Dr. Shiyas Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #20 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 3 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2046.3/100
- Best for Expats#2044.3/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1933.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#2049.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#1848.5/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Dental center in Halwan founded by Dr. Shiyas Basheer Koya, offering orthodontics (braces, clear aligners, pediatric treatment, TMD management), root canal treatment, prosthodontics and home-visit dentistry.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 18.5 of 20 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: 1 of 5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist UAE; mentioned for: English speaking dentist UAE; mentioned for: dental implants UAE; mentioned for: UAE 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. Shiyas Basheer Koya (founder); no other dentists named. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] [s2] | 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) Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged, and the published rating reproduces from the star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*). [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume Read live on the Google Maps place page 2026-09-03; the star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*) on the same page sums to 606. The 605 recorded on 2026-09-02 is superseded. [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "a month ago". Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews 8 of the 8 visible reviews carry a published reply from the owner. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No complaint appears among the eight visible reviews. The histogram carries 6 one-star and 2 three-star reviews that the relevance-ordered preview did not surface. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The distribution retains 6 one-star, 2 three-star and 13 four-star reviews of 606, the visible reviews span one to four months, and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 5 reviews. Recorded rather than charged: every visible review names the clinic principal, which on a practice built around one named dentist is expected, and the wording of each is individual. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 585/13/2/0/6 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [gmaps-2026-09-02] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Zavis.ai business directory. [s2] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces, clear aligners, pediatric orthodontic treatment, TMD management. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric orthodontic treatment documented. [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 international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist UAE", "English speaking dentist UAE", "dental implants UAE", "emergency dentist UAE", "UAE dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist UAE [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist UAE [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants UAE [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist UAE [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: UAE dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 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. Shiyas Basheer Koya [s1] | Founder / General Dentist | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
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: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- 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://drshiyasdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +971553246628 |
| +971553246628 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Floor 1, Wasit Street, Al Abar, Halwan, Sharjah, UAE |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://drshiyasdental.com/ | Dentist name, services, contacts, advertisement licence number, English site | 2026-09-02 |
| s2 | https://www.zavis.ai/directory/sharjah/dental/dr-shiyas-dental-cent… | Address, phone, directory presence (Google Maps CID 18133073539537047329 per this mirror) | 2026-09-02 |
| gmaps-2026-09-02 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr+Shiyas+Dental+Center+%D9%85%D8… | Live Google Maps place page, checked 2026-09-02: rating 4.9, 605 reviews; address matches (Wasit St, Halwan). | 2026-09-03 |
| sq | search:emergency dentist Sharjah (Instagram dr.shiyasdentalteam result on emergency hours) | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-02 |
| sq2 | search:best dentist Sharjah | Not visible in top results for "best dentist Sharjah" on 2026-09-03. | 2026-09-03 |
| sq3 | search:English speaking dentist Sharjah | Not visible in top results for "English speaking dentist Sharjah" on 2026-09-03. | 2026-09-03 |
| sq4 | search:dental implants Sharjah | Not visible in top results for "dental implants Sharjah" on 2026-09-03. | 2026-09-03 |
| sq5 | search:Sharjah dental clinic for expats | Not visible in top results for "Sharjah dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-03. | 2026-09-03 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass 2026-09-03 (browser): the clinic's Google Maps place page was reopened on its Reviews tab and the star histogram, the visible reviews, their dates, their reviewer profiles and the owner replies were read. reviewRecency, respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns set from that read, each carrying the sample size and the read order on the criterion itself. googleReviewCount 605 -> 606 (histogram sum on the live page); reviewRecency "unknown" -> within_3_months. recurringComplaints false; suspiciousReviewPatterns false. |
| 2026-09-03 | Wave-3 aiMention top-up: ran the five canonical city queries fresh (2026-09-03) to settle the remaining null aiMention_* values (0 true / 4 false). |
| 2026-09-02 | Live Google Maps rating/review count and aiVisibility scout added (wave 3). |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection. |
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