Smile Creators 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#1157.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1051.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#941.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1162.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#363.1/100
- 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 Site says 'pain-free dental experience' via technology; no specific sedation/anaesthesia method.
Summary
Smile Creators Dental Clinic is a dental practice in Dekwaneh, Beirut, led by Dr. Elie Gemaa and offering aesthetic dentistry, implants, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, and teeth whitening. The clinic lists four dentists with specializations, publishes services on its website, states it works with international patients, and offers translation in English, French and Arabic. Its Google Maps rating and review count could not be verified from public sources.
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)
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 2026-08-25 [smile-creators-dental-clinic-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smile-creators-dental-clinic-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies on the Google listing: 1 of the 8 reviews from the last 12 months that were read carries one, the latest reply dated 2025-11-23 (read 2026-10-05). [smile-creators-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; AdvisorLB: profile, no reviews listed. [s2] [smile-creators-dental-clinic-deepen] | 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 No JSON-LD or microdata found on the homepage or the 3 inner pages read. [smile-creators-dental-clinic-r6s] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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. Elie Gemaa [s1] | Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Francoise Akoury [s1] | Periodontology and Implant Dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Marianne Hage [s1] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Joyce Tannous [s1] | Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry) | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://www.smilecreators-lb.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +961 71 680 660 |
| +961 71 680 660 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmileCreatorsDentalClinic/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Danay Center, 7th Floor, AlArid Street, Dekwaneh, 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.smilecreators-lb.com/ | clinic name, phone/WhatsApp, hours, doctors, services, social media | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/lebanon/beirut/smile-creators-d… | WhatClinic: profile on AlArid Street, Dekwaneh, open for patient reviews, none posted yet (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| s3 | http://www.smilecreators-lb.com/team.php | list of four dentists and their specializations | 2026-07-14 |
| smile-creators-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Elie+Gemaa+-+Smile+Creators+D… | Google rating 4.7 (94 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-creators-dental-clinic-deepen | https://advisorlb.com/en/professionals/smile-creators | AdvisorLB: profile 'Smile Creators' at the Danay Center, 7th floor, Dekwaneh, with a review form; it shows a score of 3.1 'based on 7 reviews' but lists no reviews ('No reviews yet') (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| smile-creators-dental-clinic-r6s | https://www.smilecreators-lb.com/ | HTML of the homepage and 3 inner pages (/services.php, /servicesin.php?serv_id=1, /servicesin.php?serv_id=2) read 2026-10-02: no application/ld+json block and no schema.org itemtype attribute. | 2026-10-02 |
| smile-creators-dental-clinic-r6rep | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17182760803468945596&hl=en | Google listing "Dr. Elie Gemaa - Smile Creators Dental Clinic", read 2026-10-05 with its reviews sorted lowest first, newest first, highest first and by relevance: rating 4.7 from 94 reviews, histogram 7 one-star, 0 two-star, 0 three-star, 2 four-star, 85 five-star; 13 distinct reviews read (dated 2019-06-11 to 2026-07-06), 1 with an owner reply; the lowest-rated reviews read are dated 2019-2025. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (13 reviews read): owner replies to reviews yes. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): no structured data found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic (profile, no reviews yet); AdvisorLB (profile, no reviews listed). |
| 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, soall four named doctors' licenses are null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone unchanged and clinic open. Captured Google rating 4.7 (94 reviews). |
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