Dr Joe Karam Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#957.8/100
- Best for Expats#958/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1151/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1041.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#963.3/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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 No sedation or anaesthesia information found on clinic site.
Summary
Dr Joe Karam Dental Clinic is a cosmetic dentistry practice in Mkalles, Beirut, led by Dr. Joe Karam. Services include dental implants, porcelain veneers, Hollywood smile, crowns, braces/Invisalign, dentures and oral rehabilitation, and the clinic markets to international patients including airport pickup. It has an active website and Facebook presence but does not publish fixed prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16 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)
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.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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) as of 2026-09-25; previously 4.8 [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-gbp-2026-09-25] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25; previously 56 [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-gbp-2026-09-25] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-23 (listing read 2026-09-25). [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-gbp-2026-09-25] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies on the Google listing: 3 of the 9 reviews from the last 12 months that were read carry one, the latest reply dated 2025-12-05 (read 2026-10-02). [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-r6rep] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic: profile, no reviews yet. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Beirut", "English speaking dentist Beirut", "dental implants Beirut", "emergency dentist Beirut", "Beirut dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Beirut | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Beirut | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Beirut | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Beirut | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Beirut dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Homepage JSON-LD declares Organization. [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-r6s] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Smile Avenue Dental Clinic26.4 of 100View report →
- #2Samarani Clinic7.7 of 100View report →
- #2Lounge Dental Clinic25.2 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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. Joe Karam [s1] | Cosmetic dentistry and oral rehabilitation | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Beirut
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Beirut
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Beirut
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Beirut
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Beirut 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://drjoekaram.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +961 1 497 975 |
| +961 71 944 843 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/drjoekaram/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Al Rifai Building, 5th Floor, General Fouad Chehab Highway, Mkalles, Beirut, Lebanon |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://drjoekaram.com/ | address, phone, whatsapp, services, dentist name | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/lebanon/beirut/dr-joe-karam-den… | WhatClinic: profile at Al Rifai Bldg, 5th floor, open for patient reviews, none posted yet (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6352916611192388241&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.7 from 60 reviews; star histogram 1★ 4 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 56; newest review dated 2026-09-23. | 2026-09-25 |
| dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-r6s | https://drjoekaram.com/ | Homepage HTML has JSON-LD of type Organization (alongside BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebPage and WebSite) (read 2026-10-02). | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6352916611192388241&hl=en | Google listing "Dr. Joe Karam", read 2026-10-02 with its reviews sorted lowest first and newest first: rating 4.7 from 60 reviews, histogram 4 one-star, 0 two-star, 0 three-star, 0 four-star, 56 five-star; 9 distinct reviews read (dated 2025-10-18 to 2026-09-23), 3 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2025-2026. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (9 reviews read): owner replies to reviews yes. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): structured data found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic (profile, no reviews yet). |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4.7 (was 4.8) and review count 60 (was 56) from the Google listing on 2026-09-25; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-23). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: MOPH registry has no dental-clinic category so clinicLicense is null; the LDA dentists registry returned HTTP 403 on every path, soDr. Joe Karam's license is null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone unchanged and clinic open; captured Google rating 4.8 (56 reviews). |
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