Smiles Dental Care
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 49.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 14 ranked clinics · Last checked: 30 September 2026
49.4/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#449.4/100
- Best for Expats#750/100
- Best for Dental Implants#345.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#256/100
- Best Price Transparency#535.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#754.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#255.5/100
- 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
Smiles Dental Care has worked on Nikagas Hingun in central Malé since 2003 and is licensed by the Ministry of Health as an Area Specific Clinic with six registered practising dentists. Its website describes nine treatments, though its menu links return a server error; its Facebook page gives a WhatsApp booking number and announces a visiting orthodontic specialist. No price list is published, and its Google listing is unclaimed.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 6.5 of 20 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; no recurring complaints; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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
20 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website The clinic's own site at smiles-dentalcare.com loads with current content on its homepage; nearly every inner page it links to returns a server error (see other criteria). [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Facebook posts in 2026 name visiting orthodontic specialist Dr. Ramshad A.R.; the site's doctors page names Dr. Madhav Manoj and Dr. Adila Wajeeh. [fb1] [wp1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Ramshad A.R. is presented as an orthodontic specialist; the doctors page gives Dr. Manoj's MDS in orthodontics and Dr. Wajeeh's BDS. [fb1] [wp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The two images on the readable homepage are generic stock photography (a child holding a toothbrush; a man with a rose), but four visitor-uploaded photographs on the clinic's own Google listing, taken in 2017, show the real reception desk with staff under the "Smiles dental care" sign and the storefront carrying the same signage and a printed service list. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Homepage lists nine named services with a descriptive paragraph each: Crowns and Bridges, Cosmetic Procedures, Denture, Dental Implants, Oral Screening, Orthodontics, Whitening, Emergency Denture and Braces. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details The site footer publishes 960 332 1040 and an email address; the clinic's Google listing phone (+960 332-1040) matches the site's primary number. [s1] [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published The site footer publishes the street address (Nikagas Higun, Malé); the clinic's Google listing gives the same street with a plus-code and coordinates. [s1] [sm] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No price list on any page or post of the site or on its Facebook page; the only figures are two Ramadan promotions that ran until 18 February 2026. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No standing scaling price; scaling "from MVR 350" appeared only in a Ramadan promotion on Facebook that ended on 18 February 2026. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price on the site or on its Facebook page. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No crown price on the site or on its Facebook page. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No implant price; the site's dental-implants page says payment plans are worked out after an examination. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed A free consultation was offered only inside the Ramadan 2026 promotion; no standing consultation fee is published. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray price on the site or on its Facebook page. [s1] [wp1] [wp2] [fb1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
6.5 / 20
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) as of 2026-09-30 [sm] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume 30 reviews, read 2026-09-30; star histogram 1★8 · 2★3 · 3★4 · 4★4 · 5★11 (sum 30). [sm] | 1/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review rendered across three sort orders on 2026-09-29 is dated 2026-01-14 (4 stars). [sm] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews The listing is unclaimed ("Claim this business"; no owner-reply block on any of the reviews read on 2026-09-29), so owner replies are not possible. [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Two independent reviewers describe being kept waiting well past a confirmed appointment time: Mohamed Shareef (2★, 2017-07-27, called in 45 minutes after a 10:00 booking) and Mohamed Yamany (2★, 2019-09-03, kept waiting 40-45 minutes after confirming a 9:30pm booking). [sm] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Ratings and dates read live 2026-09-29 span 2016-2026 across all five star levels, and the most active reviewers are established Local Guides with 19-101 reviews each; no burst of dates and no all-5-star pattern. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The site links facebook.com/smilesdentalcare, an active page with about 14,300 followers and posts from February to September 2026. [s1] [fb1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search for the clinic returns no attraction or business result; the clinic's own site and Google listing carry no TripAdvisor link. [ta] [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, and none of them lists any clinic in the Maldives (checked 2026-10-01). [wc] [smiles-dental-care-male-platforms] [smiles-dental-care-male-platforms-2] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray The homepage services graphic lists "intra oral X-ray", and the About page names digital intra-oral X-ray among the clinic's equipment. [s1] [wp1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics and braces have their own service pages, and 2026 Facebook posts announce a visiting orthodontic specialist at both branches. [s1] [wp2] [fb1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Homepage services graphic lists extractions among the clinic's own services. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry The site's FAQ page is devoted to children's dental care, from a child's first appointment to sealants, and tells parents to contact their Smiles dentist. [wp1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Homepage features an "Emergency Denture" service excerpt describing same-day attention for a broken denture or a lost tooth. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available Facebook posts in 2026 give 738 1040 as the Malé branch's Viber / WhatsApp booking number. [fb1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic's entire site is written in English, consistent with reviews describing English-language interactions with staff and dentists. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Read live 2026-09-29 from the clinic's own Google Business Profile: Saturday-Thursday 9AM-11PM, Friday closed — evening cover every open day of the Maldivian working week. [sm] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
0 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Maldives", "English speaking dentist Maldives", "dental implants Maldives", "emergency dentist Maldives", "Maldives dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Maldives | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Maldives | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Maldives | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Maldives | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Maldives dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or microdata of any kind was found on the readable homepage — not even a generic WordPress/Yoast graph. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Nine service pages exist in the site's own index, but every link to them from the site's menu returns a server error, so they cannot be opened. [s1] [wp2] | 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: PVT-ASC-23-451-00 (Ministry of Health operating licence PVT-ASC-23-451-00, facility registration number HF-10/ALP/PVT/026, level Area Specific Clinic, licensee Smiles Inc Pvt Ltd, 6 registered practising professionals. Read live on 2026-09-29 from the ministry's HEMS Registered Health Establishments directory.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Athulya Manimandiram Revikumar [regpro] | Dentist | PL06397 |
| Aravind Mohanakumaran Nair [regpro] | Dentist | PL02825 |
| Aishath Zeena [regpro] | Dentist | PL01468 |
| Jayalekshmi [regpro] | Dentist | PL02677 |
| Renjith Smith Oliver Smith [regpro] | Dentist | PL02365 |
| Ramshad Abdul Rasheed [regpro] | Dentist, Orthodontist & Dentofacial Orthopaedician | PL02933 |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Maldives
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Maldives
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Maldives
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Maldives
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Maldives dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://smiles-dentalcare.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +960 332 1040 |
| +960 738 1040 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/smilesdentalcare | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Nikagas Higun, Malé 20265, Maldives |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://smiles-dentalcare.com/ | Homepage read live 2026-09-29: featured/services sections listing Crowns and Bridges, Cosmetic Procedures, Denture, Dental Implants, Oral Screening, Orthodontics, Whitening, Emergency Denture and Braces with a descriptive paragraph each; a services graphic additionally lists intra-oral X-ray and extractions; footer publishes telephone 960 332 1040 / 960 772 1040, email info@smiles-dentalcare.com, an address on Nikagas Higun, Malé, and links to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube; no JSON-LD or microdata anywhere on the page; both slider images and every service thumbnail are generic stock photography, not premises photos; /contact, /doctors, /faq, /about and all nine dedicated service URLs in the site's own menu returned a 500 Internal Server Error when read the same day. | 2026-09-29 |
| reg1 | https://hems.health.gov.mv/establishments?search=dental | Ministry of Health HEMS "Registered Health Establishments" live directory, read 2026-09-29: Smiles Dental Care, owner Smiles Inc Pvt Ltd, Area Specific Clinic, Reg. No HF-10/ALP/PVT/026, Licence No PVT-ASC-23-451-00, registry phone 7777792, 6 registered practising professionals. | 2026-09-29 |
| regpro | https://hems.health.gov.mv/establishments/808/professionals | Ministry of Health HEMS professionals endpoint for Smiles Dental Care, read live 2026-09-29: names, registration numbers and practising-licence numbers of all 6 practitioners registered at this establishment. | 2026-09-29 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11086591188571251674&hl=en | Google place record read 2026-09-29 and again 2026-09-30 (unchanged): "Smiles Dental Care", category Dental clinic, rating 3.2, 30 reviews, address "5GC5+X9H, Nikagas Hingun, Malé, Maldives", coordinates 4.1724253/73.5084725, phone +960 332-1040, hours Saturday-Thursday 9AM-11PM (Friday closed), listing unclaimed (no owner reply on any review read). Star histogram 1★8 · 2★3 · 3★4 · 4★4 · 5★11 (sum 30). 9 of the 30 reviews read across three sort orders (relevant, newest, lowest), spanning 2016-2026. Four photographs uploaded by visitors in 2017 show the real reception desk with two staff under the clinic's own sign, and the storefront with the same signage, a printed opening-hours notice and a service list. | 2026-09-30 |
| ta | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Smiles+D… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search, queried live 2026-09-29: no attraction or business result for the clinic; only unrelated hotels in Malé and dental practices in other countries. | 2026-09-29 |
| wc | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/maldives | WhatClinic: its Maldives dentist page and its Malé and Hulhumalé pages return "not found", none of the 22,037 dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps is in the Maldives, and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name under Malé and Hulhumalé return "not found"; no profile for Smiles Dental Care (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| wp1 | https://smiles-dentalcare.com/?rest_route=/wp/v2/pages | The website's own index of published pages, read 2026-09-30: six pages dated 2011. "Doctors" names Dr. Madhav Manoj, MDS (Orthodontist), and Dr. Adila Wajeeh, BDS, a founder member of the clinic; "FAQ" answers twelve questions on children's dental care (a child's first dental appointment, sealants, a knocked-out tooth) and tells parents to contact their Smiles dentist; "About" traces the clinic from April 2003 to its premises at Ma. Vavathi and names digital intra-oral X-ray among its equipment; "Contact" and "Blog" are empty. No price figure appears on any page. The site's own menu links to these pages return a server error. | 2026-09-30 |
| wp2 | https://smiles-dentalcare.com/?rest_route=/wp/v2/posts | The website's own index of published posts, read 2026-09-30: twelve posts dated 2010-2014 — nine service pages (orthodontics, braces, whitening, dental implants, cosmetic procedures, crowns and bridges, denture, oral screening, emergency denture), a 2014 note that a visiting orthodontist, Dr. Manoj, sees patients in the first week of every month, and two short items. No price figure appears in any post; the dental-implants page says payment plans are worked out after an examination. Every link to these pages from the site's own menu returns a server error. | 2026-09-30 |
| fb1 | https://www.facebook.com/smilesdentalcare | Facebook page "Smiles Dental Care" (Dentist & Dental Office, about 14,300 followers), read 2026-09-30: bio lists both branches (Ma. Vavathi, Nikagas Hingun, Malé; Lot 11000, Lansimoo Magu, Hulhumalé) and "Established April 2003"; contact section gives +960 332-1040, an email address, Instagram and Messenger; the page has no services or price-list section. Posts of 2026-02-11, 2026-03-02, 2026-05-09 and 2026-09-08 give booking numbers "Malé: 332 1040 / 738 1040 (Viber / WhatsApp)" and "Hulhumalé: 339 1040 / 739 1040 (Viber / WhatsApp)" and announce visiting orthodontic specialist Dr. Ramshad A.R., a member of the Indian Orthodontic Society, consulting at both branches. The only prices posted are two Ramadan promotions valid until 18 February 2026: scaling from MVR 350 with a free consultation, and express dentures from MVR 3000. | 2026-09-30 |
| smiles-dental-care-male-platforms | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/maldives | Dental Departures: has no Maldives location (its Maldives page returns "not found" and its search recognises no Maldives or Malé location); no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| smiles-dental-care-male-platforms-2 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinics-country.xml | Bookimed: none of the 53 countries in its clinic sitemaps is the Maldives, and its clinic sitemap (2,127 clinics) has no Smiles Dental Care (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Presence on other review platforms re-read: WhatClinic, Dental Departures and Bookimed list no clinic in the Maldives and have no profile for this clinic, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-30 | Added to the directory on 2026-09-30 after reading the clinic's website (homepage and its full index of pages and posts, whose menu links return a server error), its Facebook page, its Google Business Profile, the Ministry of Health's HEMS establishment and professionals records, TripAdvisor's own search and the national WhatClinic catalogue. Recorded: nine treatments with descriptions, named dentists including a visiting orthodontic specialist, a WhatsApp booking number, six licensed practising dentists in the ministry register, an unclaimed Google listing rated 3.2 from 30 reviews spanning 2016-2026, and real premises photos on the Google listing. No standing price list is published; the only prices posted were a Ramadan promotion that ended on 18 February 2026. |
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