Virtus Dental Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#655.2/100
- Best for Expats#655/100
- Best for Dental Implants#651.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#637.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#659.5/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented Own FAQ page documents conscious sedation only; no general anaesthesia mentioned. [virtus-dental-center-sedation]
Summary
Tirana clinic offering implantology, oral surgery, orthodontics and aesthetic treatments, listing named multidisciplinary dentists and a CBCT scanner; markets a dental-tourism offer.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 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 tirana; mentioned for: english speaking dentist tirana; mentioned for: emergency dentist tirana; mentioned for: tirana 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 Five named dentists 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 Google 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 [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) as of 2026-08-25 [virtus-dental-center-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [virtus-dental-center-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | 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 Instagram 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 CBCT scanner (implies imaging). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics; Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral / maxillofacial surgery on team. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients 'Dental Tourism Offer'. [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 [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free consultation with Dr. Arnold advertised. [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] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | 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: NIPT M41407042R (QKB Regjistri Tregtar) (QKB Regjistri Tregtar (open, scope: clinics), searched Emri i subjektit for 'Virtus' 2026-08-26 (co-matches: Rent Car Virtus, Virtus Tech, Virtus 2021, Virtus Lending, FP Capital Virtus, Virtus Group - unrelated entities).) [virtus-dental-center-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold Mboqe [s1] [virtus-dental-center-doclic] | Oral Surgeon / Implantologist / Periodontist / Prosthodontist / Orthodontist | not published |
| Armando Becoku [s1] [virtus-dental-center-doclic] | Implantologist / Prosthodontist / Periodontist | Licensed 11/10/2025 - 11/9/2030 (USSH, Order of Dentists of Albania) |
| Nela Mataj [s1] [virtus-dental-center-doclic] | Maxillofacial Surgeon / Implantologist / Prosthodontist / Periodontist | Licensed 2/6/2023 - 2/6/2028 (USSH, Order of Dentists of Albania) |
| Ester Rina [s1] | Prosthodontics / Endodontics | not verified |
| Adela Dajlani [s1] [virtus-dental-center-doclic] | General Dentist | Licensed 20.02.2026 - 19.02.2031 (USSH, Order of Dentists of Albania) |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 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: Implant 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: Pediatric dentistry
- 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://virtus.al/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +355692711166 |
| https://wa.link/goytti | |
| https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558465962309 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Seksioni B, Rruga Teodor Keko, Pll 29, Tirana 1027, 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://virtus.al/ | Name, address, contacts, dentists, services, CBCT, 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 |
| virtus-dental-center-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Virtus+Dental+Center+-+Dentisti+i… | Google rating 5.0 (86 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| virtus-dental-center-sedation | https://virtus.al/dental-tourism-in-albania-your-complete-faq-guide… | FAQ page: 'Sedation options: Conscious sedation for anxious patients.' | 2026-08-25 |
| virtus-dental-center-lic | https://qkb.gov.al/kerko-per-subjekt/ | VIRTUS DENTAL CENTER, NIPT M41407042R, registered 07/02/2024, Tirane, SHPK, Admin/Ortak: Arnold Mboqe, Indrit Saraçi, Juljan Kaziu. (searched: 'Virtus') | 2026-08-26 |
| virtus-dental-center-doclic | https://ussh.org.al/regjistri-i-stomatologeve/ | USSH register row: Arnold Mboqe, licensed 9/17/2019 - 9/17/2024. Expired 2024-09-17, 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 found registered as VIRTUS DENTAL CENTER (NIPT M41407042R, admin Arnold Mboqe, matching a named doctor); Armando Becoku, Nela Mataj and Adela Dajlani have active USSH licenses, Arnold Mboqe's license has expired (9/17/2024), Ester Rina is an ambiguous near-match ('Esterina Rina' in register). |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Own FAQ page documents conscious sedation only; no general anaesthesia mentioned. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/address/phone unchanged, business open; captured first Google rating 5.0 (86 reviews), place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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