo added. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Al Khor | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | Live Google Maps card found on retry (previously null/unconfirmed) — rating, review count and geo added. |
| 2026-09-02 | Kings Dental Center – Muaither | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Promise Dental Center – Madinat Khalifa | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Promise Dental Center – Madinat Khalifa | Live Google Maps rating, review count and geo added (partial re-research, googleRating was null). |
| 2026-09-02 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | Geo added; live Maps card re-confirmed still has zero reviews (googleRating stays honest null). |
| 2026-09-02 | Smiley Dental Care – Al Khor | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-09-02 | Zircon Dental | Initial data collection for the Qatar Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
| 2026-09-02 | Zircon Dental | aiVisibility filled — 5 canonical search queries run live 2026-09-02. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |