Creative Dental Center (Al-Ibda Medical Specialized Complex)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 62.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
62.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1162.8/100
- Best for Expats#1361.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1056.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#749.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1365.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#1267.2/100
- 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
Summary
Multi-specialist dental clinic on Omar Ibn Al Khattab Street in Dammam, formally Al-Ibda Medical Specialized Complex, with an 11-dentist team (oral & maxillofacial surgery/implants, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, prosthetics); bilingual site, 8am-10pm daily.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 2 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Saudi Arabia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Saudi Arabia; mentioned for: dental implants Saudi Arabia; mentioned for: emergency dentist Saudi Arabia; mentioned for: Saudi Arabia dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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
20 / 20
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 11-dentist team with named specializations (oral & maxillofacial surgery/implants, orthodontics). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Google Business Profile photo shows the building exterior with the clinic's signage [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-9] | 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] [s2] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
2 / 15
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 Only a time-limited National Day promotional page lists a cleaning offer, not a standing price [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price on the promotional page or any service page [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Only the time-limited National Day offer lists a zirconia crown price [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Only the time-limited National Day offer lists an implant "starting from" price [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Corrected: the clinic's implants page invites patients to book a free consultation [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray price published [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-14] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
17 / 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) as of 2026-09-25 [creative-dental-dammam-deepen] | 4/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25 [creative-dental-dammam-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "a month ago". Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 1150/57/20/22/145 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03. [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews 8 of the 8 visible reviews carry a reply from the owner. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 1150/57/20/22/145 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints One one-star review is visible (a receptionist ending a booking call); nothing repeats across the eight. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 1150/57/20/22/145 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The histogram keeps 145 one-star, 22 two-star, 20 three-star and 57 four-star reviews (17% of the total), and the relevance-ranked sample itself contains a one-star and two four-star reviews. Visible dates span 1 month to 3 years; reviewers hold 1-28 reviews. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 1150/57/20/22/145 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page linked from the clinic's own site [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-15] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-6] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-01). [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-7] [creative-dental-dammam-platforms] [creative-dental-dammam-platforms-2] [creative-dental-dammam-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital dental X-ray equipment documented [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-16] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) The same equipment-describing page names digital X-ray only, no CBCT/3D imaging [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Full services list and all 7 service pages read; no emergency/same-day care documented [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-3] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment form with service, preferred date and time-period selection [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-8] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Saudi Arabia", "English speaking dentist Saudi Arabia", "dental implants Saudi Arabia", "emergency dentist Saudi Arabia", "Saudi Arabia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Saudi Arabia [sqa] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Saudi Arabia [sqb] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Saudi Arabia [sqc] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Saudi Arabia [sqd] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Saudi Arabia dental clinic for expats [sqe] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or schema.org microdata on the clinic's website [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Seven distinct in-depth service pages [creative-dental-dammam-deepen-4] | 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. Alaa Al-Turaifi [s1] [creative-dental-dammam-doclic] | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Implants Specialist | not verified |
| Dr. Maher Ismail Khadour [s1] [creative-dental-dammam-doclic] | Orthodontist | not verified |
| Dr. Yaman Abdulrahman Kurini [s1] [creative-dental-dammam-doclic] | General Dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Lina Saleh Ali [s1] [creative-dental-dammam-doclic] | General 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
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://cmsc.com.sa/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +966 9200 12148 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Omar Ibn Al Khattab St, Uhud, Dammam 32263, Saudi Arabia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://cmsc.com.sa/ | No JSON-LD block and no schema.org microdata on any of the 108 pages read (home, about, services, 11 service pages, 14 doctor pages, advice, news, contact) | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://www.zavis.ai/sa/directory/dammam/dental/creative-dental-center | Independent corroboration of address and clinic identity | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E2%80%8FCreative+Dental+Center%E… | Live Google rating 4.5 (1393 reviews), address/phone match, read 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-03 |
| sqa | search:best dentist Dammam | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqb | search:English speaking dentist Dammam | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqc | search:dental implants Dammam | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqd | search:emergency dentist Dammam | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| sqe | search:Dammam dental clinic for expats | Canonical query check | 2026-09-02 |
| creative-dental-dammam-doclic | https://cmsc.com.sa/Home/doctors | Own-site doctors listing page names this dentist as "Dr. Alaa Al-Turaifi, oral & maxillofacial surgery and dental implants specialist", read 2026-09-10 — page is server-rendered Arabic so the Latin name was not found by script matching alone. | 2026-09-10 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9598392093134409967&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 4.5 from 1424 reviews; histogram 5-star 1182 / 4-star 56 / 3-star 19 / 2-star 22 / 1-star 145 | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-2 | https://cmsc.com.sa/national-day-offers | Page explicitly states the offers run "until 2026-09-30" and that the final price depends on an exam; teeth cleaning is listed at 96 SAR as part of this campaign, not as a standing price. Services pages (dental-implants, gum-treatment, teeth-whitening, endodontics, teeth-cleaning, cosmetic-dentistry, oral-surgery) carry no permanent price | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-3 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services | Services overview, the 11-service appointment list and every service page read; no emergency or same-day care mentioned anywhere on the site | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-4 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services/dental-implants | Separate pages for dental-implants, gum-treatment, teeth-whitening, endodontics, teeth-cleaning, cosmetic-dentistry and oral-surgery (648-740 words each), not one combined list | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-5 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services/endodontics | Equipment statements name digital X-ray and apex locators (endodontics page) and "the latest digital radiography technology" (about page); no CBCT, cone-beam or 3D imaging on any of the 108 pages read | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-6 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Creative… | TripAdvisor's own search returned 12 results, none referring to this clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-7 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/saudi-arabia/dammam | WhatClinic: its Dammam dentist listing (1 page, 12 clinics shown) and its Saudi Arabia listing (5 pages, 55 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (63 dentist profiles in Saudi Arabia, 8 of them in Dammam; the 8 not shown in the listings opened one by one) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), have no profile for Creative Dental Center (Al-Ibda Medical Specialized Complex) and none at Omar Ibn Al Khattab Street, Uhud (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-8 | https://cmsc.com.sa/appointment | Appointment form: service selector (implants, gums, whitening, endodontics, cleaning, cosmetic, oral surgery, orthodontics, prosthodontics, clear aligners, pediatric dentistry), preferred date and morning/evening period | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9598392093134409967&hl=en | Listing photo: street-level storefront with sign reading "Creative Medical Specialized Center" in Arabic and English | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-10 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services | Services overview and the 7 individual service pages read; no filling price figure anywhere | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-11 | https://cmsc.com.sa/national-day-offers | "Zirconia — single tooth" 796 SAR listed as a National Day campaign offer valid until 30 September 2026; a news post lists special prices only for Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University staff and students; no standing crown price on the service pages | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-12 | https://cmsc.com.sa/national-day-offers | "Dental implant starting from" 2,996 SAR listed as a National Day campaign offer valid until 30 September 2026; a news post lists special implant prices only for Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University staff and students; the implants page has no standing price | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-13 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services/dental-implants | Implants service page: "Book a free consultation appointment now" | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-14 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services/endodontics | Endodontics page describes digital X-ray equipment with no price attached; no X-ray price anywhere else on the site | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-15 | https://cmsc.com.sa/ | Link to https://www.facebook.com/EbdaaMedical/ repeated on every page read | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-deepen-16 | https://cmsc.com.sa/services/endodontics | "All our clinics are equipped with the latest digital dental X-ray devices" plus apex-locator devices | 2026-09-25 |
| creative-dental-dammam-platforms | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search does not recognise Saudi Arabia as a location and lists no clinic there (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| creative-dental-dammam-platforms-2 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=saudi-arabia/ | Bookimed: its Saudi Arabia clinic page has been removed (HTTP 410), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap carries this clinic's name (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| creative-dental-dammam-platforms-3 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/cmsc.com.sa | Trustpilot: no company page for cmsc.com.sa (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (services, individual service pages, doctor pages, offers, news and contact, Arabic) and its Google listing. Recorded: digital X-ray equipment, dedicated service pages, an online appointment form with service and time selection, a free consultation offered on the implants page, a Facebook page, and a genuine exterior photo on the Google listing. No standing price for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants or X-rays: cleaning, a zirconia crown and an implant "starting from" figure appear only on a National Day campaign page valid until 30 September 2026, and a separate list applies only to university staff and students. Not listed on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: whether the clinic treats international patients. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: all 4 previously silent-script doctors found named in Arabic on the clinic's own https://cmsc.com.sa/Home/doctors listing; sources added. |
| 2026-09-03 | googleReviewCount 1393 -> 1394 (live re-read); reputation block assessed from live Maps: reviewRecency=within_3_months, respondsToReviews=true, recurringComplaints=false, suspiciousReviewPatterns=false (8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session), histogram 1150/57/20/22/145 (5*->1*), checked 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-02 | Live Google Maps re-verification (rating 4.5, 1393 reviews, place URL + geo captured) and the five canonical AI-visibility search queries checked live for Dammam. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Saudi Arabia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via cmsc.com.sa and a business-directory profile; Google rating not independently confirmed via a live Maps page as of 2026-09-02. |
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