Dentinova Dental Clinic Hurghada
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 40.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#340.3/100
- Best for Expats#141.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#241.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#150.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#522.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#244.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#146.3/100
Summary
Dentinova Dental Clinic Hurghada operates within Al Haya Hospital in the Intercontinental area as a financially independent dental unit. The clinic is managed by Dr. Islam Minshawi (Ain Shams University, 2008; 15+ years experience) and staffed by four specialists including a Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh examiner (Dr. Ahmed Bahaa), a University of Dundee orthodontist (Dr. Moamen Afifi, the only certified Invisalign provider in Hurghada per the clinic), and a PhD-level prosthodontist. The clinic markets itself as the only dental facility in the Red Sea governorate with in-house general anaesthesia capability. No prices or opening hours are published on the website.
The parent company Dentinova is UK-registered (City Road, Islington, London). The Hurghada clinic is described as having fully independent administration from Al Haya Hospital. WhatsApp number differs from the main phone by one digit (+20 111 116 2558 vs +20 111 111 2558); both appear on the official page. No Google rating, no opening hours, and no price list are published. No independent review platform listing (WhatClinic, Google Maps mirror) was found for this clinic. The LinkedIn profile of Dr. Islam Minshawi independently corroborates his role.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 15 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist egypt; mentioned for: dental implants egypt; mentioned for: emergency dentist egypt; mentioned for: egypt dental clinic for expats)
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 Dr. Islam Minshawi, Dr. Ahmad M. ElShennawy, Dr. Moamen Afifi, Dr. Ahmed Bahaa, Dr. Mohammed Talaat — five named with qualifications [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed general dentistry, consultant orthodontics (BDS/MSc/PhD), specialist orthodontics/Invisalign (MOrth Dundee), consultant dental surgery (FDS RCS; MOMS; MFDS), prosthodontics (Master's/PhD) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published general/preventive dentistry, implants, orthodontics, prosthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, general anaesthesia sedation, emergency care listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phone, WhatsApp, email, and Calendly booking link on official page [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version site is published in English [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Al Haya Hospital, 106 Intercontinental Area, Hurghada — precise and consistent [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 no price list on the official clinic page; site mentions 'transparent, pre-agreed pricing' but no figures are given [s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints no accessible review corpus found | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms no WhatClinic, Dental Departures or other review-platform listing found for this clinic | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray digital X-rays and CBCT imaging stated on the Dentinova medical-tourism page [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT imaging listed among equipment on the medical-tourism overview page [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Dr. Moamen Afifi (MOrth Dundee) and Dr. Ahmad ElShennawy (BDS/MSc/PhD) both specialise in orthodontics; Invisalign certified [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery oral surgery listed; Dr. Ahmed Bahaa holds MOMS (Membership in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry pedodontics listed in clinic description [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care emergency care listed among services [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients UK-affiliated brand; English-language site; dental-tourism marketing targeting UK/EU patients; CBCT and intraoral scanners documented [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp +20 111 116 2558 on official clinic page [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language site; UK-affiliated dentists; multilingual support stated [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Calendly appointment booking link and WhatsApp contact available [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations services explained with clinical context on the clinic page and Dentinova medical-tourism page [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours no opening hours published on the official page | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Egypt", "English speaking dentist Egypt", "dental implants Egypt", "emergency dentist Egypt", "Egypt dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Egypt [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Egypt Dentinova page surfaces in English-speaking dentist Hurghada results [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Egypt [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Egypt [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Egypt dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality dentinova.co.uk pages surface for some Hurghada dental queries; clinic does not appear prominently in most canonical Hurghada searches [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages dental-tourism overview and clinic-specific page exist; individual service sub-pages not confirmed [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Islam Minshawi [s1] | General Dentistry (Principal Dentist / Clinic Manager; Ain Shams University 2008; 15+ years) | not published |
| Dr. Ahmad M. ElShennawy [s1] | Orthodontics (BDS, MSc, PhD; Lecturer, British University in Egypt) | not published |
| Dr. Moamen Afifi [s1] | Orthodontics, Invisalign (MOrth, University of Dundee) | not published |
| Dr. Ahmed Bahaa [s1] | Oral Surgery, Full-arch Implantology (BDS, MSc, PhD, MFDS, FDS RCS, MOMS; Examiner Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh) | not published |
| Dr. Mohammed Talaat [s1] | Oral & Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Master's; PhD researcher) | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- low Clinic operating licence not published (-3 pts) — No operating licence number or registration is published on the official website. [s1]
- low Dentists / their licences not listed (-3 pts) — No professional licence number is published for any dentist, though named qualifications from verifiable UK institutions are listed. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.dentinova.co.uk/dental-clinic-hurghada/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +20 111 111 2558 |
| +20 111 116 2558 | |
| Address | Al Haya Hospital, 106 Intercontinental Area, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt |
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.dentinova.co.uk/dental-clinic-hurghada/ | clinic name, address (Al Haya Hospital, 106 Intercontinental Area), phone +20 111 111 2558, WhatsApp +20 111 116 2558, email hurghada@dentinova.co.uk, Calendly booking, five named dentists with qualifications (Minshawi, ElShennawy, Afifi, Bahaa, Talaat), service list incl. GA sedation and emergency care, English site, in-house GA claim, independent admin from hospital stated | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.dentinova.co.uk/medical-tourism/egypt/hurghada/dental-s… | CBCT imaging, digital X-rays, intraoral scanners, CAD/CAM technology, 50–70% cost savings vs UK/EU claim, multilingual support; UK-headquarters address (City Road, Islington, London); Hurghada clinic described as inside Al Haya Hospital, Intercontinental area | 2026-08-18 |
| sq | search:the five canonical city queries (the five canonical city queries) | AI/search visibility check 2026-08-18: Dentinova page appears in English-speaking dentist results; not prominently featured for other four queries | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | Initial data collection. |
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