DS DENT
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #15 of 24 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
46.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1546.7/100
- Best for Expats#1545/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1335.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1051.3/100
- 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 General anaesthesia or deep sedation is not mentioned on the pages read.
Summary
Small practice on the Meerhem in central Ghent with two dentists, a practice coordinator and a dental assistant, running its site in Dutch and English and taking bookings online. It holds the highest Google rating in this city cohort on a modest review base. Both dentists are recorded at this address in the RIZIV/INAMI register, one of them partly conventioned with his conventioned hours published there; the clinic publishes no fees.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2 of 9 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Belgium; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Belgium; mentioned for: dental implants Belgium; mentioned for: emergency dentist Belgium; 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
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website dsdent.be answered HTTP 200 on 2026-09-07 with real clinic content in Dutch and English. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The home page names the whole team: Dejan Sidjimoski, Francisco Medeiros, the practice coordinator Andrijan Sidjimoska and the dental assistant Manon Deschamps. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Each name carries a role: dentist in general dentistry and orthodontics, dentist in general dentistry, practice coordinator, dental assistant. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos Not settled by the manual browser check of 2026-09-08. The place page's lead image is a street-level view of the frontage at Meerhem 2 with a parked car, carrying no signage, room, equipment or staff by which the practice could be identified. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published The clinic publishes its range on its own site and on a separate services page: routine check-ups and cleanings, endodontic treatment, orthodontic care, aesthetic dentistry, prosthetics and crown and bridge work. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details The street address, telephone 09 335 63 52, an email address and the enterprise number are published in the footer of every page; the telephone matches the Google listing. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site runs complete English and Dutch versions with a switcher on every page; the English version was read live. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published The address is published in the footer of every page and is recorded for both dentists in the RIZIV/INAMI register. [s1] | 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 The site has three sections - home, services and contact - all of which were read; none carries a fee page, an amount or a range. [s1] [s2] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
15 / 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) Re-read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08 and unchanged at 4.9. The star histogram's weighted mean, 4.875, reproduces the published figure — the histogram check the open question asked for on a 4.9 over 40. [gm1] [gmpb] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Confirmed on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08: the headline reads 40 and the histogram sums to the same figure (38 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star). [gm1] [gmpb] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Browser 2026-09-08, 8 visible reviews, sort "Most relevant". The newest visible review is one month old; three more fall between four and nine months and the remaining four are five years old. [gmpb] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to reviews on the Google listing: 1 of the 5 newest reviews answered, owner reply dated 2026-05-20 (read 2026-09-25). [ds-dent-ghent-gbp-2026-09-25] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Browser 2026-09-08, 8 visible reviews, sort "Most relevant": the only sub-five-star account in the sample is a four-star with a mild reservation, and no repeated theme is readable. One-star and two-star ratings together are 1 of 40, or 2.5 per cent of the base. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Browser 2026-09-08: histogram 38/1/0/0/1 with a mean of 4.875 against a published 4.9 — a genuine four-star and a genuine one-star stand under the average, the dates split between a recent group and a five-year-old group, and there is no owner curation at all. No manipulation signature. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Not established: the clinic's website links no Facebook page; the only account named "DS Dent" is a personal profile, not a page (checked 2026-10-05). [ds-dent-ghent-fb] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "DS DENT Ghent" and "DS DENT"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [ds-dent-ghent-ta] [ds-dent-ghent-ta-2] [ds-dent-ghent-ta-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on four review platforms that cover Belgium: WhatClinic, Trustpilot, Doctoranytime and Hospital Examiner (checked 2026-10-02). [ds-dent-ghent-platforms] [ds-dent-ghent-platforms-2] [ds-dent-ghent-platforms-3] [ds-dent-ghent-platforms-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
2 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray Imaging equipment is not described on the pages read. | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) Cone-beam imaging is not described on the pages read. | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology Implants are not named among the services; the prosthetic offering is described as prosthetics and crown and bridge work. Left unresolved rather than asserted. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontic care is named among the services and one of the two dentists gives orthodontics as his field. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery Extractions and oral surgery are not named on the pages read. | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry Children's dentistry is not named on the pages read. | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care Emergency or same-day care is not documented on the pages read. | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients Beyond running the site in English as well as Dutch, no arrangements for international patients are documented. | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available No messenger contact is published on the pages read. | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic runs a complete English version of its site, including its team and services material. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The clinic offers online appointment booking and invites contact for advice before treatment. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations The services page sets out the practice's range in plain language, by area of care. [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Published opening is Monday to Friday 9:00-18:00 with Saturday and Sunday closed; no evening or weekend opening. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Belgium", "English speaking dentist Belgium", "dental implants Belgium", "emergency dentist Belgium", "Belgium dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Belgium Checked in the results captured 2026-09-07 for the canonical city query; neither the clinic's domain nor its name appears. [av1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Belgium Checked in the results captured 2026-09-07 for the canonical city query; neither the clinic's domain nor its name appears. [av2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Belgium Re-run 2026-09-07 with a country qualifier by the verification pass, because the earlier capture of the plain city query was dominated by the American namesakes (Ghent NY, Ghent MA, Ghent WV). All five results of the re-run are Belgium-scoped. Neither this practice's domain nor its name appears in them, so the field is now a checked negative rather than an unanswerable null. [av3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Belgium Checked in the results captured 2026-09-07 for the canonical city query; neither the clinic's domain nor its name appears. [av4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Belgium dental clinic for expats Query not run in the AI-visibility pass: the expats query was captured only for the first research city of each country, which for Belgium is Brussels. | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website Neither page read carries a schema.org JSON-LD block or equivalent markup. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality The clinic's own domain takes ranks 1, 3 and 6 of 17 results for its name plus street, with its booking profile at rank 2 (web search 2026-09-07). [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages The site runs three pages - home, services and contact - with all treatments described on the single services page rather than one page each. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
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.
- #1Winston Dental Clinic10.7 of 100View report →
- #2VIDENT Dental Clinic40.6 of 100View report →
- #3ALC Dental20.6 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 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 & RIZIV/INAMI numbers
| Dentist | Specialization | RIZIV/INAMI No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dejan Sidjimoski [reg1] | General dentistry and orthodontics (clinic's own site); RIZIV/INAMI qualification 001, general dentist | RIZIV/INAMI 316149-71 | Convention number, not a licence number: Belgium publishes no searchable licence register. |
| Francisco Medeiros [reg2] | General dentistry (clinic's own site); RIZIV/INAMI qualification 001, general dentist | RIZIV/INAMI 301642-28 | Convention number, not a licence number: Belgium publishes no searchable licence register. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Belgium dental clinic for expats
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.dsdent.be/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +32 9 335 63 52 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Meerhem 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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.dsdent.be/en-gb | Clinic home page in English: practice description, named team with roles, address, telephone, email, opening hours and enterprise number | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.dsdent.be/diensten | Services page: the practice's range of care | 2026-09-07 |
| gm1 | https://www.google.com/maps/preview/place/Tandartspraktijk+DS+DENT,… | Live Google Maps place record: rating, review count, address, telephone, website, business category and pin coordinates | 2026-09-07 |
| reg0 | https://www.departementzorg.be/nl/zorgaanbod | Flemish Departement Zorg statement of what it recognises and subsidises - no dental practices | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://webappsa.riziv-inami.fgov.be/silverpages/Home/SearchHcw/?Fo… | RIZIV/INAMI provider record for Dejan Sidjimoski: number, qualification, convention status and work address under the clinic's name | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://webappsa.riziv-inami.fgov.be/silverpages/Home/SearchHcw/?Fo… | RIZIV/INAMI provider record for Francisco Bettencourt Medeiros: number, qualification, partial convention status with published hours and work address under the clinic's name | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Ghent | Canonical city visibility query, results captured 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:English speaking dentist Ghent | Canonical city visibility query, results captured 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:dental implants Ghent Belgium | Canonical visibility query for dental implants, re-run with a country qualifier | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Ghent | Canonical city visibility query, results captured 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"DS Dent" tandarts Gent Meerhem | Name query used to judge indexing quality and social presence: the clinic's own domain holds ranks 1, 3 and 6 of 17 results and no Facebook page appears | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@51.0630483,3.7278167,17z/data=… | Live Google Maps place page opened in a browser on 2026-09-08: headline rating and review count, the five star-histogram buckets, eight most-relevant reviews with star values, dates and owner-reply state, and the full published week of opening hours | 2026-09-08 |
| ds-dent-ghent-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16174047838860443455&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.9 from 41 reviews; star histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 39; newest review dated 2026-09-10; 1 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-05-20. | 2026-09-25 |
| ds-dent-ghent-ta | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=DS%20DEN… | TripAdvisor's own search for "DS DENT Ghent", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. D.S Tours Day Tours, Negombo, Sri Lanka; Ds Kumar Tuktuk Sightseeing In Nuwara Eliya, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka) | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-ta-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=DS%20DENT | TripAdvisor's own search for "DS DENT", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. D.S Tours Day Tours, Negombo, Sri Lanka; Ds Kumar Tuktuk Sightseeing In Nuwara Eliya, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka) | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-ta-3 | https://www.dsdent.be/ | The clinic's website, home page and 1 linked page (contact, team, practice) read 2026-10-02: no link to or mention of TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/belgium/ghent | WhatClinic's Ghent dentist listing read 2026-10-02, every page (1 page, 3 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (73 Belgian dentist profiles, each one outside the listing opened) and against direct profile addresses built from the clinic's name: no profile at this clinic's address or with its dentists | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-platforms-2 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dsdent.be | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-02: no company page exists for dsdent.be, the clinic's own website ("the page you're looking for could not be found") | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-platforms-3 | https://www.doctoranytime.be/sitemaps/hospitals | Doctoranytime's lists of practice pages (917) and practitioner pages (5,313, of them 575 dentists and 64 orthodontists), read 2026-10-02: no page for this practice or for its dentists (Sidjimoski, Medeiros) | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-platforms-4 | https://hospitalexaminer.com/countries/belgium/east-flanders/ | Hospital Examiner's East Flanders listing read 2026-10-02 (286 listings, the dental ones opened for their addresses): none for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| ds-dent-ghent-fb | https://www.dsdent.be/ | The clinic's website, opened on 2026-10-05: its home page carries no link to a Facebook page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review sites checked: TripAdvisor — no; other review platforms — no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established; owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-05-20). |
| 2026-09-08 | Browser reputation pass: the 40-review count and the 4.9 average reconciled against the histogram as the open question asked, recency, owner-reply state, complaint and manipulation readings recorded. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification: the visibility query for implants was re-run with a country qualifier and resolved to a checked negative; the Google rating and pin were re-read live and matched; every cited RIZIV/INAMI record was re-read by number and matched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection (Belgium): the English home page and the services page read live; Google Maps place record read live and returned both rating and review count; both named dentists matched in the RIZIV/INAMI provider register by name and confirmed by single-record lookup on their provider numbers, both at this address; three canonical visibility queries taken from the central capture of 2026-09-07, the implants query set aside as off-target and the expats query not run for this city. Star histogram, recency, owner replies, premises photos and third-party review profiles left null and queued for a manual browser check. |
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