Digital Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
57.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#457.8/100
- Best for Expats#653.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#555.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#343.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#760.4/100
- 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
Chéraga clinic founded in 2019 positioning itself as "100% digital dentistry", run by Dr Mekki Manel (orthodontics/Invisalign) and Dr Boudoucha Bacem (prosthodontics, implantology, Digital Smile Design). Uses a 3Shape TRIOS scanner and CAD/CAM workflow. French/Arabic site only; no prices published.
Research constraints for this pass: the five canonical AI/search-visibility queries were run live in a browser in a follow-up pass on 2026-09-02, and aiVisibility.aiMention_* records what those live results showed for this clinic. Google Maps place pages are JavaScript-rendered and cannot be read by an automated fetch, so googleRating/googleReviewCount were read in a live browser in the same follow-up pass rather than from an automated fetch. A live Google Maps place URL for this clinic was located (via a goo.gl short link on the clinic’s own contact page, resolved through a redirect) and is cited for geo; the rating and review count come from that place page read live in the follow-up pass. A guessed Facebook handle did not resolve to a real page, so onFacebook is left null rather than false.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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: 3 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Algeria; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Algeria; mentioned for: dental implants Algeria; mentioned for: emergency dentist Algeria; mentioned for: Algeria 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
18 / 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 Dr Mekki Manel and Dr Boudoucha Bacem named with bios. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Orthodontics/Invisalign (Mekki) vs. prosthodontics/implantology/Digital Smile Design/CAD-CAM (Boudoucha). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Treatment gallery uses the clinic's own camera photos; a visitor photo on its Google listing shows the entrance and sign. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Site is French and Arabic only. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 Whole site read in French and Arabic; every service page offers only an approximate quote after examination, with no figures. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Same site-wide read; no filling price. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Same site-wide read; no crown price. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Implant page describes the process only; an approximate quote is offered after examination, no figure. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed A free Invisalign consultation is explicitly offered. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray price found; radiographs are only referenced in the intake form. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
13.5 / 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 [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25 [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest review dated 2026-08-20. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Read on the clinic's own Google listing on 2026-09-11: the practice has answered 1 of the 5 reviews shown there (52 published in total), most recently on 2025-03-09. One reply reads: "Nous vous remercions enormement pour votre temoignage et nous vous informons que nous sommes honorés et heureux de vous servir vous et votre famill...". [s3] [gm-replies] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Corrected: two low reviews (2025-12-13, 2024-12-22) describe a confirmed appointment moved by the clinic; 4 of 52 reviews are 1-star. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The histogram keeps four one-star reviews (8% of 52) unremoved, dates run from six months to six years with no burst, wording is individual, and three of the eight reviewers are Local Guides holding 22-65 reviews. Sample: the 8 reviews Google Maps rendered on the place page's Reviews tab on 2026-09-03, read in a browser, in Google's relevance order — Maps' "Sort reviews" control would not open (clicked by element reference and by a dispatched in-page click(); the menu never opened), so no newest-first ordering was available. Published star histogram 5★→1★: 48/0/0/0/4, which sums to the 52 reviews in the place header. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook link in the site footer. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-12] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search has no listing for this clinic, and neither its website nor its Google listing links to TripAdvisor. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-7] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, DZDoc, Algeria Yellow Pages or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-2] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-3] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-4] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-5] [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray X-rays are a required step of treatment planning and an intake-form field. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) Equipment described (3Shape TRIOS intraoral scanner, Laser Lasotronix, Piezographie) is optical/laser, not a named cone-beam/CBCT X-ray unit. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Periodontology / oral surgery service page exists. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Orthodontic appliances are explicitly offered to young children during growth. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care All service pages read; no emergency or same-day care is mentioned. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The clinic's own About page states it treats patients coming from abroad, naming countries. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp contact link on the site; contact is by phone and an online quote form. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Multi-step online form lets the patient choose the service before submitting a request. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-14] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each service page explains the procedure in detail (what it is, how it works, why), not just names it. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-15] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Google Business Profile hours show the clinic open Saturday and Sunday. [digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Algeria", "English speaking dentist Algeria", "dental implants Algeria", "emergency dentist Algeria", "Algeria dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Algeria Clinic not visible in live results for "best dentist Algiers" (checked 2026-09-02). [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Algeria Clinic not visible in live results for "English speaking dentist Algiers" (checked 2026-09-02). [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Algeria Clinic not visible in live results for "dental implants Algiers" (checked 2026-09-02). [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Algeria Clinic not visible in live results for "emergency dentist Algiers" (checked 2026-09-02). [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Algeria dental clinic for expats Clinic not visible in live results for "dental clinic for expats Algiers" (checked 2026-09-02). [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Yoast schema.org JSON-LD @graph (WebPage / WebSite / Organization) in the page source, checked 2026-09-02. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages exist per service, e.g. /parodontologie-chirurgie-buccale-cheraga-algerie/, /dentisterie-esthetique-algerie/, /prothese-dentaire-fixe-amovible-cheraga-algerie/. [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. |
|---|---|---|
| Mekki Manel [s1] | Orthodontics (Invisalign, lingual orthodontics) | not verified |
| Boudoucha Bacem [s1] | Prosthodontics, implantology, Digital Smile Design, CAD/CAM | 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
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://digital-dental-clinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +213 20 28 47 96 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 35 Cité Al Modjahidines, Chéraga, Alger, Algeria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/ | All 17 sitemap URLs read on 2026-09-25 in French and Arabic (home, implant, orthodontics, Invisalign, cosmetic, restorative, laser, periodontology and surgery, sterilization, gallery, about, both dentist pages, contact): every service page offers only an approximate quote after examination; no price figure (DA/DZD); no emergency or same-day care wording; no WhatsApp link. | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/contactez-notre-clinique-dentaire/ | Contact page read 2026-09-25: phone numbers and a multi-step quote form; no wa.me or WhatsApp contact link in the page source. | 2026-09-25 |
| s3 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Digital+Dental+Clinic/@36.7574154… | Live Google Maps place page: star rating, review count, verified address match, coordinates | 2026-09-03 |
| s4 | search:best dentist Algiers / English speaking dentist Algiers / dental implants Algiers / emergency dentist Algiers / Algiers dental clinic for expats | Five canonical Google search queries for Algiers run live; presence/absence of this clinic in organic results and local pack recorded per query | 2026-09-02 |
| gm-replies | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=909129178512915980&hl=en | Reviews read on the clinic's Google listing 2026-09-11: 1 of 5 carries a reply from the practice, newest 2025-03-09 | 2026-09-11 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/galerie-de-traitements/ | Image filenames e.g. DSC_1170.jpg, DSC_7229.jpg, vlcsnap-2026-04-06-01h36m59s962.png (a video screen-grab), self-hosted. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=909129178512915980&hl=fr | Google listing read 2026-09-25: 4.7 from 52 reviews; histogram 5★ 48 / 1★ 4; newest review 2026-08-20; hours Sat-Thu 09:00-18:00, closed Fri; visitor photo of the clinic entrance with its sign. Low reviews 2025-12-13 and 2024-12-22 both describe a confirmed appointment moved by the clinic (the owner reply to the second confirms the change). | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-3 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/dentisterie-restauratrice-cheraga… | Restorative dentistry page read; no price figure. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-4 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/prothese-dentaire-fixe-amovible-c… | Prosthesis page read; no price figure. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-5 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/implant-dentaire-cheraga-algerie/ | "Demandez un devis en ligne — Le devis que vous allez recevoir est approximatif, et pourra changer apres examen clinique" — no number. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-6 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/invisalign/ | "...des radiographies necessaires sont effectuees pour planifier chaque..."; intake form also asks for existing X-ray files. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-7 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Digital%… | TripAdvisor search for "Digital Dental Clinic Cheraga" on 2026-09-25 returned 12 suggestions (6 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them this clinic. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-8 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/a-propos/ | Equipment section lists "Scanner 3D" = 3Shape TRIOS digital impression scanner (optical, not radiographic), Laser Lasotronix, Piezographie; no cone-beam/CBCT device named. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-9 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/orthodontie-2/ | Page text: "cet appareil dentaire est indique le plus souvent pour les jeunes enfants en periode de croissance." | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-10 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/invisalign/ | Page text: "Au Digital Dental Center, nous vous offrons une consultation Invisalign gratuite." | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-11 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/contactez-notre-clinique-dentaire/ | Intake form asks "Avez vous fait une radio?" with a file upload; no price mentioned. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-12 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/ | Footer link: "[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ddc.dz)". | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-13 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/a-propos/ | Page text: "...ils reussissent a rendre le sourire a des milliers de patients venant des quatre coins du monde (Etats Unis, Royaume-Uni, Europe, Moyen Orient...)." | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-14 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/a-propos/ | Booking form steps: "Choix du service" followed by contact info and file upload, not just a name/phone box. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-deepen-15 | https://digital-dental-clinic.com/implant-dentaire-cheraga-algerie/ | Implant page explains the 3-part structure (root/abutment/crown), materials and healing process over multiple sections. | 2026-09-25 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/algeria | WhatClinic: its Algeria dentist page reads "No information on Dentists in Algeria", and none of the 22,054 dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps is in Algeria — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search does not recognise Algeria or Algiers as a location and falls back to its worldwide list — no clinic listed in Algeria (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=algeria/ | Bookimed: its Algeria clinic page has been removed ("410 — Page removed") (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-4 | https://dzdoc.com/recherche.php?specialite=65®ion=16 | DZDoc: its dentist search for Algiers (283 dentists on 41 pages, all read) has no entry for the clinic or its dentists (Mekki, Boudoucha) (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-5 | https://www.algeriayp.com/category/dentists | Algeria Yellow Pages (algeriayp.com): its dentist category (29 listings, both pages read) has no listing with this clinic's name, address or phone (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| digital-dental-clinic-cheraga-presence-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/digital-dental-clinic.com | Trustpilot: no page for digital-dental-clinic.com (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, DZDoc, Algeria Yellow Pages or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's whole website in French and Arabic and its Google listing, including its lowest-rated reviews. Recorded: genuine treatment photos; a linked Facebook page; X-rays in treatment planning; orthodontic care for young children; a statement of treating patients from abroad; an online quote form with service choice and X-ray upload; weekend opening; a free Invisalign consultation; no cone-beam CT among the listed equipment; no emergency service; no other published prices; no WhatsApp link; no TripAdvisor listing. Corrected: two reviews describe the same complaint, a confirmed appointment moved by the clinic. |
| 2026-09-11 | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 1 of the 5 reviews read carries a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2025-03-09. |
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass: the Maps place page's Reviews tab was read in a browser (8 reviews visible in relevance order, histogram 48/0/0/0/4); reviewRecency=within_year, complaints=false, suspicious=false. Rating and review count reproduced from the histogram, unchanged. |
| 2026-09-03 | Browser spot-check: Google rating and review count re-read live on the Maps place page (4.7 / 52, unchanged) and the published star histogram recorded; respondsToReviews set from an owner reply on the same page. |
| 2026-09-02 | Adversarial verification: schema.org markup added from the already-cited homepage. |
| 2026-09-02 | Live-browser follow-up: Google Maps rating/review count/place URL/geo verified against address; aiVisibility set from five live canonical Google searches for Algiers. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Algeria Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via digital-dental-clinic.com and its Google Maps place link. |
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