House of Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 4 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#753/100
- Best for Expats#455.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#748/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#636.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#361.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#458.6/100
Summary
House of Dentistry is a dental clinic on the 2nd floor of The Mall in Westlands, Nairobi, led by chief dentist and CEO Dr. Mercy Oira Abenga. Services include OPG X-rays, root canal therapy, Invisalign and braces, implants, veneers, pediatric dentistry, extractions and cleanings, and the clinic lists more than 15 insurance partners with cash, card and mobile payment options. It carries a 4.9 Google rating across 231 reviews per an aggregator listing and is open Sunday through Friday.
Second phone +254 733 654 317. Insurance partners include Eagle Africa, Old Mutual, Britam, CIC and AAR. Registered in the Kenya Master Health Facility Registry as House Of Dentistry Limited. Saturday closed; open Sundays.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist nairobi; mentioned for: english speaking dentist nairobi; mentioned for: dental implants nairobi; mentioned for: emergency dentist nairobi; mentioned for: nairobi dental clinic for expats)
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 Dr. Mercy Oira Abenga (Chief Dentist, CEO) [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Dentist specializations listed Chief dentist named but formal specializations not detailed on pages checked | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Multiple clinic images present [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Two phones, email, WhatsApp widget [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published 'Find us' section with address [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 [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) Per Top-Rated.Online aggregation of Google reviews [s2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s2] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Search-surfaced testimonials positive; complaints not systematically checkable | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence 100% recommend from 12 Facebook reviews [s3] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms YouTube channel, naicity, goafricaonline, KMHFR registry [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 OPG X-ray listed as a service [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces and Invisalign [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Tooth extraction listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 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 WhatsApp widget on site [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Site entirely in English [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment booking link [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Individual pages per service [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Sun-Fri 8AM-6PM; Saturday closed [s1] | 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 [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nairobi [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nairobi [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nairobi [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Nairobi dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Homepage, about and contact pages indexed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist specializations listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://houseofdentistry.co.ke |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254 700 654 317 |
| available via website widget | |
| https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfDentistry/ | |
| Address | The Mall, 2nd Floor, Westlands, 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://houseofdentistry.co.ke/ | Official site: address, contacts, chief dentist, services incl. OPG X-ray, hours, insurance partners, booking, no prices | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://www.top-rated.online/countries/Kenya/cities/Nairobi/@dental… | Google rating 4.90 with 231 reviews for House of Dentistry | 2026-07-04 |
| s3 | https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfDentistry/ | Facebook presence; 100% recommend from 12 reviews (via web search) | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://kmhfr.health.go.ke/public/facilities/f1c6f818-b839-428c-a20… | Registered as House Of Dentistry Limited in Kenya Master Health Facility Registry | 2026-07-04 |
| sq | search:best/english/implants/emergency/expats dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility scout check 2026-07-04: presence or absence in top results for the five fixed methodology queries | 2026-07-04 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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