SK Dental Clinic Žilina
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 77.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 27 August 2026
77.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#777.2/100
- Best for Expats#973.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#678.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#775/100
- Best Price Transparency#885.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1071.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#676/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#277.2/100
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 Site text states sedation with entonox and general anaesthesia are offered [s_skd_home]
Summary
Multi-city chain (Bratislava, Košice, Žilina) combining a daytime clinic and an emergency dental service, with a seven-dentist Žilina team led by MDDr. Maroš Kúdelčík and MDDr. Maroš Kamenický, offering pediatric dentistry, microscopic endodontics, implantology, CBCT and general anaesthesia; publishes a very detailed 13-page price list.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Slovakia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Slovakia; mentioned for: dental implants Slovakia; 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
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s_skd_home] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s_skd_home] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s_skd_home] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s_skd_maps] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published [s_skd_cennik] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Adult hygiene €70; mixed dentition €45; primary dentition €25 [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Filling €79-150 by size/complexity [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Zirconia crown €395; E-max €430; premium aesthetics €550 [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Bredent implant €1,040; crown on implant €610 [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Initial exam €0 (plus X-ray cost); preventive checkup €15; consultation €15-20 [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Intraoral €14; OPG €23; CBCT €85 (partial from €40) [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
14.5 / 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 2026-08-27 [s_skd_maps] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s_skd_maps] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-09 (listing read 2026-09-26). [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 9 of the 10 reviews read carry an owner reply, 6 of them to reviews from the last 12 months; the latest reply is dated 2026-09-30 (to a review of 2026-09-09). [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-3] [s_skd_maps] [gm-replies] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints 3 of the five lowest-rated Google reviews read concern prices and bills (over 200 euros for a tooth treatment that failed within weeks, 81 euros for a children’s filling, a quote of 800–1000 euros for one front tooth) (dated 2025-08, 2025-09 and 2025-11); 1–2★ ratings are 42 of 338 (12.4 %). [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No burst and no templated texts: the 10 reviews read (dated 2023-01-23 to 2026-09-09) fall on 10 different days, at most 1 five-star review falls within any 3 days, and no two open with the same wording. [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's own Facebook page (Predmestska 1722, with the clinic's phone, linked from its website) is active: latest post 2026-09-28, 65 reviews (checked 2026-10-02). [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-fb] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms] [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-2] [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-3] [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [s_skd_cennik] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery "Stomatochirurgia" is a dedicated service line [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Specialized pediatric ambulance; pedostomatológia priced [s_skd_home] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Separate emergency division, Mon-Fri 16:00-21:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-20:00 [s_skd_home] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English site version [s_skd_home] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s_skd_home] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s_skd_cennik] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Emergency division open evenings and both weekend days [s_skd_home] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Slovakia", "English speaking dentist Slovakia", "dental implants Slovakia", "emergency dentist Slovakia", "Slovakia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Slovakia [sq-best] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Slovakia [sq-english] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Slovakia [sq-implants] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Slovakia [sq-emergency] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Slovakia dental clinic for expats [sq-expats] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or microdata of a business type in the HTML of the homepage and 3 service pages; no structured data at all. [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for individual treatments are listed in the homepage navigation, e.g. /sluzby/detska-ambulancia, /sluzby/mikroskopicka-endodoncia, /sluzby/stomatochirurgia. [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-2] | 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 & SKZL register entry
| Dentist | Specialization | SKZL entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDDr. Maroš Kúdelčík [s_skd_home] [s_skzl_kudelcik] | Conservative dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics (Clinical Lead) | not published | Confirmed on the public register of SKZL, which publishes no licence number. |
| MDDr. Maroš Kamenický [s_skd_home] | Oral surgery, implantology (CEO) | not verified | — |
| MDDr. Adam Brndiar [s_skd_home] | Conservative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral surgery | not verified | — |
| MDDr. Eva Franková [s_skd_home] | Conservative dentistry, endodontics, pediatric dentistry | not verified | — |
| MDDr. Natália Zajacová [s_skd_home] | Conservative dentistry, preventive dentistry | not verified | — |
| MDDr. Ema Škvrndová [s_skd_home] [sk-dental-clinic-zilina-doclic] | Conservative dentistry, preventive dentistry | not verified | — |
| MDDr. Diana Gregorčoková [s_skd_home] | Conservative 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
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- 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://skdental.sk/zilina |
|---|---|
| Phone | +421911601158 |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/SK-Dental-Clinic-Zubna-Pohotovost-ZA-100057306534292/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Predmestská 1722/12, 010 01 Žilina, Slovakia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s_skd_home | https://skdental.sk/zilina | Dentist names, specializations, services, hours, English version, contacts | 2026-08-27 |
| s_skd_cennik | https://skdental.sk/views/documents/clinic/cennik-zilina-sk.pdf | Full published price list (13 pages), effective 2026-05-01 | 2026-08-27 |
| s_skd_maps | https://www.google.com/maps/place/SK+Dental+Clinic+%C5%BDilina+%7C+… | Google rating 4.5 (337 reviews), address, phone, geo, review sample | 2026-08-27 |
| s_skzl_kudelcik | https://skzl.sk/overenie/ | SKZL register confirm/deny check for 'Maroš Kúdelčík': confirmed listed | 2026-08-27 |
| sq-best | search:best dentist Slovakia | AI/search mention | 2026-08-28 |
| sq-english | search:English speaking dentist Slovakia | AI/search mention | 2026-08-28 |
| sq-implants | search:dental implants Slovakia | AI/search mention | 2026-08-28 |
| sq-emergency | search:emergency dentist Slovakia | AI/search mention | 2026-08-28 |
| sq-expats | search:Slovakia dental clinic for expats | AI/search mention | 2026-08-28 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-doclic | https://skzl.sk/overenie/?meno=Ema&priezvisko=Skvrndova | Slovenská komora zubných lekárov (SKZL) dentist verifier lists this dentist (searched 2026-09-10, POST to skzl.sk/overenie/): submitted Meno=Ema, Priezvisko=Škvrndová — register replied "✅ Zubný lekár JE vedený v registri SKZL." (endpoint discriminates: a negative control returned "❌ ... NIE JE vedený ..."). Not present on the clinic's own homepage team list (6 other dentists there confirmed by name), which is the only page fetched for this clinic. | 2026-09-10 |
| gm-replies | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11425291198483598619&hl=en | Reviews read on the clinic's Google listing 2026-09-11: 2 of 5 carry a reply from the practice, newest 2026-05-16 | 2026-09-11 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11425291198483598619&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.5 from 338 reviews; star histogram 1★ 37 / 2★ 5 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 8 / 5★ 286; newest review dated 2026-09-09; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-08-27. | 2026-09-26 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/slovakia/zilina | WhatClinic: its Žilina listing (one page, both clinics it announces) and its Slovakia listing (2 pages, 19 clinics) read page by page and checked against its clinic-profile sitemaps (20 Slovak profiles; the one not shown in the listings opened) and direct profile addresses for the clinic's name — no profile of this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search has no Slovakia location and lists no clinic in Slovakia (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-3 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/clinics/country=slovakia/direction=denti… | Bookimed: its Slovakia dentistry ranking lists one Slovak clinic (Casa Dental, Košice), not this one, and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-platforms-4 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/skdental.sk | Trustpilot: no company page for skdental.sk (page not found, checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-fb | https://www.facebook.com/p/SK-Dental-Clinic-Zubna-Pohotovost-ZA-100… | Facebook page "SK Dental Clinic / Zubna Pohotovost ZA" (Zilina) read on 2026-10-02; address Predmestská 1722, Zilina, Slovakia, 01001; phone +421 911 601 158; website http://www.zubnapohotovostza.sk/; 3.3K followers; 94% recommend (65 reviews); latest post 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen | https://skdental.sk/zilina | HTML of the homepage and 3 service pages read on 2026-10-02: no JSON-LD or microdata declaring Dentist, MedicalBusiness, LocalBusiness, Organization or MedicalClinic; no structured data at all. | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-2 | https://skdental.sk/zilina | Homepage navigation read on 2026-10-02: separate pages for individual treatments, e.g. /sluzby/detska-ambulancia, /sluzby/mikroskopicka-endodoncia, /sluzby/stomatochirurgia. | 2026-10-02 |
| sk-dental-clinic-zilina-deepen-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11425291198483598619&hl=en | Google listing "SK Dental Clinic Žilina Zubná Pohotovosť" (Dentist; Predmestská 1722/12, 010 01 Žilina, Slovakia), read 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first): 4.5 from 338 reviews (1★ 37 / 2★ 5 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 8 / 5★ 286); 10 distinct reviews read, dated 2023-01-23 to 2026-09-09, 9 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2023-01-23 to 2026-09-09; 4.5 from 338): recurring complaints true; suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's website HTML on 2026-10-02: structured data: absent, service pages: present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Facebook presence checked on 2026-10-02: the clinic's own page is active (latest post 2026-09-28). |
| 2026-10-02 | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: no profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot, so presence on them is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-09). |
| 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, 2 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-05-16. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name verification 2026-09-10: Ema Škvrndová absent from the clinic's own (complete) homepage team list but confirmed on the SKZL national dentist register; source added. |
| 2026-08-27 | Initial data collection for Slovakia dental transparency index. |
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