Maxilla Hambakliinik
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 88.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 1 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#288.9/100
- Best for Expats#284.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#286.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#281.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#193.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#284.2/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Maxilla Hambakliinik operates a Tartu branch at Soola 8 (Emajoe Arikeskus) with a ten-dentist team including named endodontists and orthodontic and prosthodontic specialists, and publishes a detailed price list. Its multi-location activity licence and one named dentist are confirmed in the national healthcare registers.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 10 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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 Mari-Ann Abel, Pilleriin Karis, Merle Talu, Heidi Koort, Rasmus Ruus, Liina Viksi, Erle Kirsimae, Indrek Tootsi, Yana Belova, Viktoria Trestsina, listed under "Hambaarstid Tartus". [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed E.g. Erle Kirsimae and Indrek Tootsi - juureravi/endodontist (root-canal microscope work). [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 [s1] [sm] | 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 [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Tartar removal per tooth EUR 11-17. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Light-curing composite filling EUR 65-135. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Metal-ceramic crown from EUR 410. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant from EUR 800. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Consultation EUR 30; general examination EUR 53. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Digital X-ray EUR 20; panoramic EUR 32; 3D EUR 66-98. [s2] | 2/2 |
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 2026-09-25; previously 4.6 [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25; previously 112 [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-24 (listing read 2026-09-25). [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Personalised owner responses, including to a 7-year-old review. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Maxilla Hambakliinik Tartu" and "Maxilla Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile on WhatClinic or Trustpilot, Yandex Maps has no listing for it, and Dental Departures and Bookimed do not cover Estonia (checked 2026-10-02). [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-2] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-3] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-4] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-5] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D X-ray priced by region, EUR 66-98. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Including Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Named maxillofacial surgeon on staff. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Site states the dedicated children's clinic is in Tallinn only. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Site documents "erakorraline hambaravi"; independently ranked with an "emergency dental" site-link annotation in the local pack for "emergency dentist Tartu". [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English site version; review: "very much English-speaking friendly". [s1] [sm] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Thu 08:00-20:00. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Estonia", "English speaking dentist Estonia", "dental implants Estonia", "emergency dentist Estonia", "Estonia dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Estonia Ranked organically and in related searches. [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Estonia Ranked in local pack and organically; cited in an expat Facebook thread. [sq2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Estonia Ranked in the local pack. [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Estonia Ranked #1 organically with an emergency-dental site-link. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Estonia dental clinic for expats Ranked in local pack, organically, and listed on the U.S. Embassy Estonia medical-assistance page. [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Home page HTML carries JSON-LD of schema.org type Organization. [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Consistently ranks across all five canonical queries. [sq1] [sq2] [sq3] [sq4] [sq5] | 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: Tegevusluba L03260 - aktsiaselts MAXILLA, Eriarstiabi teenus, kehtiv, tahtajatu; licence covers both Soola tn 8, Tartu and a Tallinn (Tartu mnt 25) location. [reg-c]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilleriin Karis [reg-d1] [maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-medre-d01459] | Hambaarst | D01459 | Registration code in the national register of healthcare professionals kept by the Health Board (Terviseamet), profession: dentist; the register lists Aktsiaselts Maxilla as the current workplace (checked 30 September 2026). |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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://www.maxilla.ee/klinika-maxilla-tartu |
|---|---|
| Phone | +372 737 1100 |
| https://et-ee.facebook.com/maxillahambakliinik/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Soola tn 8, 51004 Tartu, Estonia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.maxilla.ee/klinika-maxilla-tartu | Tartu dentist roster, services, English version, Facebook link, hours | 2026-09-01 |
| s2 | https://www.maxilla.ee/hinnakiri | Published price list | 2026-09-01 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maxilla+Dental+Clinic+in+Tartu/@5… | Google rating 4.6 (112 reviews), address, geo, review recency and responses | 2026-09-01 |
| reg-c | https://medre.tehik.ee/activity-licenses/4797f43b-c0d4-410a-a719-a9… | Terviseamet MEDRE activity-licence register entry L03260 for aktsiaselts MAXILLA, covering Soola tn 8, Tartu | 2026-09-01 |
| reg-d1 | https://medre.tehik.ee/search/employees | Terviseamet MEDRE healthcare-professional register search (surname Karis) confirming D01459 Pilleriin Karis, Hambaarst | 2026-09-01 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Tartu | AI/search visibility check (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Tartu | AI/search visibility check (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Tartu | AI/search visibility check (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Tartu | AI/search visibility check (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| sq5 | search:Tartu dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-01 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8930837329432469534&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.7 from 118 reviews; star histogram 1★ 9 / 2★ 1 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 107; newest review dated 2026-09-24; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-23. | 2026-09-25 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-medre-d01459 | https://medre.tehik.ee/employees/82a91b2a-47e9-4942-ab13-e4507d8350a3 | Health Board (Terviseamet) register of healthcare professionals, record D01459: Pilleriin Karis, profession Hambaarst (dentist), entered 2002-08-14; current workplace aktsiaselts MAXILLA since 2013-11-18, no end date; no specialty recorded. | 2026-09-30 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-site | https://www.maxilla.ee/tartu/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD block with @type Organization (alongside WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite) | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/estonia/tartu | WhatClinic read 2026-10-02: its Tartu dentist catalogue, every page (1 page, 5 clinics), its profile sitemaps (44 Estonian dentist profiles, the ones outside the catalogues opened) and direct profile addresses built from the clinic's name (/dentists/estonia/maxilla-hambakliinik, /dentists/estonia/maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu return 404): no profile for this clinic, at its address or with its dentists | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-2 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/maxilla.ee | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-02: no company page exists for maxilla.ee, the clinic's own website ("the page you're looking for could not be found") | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-3 | https://yandex.com/maps/?text=Maxilla%20Hambakliinik%20Tartu | Yandex Maps search for "Maxilla Hambakliinik Tartu", read 2026-10-02: no listing for this clinic (it returns only "Citydental Hambakliinik" at Soola 8, with no ratings) | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-4 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/estonia | Dental Departures read 2026-10-02: no Estonia location (its Estonia page returns "not found" and its clinic search recognises neither Estonia nor Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu or Narva); no profile for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-5 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinics-country.xml | Bookimed read 2026-10-02: Estonia is not among its 53 clinic countries (its Estonia page returns 404), and none of its 2,127 clinic pages is in Estonia | 2026-10-02 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Maxilla Hambakliinik Tartu" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Tartu; 12 suggestions for "Maxilla Dental" (8 attractions, 4 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Tartu; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| maxilla-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.maxilla.ee/klinika-maxilla-tartu | Clinic's website, the page at this address read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Yandex Maps; Dental Departures and Bookimed do not cover Estonia. |
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: business structured data found. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4.7 (was 4.6) and review count 118 (was 112) from the Google listing on 2026-09-25; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-24). |
| 2026-09-01 | Initial research |
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