City Dental Clinic CDC
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#261/100
- Best for Expats#260/100
- Best for Dental Implants#357.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#250.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#263/100
- Best for Families / Children#262.1/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#161/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Own site lists General Anesthesia as a priced service, separate from IV conscious sedation. [s1]
Summary
Tirana clinic providing implantology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and pediatric dentistry, with an anesthesiologist on staff and IV conscious sedation; publishes some EUR prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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 Five named clinicians with roles. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address plus g.page Maps link. [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 Dental implant (abutment included) EUR 500; All-on-6 EUR 4560. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed EUR 500 per implant with abutment. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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) as of 2026-08-25 [city-dental-clinic-cdc-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [city-dental-clinic-cdc-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms YouTube channel present. [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Advanced imaging referenced. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral and maxillofacial surgery; IV conscious sedation. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Free transport/accommodation and interpreter offered. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Native-speaker interpreter available. [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Tirana", "English speaking dentist Tirana", "dental implants Tirana", "emergency dentist Tirana", "Tirana dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Tirana [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Tirana [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Tirana [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Tirana [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Tirana dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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. |
|---|---|---|
| Ersted Muco [s1] [city-dental-clinic-cdc-doclic] | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | not published |
| Bardhyl Skenderi [s1] | Oral Surgeon / Prosthetist | not published |
| Eral Skenderi [s1] [city-dental-clinic-cdc-doclic] | Orthodontist / Dental Aesthetics | not published |
| Arber Gjermeni [s1] | Anesthesiologist-resuscitator | not published |
| Gisela Muca [s1] [city-dental-clinic-cdc-doclic] | Dentist | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — red flag applied.
Red Flags
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- 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://cdc.com.al/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +355 68 510 7070 |
| https://wa.link/ck7t5n | |
| https://facebook.com/CDCTirana/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Rruga Siri Kodra, Ndertesa Nr.13, Hyrja Nr. 1, Tirana, Albania |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://cdc.com.al/en/ | Name, address, contacts, dentists, EUR prices, services, Maps link, English version. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Tirana / English speaking dentist Tirana / dental implants Tirana / emergency dentist Tirana / Tirana dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| city-dental-clinic-cdc-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/City+Dental+Clinic+CDC+-+Dentisti… | Google rating 4.9 (171 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| city-dental-clinic-cdc-doclic | https://ussh.org.al/regjistri-i-stomatologeve/ | USSH register row: Ersted Muco, licensed 3/18/2019 - 3/18/2024. Expired 2024-03-18, before research date 2026-08-26; no renewal row found. | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against QKB Regjistri Tregtar and USSH Regjistri i Stomatologeve: clinic not located under trade-name variants tried; of the five named doctors, three (Ersted Muco, Eral Skenderi, Gisela Muca) have expired USSH licenses and two (Bardhyl Skenderi, Arber Gjermeni) are not found in the register. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Own site lists General Anesthesia as a priced service, separate from IV conscious sedation. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, business open (was mid-closed for daily hours at time of check, not permanently closed); captured first Google rating 4.9 (171 reviews), place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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