Crown Dental Muscat
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 71.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 11 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
71.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#371.1/100
- Best for Expats#269.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#365.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#471.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#352.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#373.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#373.4/100
- 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
Implant-focused dental practice in Al Ghubrah led by expatriate dentist Dr. Vigi Mathew, offering implants, cosmetic and restorative dentistry with an in-house dental lab.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 2 of 13 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed)
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
20 / 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 Lead dentist Dr. Vigi Mathew named; other team members not individually listed in the pages checked. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Vigi Mathew: implant specialist. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-hosted reception photo with the clinic's own branded signage [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 Street address published on-site; an independent WhatClinic listing under the same lead dentist name gives a different Muscat address (Madinat Sultan Qaboos), suggesting a possible past/alternate location — the clinic's own current site address is used here. [s1] [sm] | 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 No price figures on home, services or contact pages [crown-dental-muscat-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No price figures on services page [crown-dental-muscat-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No price figures on services page [crown-dental-muscat-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No implant price on the site; the implant-cost articles give no figure [crown-dental-muscat-deepen] [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Free consultation offered [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
17 / 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) Re-read 2026-09-03 on the place page's Reviews tab: unchanged, and the published rating reproduces from the star histogram 42/2/0/0/2 (5*->1*). [sm] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 46 [crown-dental-muscat-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest visible review dated "2 months ago". Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 42/2/0/0/2 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews 5 of the 8 visible reviews carry a published reply from the owner. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 42/2/0/0/2 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No complaint appears among the eight visible reviews. The histogram carries 2 one-star reviews that the relevance-ordered preview did not surface. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 42/2/0/0/2 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The distribution retains 2 one-star and 2 four-star reviews of 46, the visible reviews span two months to one year, wording is individual and names three different dentists (Dr Mathieu, Dr. Mathews and others), and reviewer accounts run from 1 to 379 reviews including three Local Guides. Sample: 8 visible reviews, order relevance (Maps' sort control could not be operated in this browser session - four click strategies were tried), star histogram 42/2/0/0/2 (5*->1*), read 2026-09-03. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Site links to the clinic's own Facebook page [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Not found on TripAdvisor; no TripAdvisor link on the site [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-3] [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-4] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics listed among services [crown-dental-muscat-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care The clinic's emergency-dentist page says it accepts urgent cases during clinic hours [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The clinic reports patients travelling from the UAE for implants and provides insurance-claim documentation [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Treatment pages explain how procedures are done [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Closes at 9 PM every open day [crown-dental-muscat-deepen-6] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
7 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Oman", "English speaking dentist Oman", "dental implants Oman", "emergency dentist Oman", "Oman dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Oman [sqa] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Oman [sqe] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Oman [sqd] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Oman [sqb] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Oman dental clinic for expats [sqc] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org Organization entity for Crown Dental Oman on the home page [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate URL per treatment [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. |
|---|---|---|
| Vigi Mathew [s1] | Dental implants | 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
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://crowndentaloman.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +968 95048486 |
| +968 95048486 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Office 115, 1st Floor, Aqar Building, Al Ghubrah Street, Muscat, Oman |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://crowndentaloman.com/ | Address, contacts, dentist, services. Re-read 2026-09-25: JSON-LD graph {"@type":["Person","Organization"],"name":"Crown Dental Oman"} with the clinic logo and schema.org/Organization microdata in the header; menu item "Free Consultation" on every page; links to https://facebook.com/crowndentalclinicoman; reception photo with the backlit "Crown Dental Centre" sign (wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_5804-scaled.webp); sitemap lists separate treatment pages | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/oman/muscat/crown-dental-clinic | Independent listing corroborating the clinic and lead dentist (address on this listing differs from the current site address) | 2026-09-02 |
| sqd | search:dental implants Muscat | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-02 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Crown+Dental+Centre/@23.5863021,5… | Live Maps place card found by name+city search (business is listed on Maps as "Crown Dental Centre"); website crowndentaloman.com and phone +968 9504 8486 match the clinic's own site exactly, confirming identity despite the differently-worded street name on Maps (Dawat Al Adab St, which intersects Al Ghubrah St). Rating 4.8 (46 reviews), geo-coordinates as shown. | 2026-09-03 |
| sqa | search:best dentist Muscat | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-02 (top-up) | 2026-09-02 |
| sqb | search:emergency dentist Muscat | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-02 (top-up) — WhatClinic's "Emergency Dentist Consultation Clinics in Muscat" listing names Crown Dental Clinic among all 3 Muscat entries | 2026-09-02 |
| sqc | search:Muscat dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-02 (top-up) — named in the Google AI Overview's "Top Dental Clinics in Muscat" list for this query | 2026-09-02 |
| sqe | search:English speaking dentist Muscat | Not visible in top results for "English speaking dentist Muscat" on 2026-09-03. | 2026-09-03 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen | https://crowndentaloman.com/services/ | Services page read 2026-09-25: "Full range of dental services at Crown Dental Muscat: implants, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, periodontal care, fillings, crowns and bridges". Home, services, the five treatment pages (implants, cosmetic, fillings/crowns/bridges, periodontal, whitening), about, contact and all 17 blog posts, including the two implant-cost articles: no price figure for any treatment; costs are given at a free consultation | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-2 | https://crowndentaloman.com/dental-implant-cost-muscat-oman/ | Implant-cost article read 2026-09-25: "The cost depends on your specific case ... Crown Dental offers a free consultation where the exact cost is confirmed" (no figure); "A growing number of patients at Crown Dental travel specifically from the UAE for implant treatment, cover the flight and hotel"; "Crown Dental can provide documentation for reimbursement claims where your insurer covers implants" | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-3 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Crown+De… | TripAdvisor typeahead for "Crown Dental Centre", 2026-09-25: 12 results (Crown Point, Crown Center places and hotels), none the clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-4 | https://crowndentaloman.com/contact-us/ | 28 pages of the clinic's site read 2026-09-25 (home, services, treatment pages, contact, about, blog): no tripadvisor.com link | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-5 | https://crowndentaloman.com/emergency-dentist-muscat/ | Read 2026-09-25: "Crown Dental accepts urgent cases during clinic hours. Call +968 95048486 as soon as something happens - the team will tell you whether to come in immediately"; "Book an Urgent Appointment at Crown Dental" | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-6 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2872668244646048389&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours: Saturday-Thursday 9 AM-9 PM, Friday closed | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-deepen-7 | https://crowndentaloman.com/fillers-crowns-bridges/ | Read 2026-09-25: "Our filling procedure begins with a comprehensive examination to assess the extent of the decay ... Dr. Vigi employs precise techniques to remove decayed portions of the tooth"; the periodontal page explains pocket-depth assessment and deep cleaning | 2026-09-25 |
| crown-dental-muscat-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2872668244646048389&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.8 from 51 reviews; star histogram 1★ 2 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 47; newest review dated 2026-09-23. | 2026-09-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 51 (was 46) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home, services, the five treatment pages, about, contact and all 17 blog posts), its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews) and TripAdvisor. Recorded: free consultation; urgent cases accepted during clinic hours; patients travelling from the UAE and insurance-claim documentation; own photo of the branded reception; own Facebook page; orthodontics; explained treatments on separate pages; schema.org Organization markup; evening hours to 9 PM; no price for cleaning, fillings, crowns or implants on any page (costs are quoted at the consultation); not listed on TripAdvisor. Google rating 4.8 from 50 reviews. Still unverified: X-ray and CBCT equipment, X-ray pricing and online booking. |
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass 2026-09-03 (browser): the clinic's Google Maps place page was reopened on its Reviews tab and the star histogram, the visible reviews, their dates, their reviewer profiles and the owner replies were read. reviewRecency, respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns set from that read, each carrying the sample size and the read order on the criterion itself. reviewRecency null -> within_3_months. recurringComplaints false; suspiciousReviewPatterns false. |
| 2026-09-03 | aiMention top-up: ran the five canonical city queries fresh (2026-09-03) to settle the remaining null aiMention_* values (0 true / 1 false). |
| 2026-09-02 | Top-up: live Google Maps card found (as "Crown Dental Centre") by name+city search — rating 4.8 (46 reviews) and precise geo captured; AI-visibility re-verified across all 5 canonical Muscat queries (the five canonical city queries added). |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial data collection for the Oman Dental Transparency & Trust Index. |
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