Karen Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 4 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#653.6/100
- Best for Expats#851/100
- Best for Dental Implants#748/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#451.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#835/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#755/100
- Best for Families / Children#752.6/100
Summary
Two-branch dental practice with locations in Karen (Zamani Business Park) and Parklands (Doctors Park, 3rd Parklands Avenue), offering general, cosmetic, implant, orthodontic and pediatric dentistry including Invisalign. Publishes a named dentist roster that includes a consultant periodontist and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Maintains a 24/7 emergency phone line alongside regular weekday and Saturday-morning hours.
Second branch: Doctors Park, 3rd Floor, 3rd Parklands Ave, Parklands (+254 708 848 482); emergency line +254 721 608 767. Inner website pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching during this check; dentist roster verified via search-indexed doctor profile pages on the clinic's own domain.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8.5 of 10 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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. Parina Patel, Dr. Arisa Dar, Dr. Andrew Okiriamu, Dr. Sonigra, Dr. Sharzah Omar, Dr. Komal Mandavia [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Consultant periodontist/implantology, biomimetic restorative dentistry, oral & maxillofacial surgery [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Clinic signage and premises photos on homepage [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Branch phones, emergency line and email on homepage [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site is in English [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Address and map published Branch addresses published on site; map embed not verifiable (inner pages blocked automated access) | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No clinic price list found; blog cost guides quote Nairobi market ranges only [s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) Parklands branch listing; search results report 4.9 with ~148 reviews across branches [s2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Parklands branch count [s2] | 2/3 |
| ? | Review recency Aggregator listing updated 22 June 2026 but individual review dates not verified | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] [s4] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Vezeeta [s5] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces and Invisalign [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions; OMFS surgeon on team [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care 24/7 emergency line +254 721 608 767 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 site; appears in English-speaking-dentist searches [s1] [s7] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Per-service descriptions and cost-guide articles [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat 9:00-14:30, plus 24/7 emergency line [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 [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nairobi [s7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nairobi [s8] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nairobi [s9] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Nairobi dental clinic for expats [s10] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Homepage, doctor profiles and blog pages all indexed [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Individual doctor and service/blog pages on own domain [s3] | 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: Address and map published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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
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://karendentalclinic.co.ke |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254 700 720 300 |
| https://www.facebook.com/KarenDentalClinicX/ | |
| Address | Zamani Business Park, Tree Lane, Karen, 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://karendentalclinic.co.ke/ | Contacts, branches, hours, services, emergency line, social links | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Nairobi/place/p/8313073/Karen+D… | Google rating 4.90, 115 reviews (Parklands branch), phone, address | 2026-07-04 |
| s3 | https://karendentalclinic.co.ke/our-dentists/ | Named dentist roster with specializations (verified via search-indexed profile pages; direct fetch blocked with HTTP 403) | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://www.facebook.com/KarenDentalClinicX/ | Facebook presence | 2026-07-04 |
| s5 | https://www.vezeeta.co.ke/en/clinic/karen-dental-clinic-clinics | Presence on Vezeeta booking platform | 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:dental implants Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s9 | search:emergency dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s10 | search:Nairobi dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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