Gorgeous Smile / Smile Center - Dr Walid Zalaket
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#1052.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1440.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1036.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#759.5/100
- 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 Site mentions sleep-apnea oral-appliance therapy (unrelated to procedural sedation); no dental sedation/anaesthesia method specified.
Summary
Gorgeous Smile / Smile Center is the Hamra (Ras Beirut) cosmetic dental practice of Dr Walid Zalaket, promoting holistic, mercury-free and ceramic-implant dentistry to local and international patients. The English-language website lists services, doctor credentials, contacts, working hours and a WhatsApp line but does not publish prices. Dr Zalaket is listed in the Lebanese Dental Association registry.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 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] | 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) as of 2026-08-25 [gorgeous-smile-smile-center-dr-walid-zalaket-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [gorgeous-smile-smile-center-dr-walid-zalaket-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [gorgeous-smile-smile-center-dr-walid-zalaket-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 [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 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 Walid Georges Zalaket [s1] | Cosmetic dentistry, holistic/mercury-free dentistry, orthodontics, ceramic implants | 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://www.drzalaket.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +961 3 742339 |
| +961 3 339120 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmilesByDrWalidZalaket/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Specialty Clinics Center, 6th Floor, Maamari Street 102, Hamra, Ras Beirut, 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://www.drzalaket.com/ | Services, doctor, address, hours, contacts | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://smilecenterclinics.com/ | Hamra address, phone/WhatsApp | 2026-07-14 |
| s3 | https://www.lda.org.lb/dentists/dr-walid-georges-zalaket/ | LDA registration of Dr Walid Zalaket | 2026-07-14 |
| gorgeous-smile-smile-center-dr-walid-zalaket-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Center+Clinics/@33.897571,3… | most recent review 1 month ago (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 Walid Georges Zalaket's license is null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed drzalaket.com live, phone matching site (+961 3 742339), clinic open. The clinic's Google Maps presence is under a related 'Smile Center Clinics' listing (smilecenterclinics.com, +961 1 746 288) - captured that listing's rating 4.9 (39 reviews) as the best-matching Maps profile for this brand; kept the stored primary website/phone unchanged since they match the clinic's own site. |
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