Dr Joe Karam Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 49.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1049.7/100
- Best for Expats#1350.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1143.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1135/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1255.8/100
- 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.
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.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 [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) as of 2026-08-25 [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 [s1] | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | 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 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 | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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. 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
- 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- 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: Structured data on website
- 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… | address, opening hours, services, international patient/airport pickup | 2026-07-14 |
| dr-joe-karam-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Joe+Karam/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x1… | Google rating 4.8 (56 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: MOPH registry has no dental-clinic category so clinicLicense is null; LDA dentists registry is blocked (HTTP 403, Cloudflare) so Dr. 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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