Meliva Ulikooli tn hambakliinik
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 71.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 1 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#871.1/100
- Best for Expats#867.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#870.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#764.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#781.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#765.8/100
- 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
Meliva Ulikooli tn hambakliinik is a dental clinic on Ulikooli street in central Tartu, part of the national Meliva medical network, offering general dentistry, maxillofacial surgery, implantology and aesthetic dentistry from nine treatment rooms. Its activity licence is confirmed in the national healthcare register; the clinic head named on the site could not be matched to a registered dental professional.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 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 Sirle Ronk named as clinic head (Ulikooli tn hambakliiniku juht); no per-treating-dentist roster found for this specific branch. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Tartar removal per tooth EUR 12-14; soda cleaning EUR 63-68. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite filling EUR 65-153. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Ceramic crown EUR 576-975; metal-ceramic EUR 581-640. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant placement EUR 729-970. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed EUR 37-53. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Panoramic EUR 32; 3D EUR 68-89. [s3] | 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 4.1 [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25; previously 37 [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-14 (listing read 2026-09-25). [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews One of three reviewed samples has a detailed owner response. [sm] | 2/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Of 39 Google reviews, 10 are one- or two-star (26 %), but the lowest-rated read (2024-2026) show no common theme (cost and waiting, enamel damage after a cleaning, a filling that failed and doctor availability), so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns [sm] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Meliva Ulikooli tn hambakliinik Tartu" and "Meliva Ulikooli tn"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor] [meliva-ulikooli-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). [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-2] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-3] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-4] [meliva-ulikooli-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 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D X-ray priced EUR 68-89. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Group price list marks orthodontics as available only at the Jarve and Kaarli (Tallinn) clinics. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Clinic page: "nao- ja lualuude kirurgia" (maxillofacial surgery). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Meliva site documents emergency dental care with a Tartu clinic contact; independently ranked organically for "emergency dentist Tartu". [s4] | 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.
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. [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Estonia Ranked organically. [sq2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Estonia [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Estonia Ranked organically. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Estonia dental clinic for expats Re-run 2026-09-01 on a rendered Google SERP (AI Overview + local pack): Meliva does not appear for this query. [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No Dentist, MedicalBusiness, LocalBusiness, Organization or MedicalClinic markup: the home page and 3 service pages carry only WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ListItem markup. [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-2] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-3] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-4] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq1] [sq2] [sq4] [sq5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages The site has separate pages for individual treatments, e.g. /teenused/hambaimplantaadid/, /ortodontia/, /en/teeth-whitening/. [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-5] [meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-6] | 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 L05338 - Meliva AS, Eriarstiabi teenus, kehtiv, tahtajatu (Ulikooli tn 4-6, Tartu). [reg-c]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic 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: No recurring complaints
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://meliva.ee/kliinikud/ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik |
|---|---|
| Phone | +372 733 3474 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Ulikooli tn 4, 51003 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://meliva.ee/kliinikud/ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik | Clinic description, services, address, hours, contact, English version, Facebook check | 2026-09-01 |
| s2 | https://meliva.ee/administratsioon | Confirms Sirle Ronk as "Ulikooli tn hambakliiniku juht" (clinic head) | 2026-09-01 |
| s3 | https://meliva.ee/hinnakiri/hambaravi | Published group dental price list (Tartu/Kuressaare tab), including the Tallinn-only orthodontics note | 2026-09-01 |
| s4 | https://meliva.ee | General site reference for emergency dental care and Tartu clinic contact | 2026-09-01 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Meliva+%C3%9Clikooli+St+dental+cl… | Google rating 4.1 (37 reviews), address, geo, review recency and responses | 2026-09-01 |
| reg-c | https://medre.tehik.ee/activity-licenses/893f184d-23bb-41ab-b89f-22… | Terviseamet MEDRE activity-licence register entry L05338 for Meliva AS, address Ulikooli tn 4-6, Tartu | 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 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=3068657691139970428&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4 from 39 reviews; star histogram 1★ 8 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 29; newest review dated 2026-09-14. | 2026-09-25 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site | https://meliva.ee/kliinikud/ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik-tartu/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ReadAction, ListItem, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification; none is a business type; itemtype/typeof present: SiteNavigationElement | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-2 | https://meliva.ee/proteesimine-ja-implantoloogia/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ReadAction, ListItem, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification; none is a business type; itemtype/typeof present: SiteNavigationElement | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-3 | https://meliva.ee/teenused/hambaimplantaadid/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ReadAction, ListItem, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification; none is a business type; itemtype/typeof present: SiteNavigationElement | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-4 | https://meliva.ee/teenused/soov-valtida-hambaimplantaate-voi-sildasid/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types WebPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, ReadAction, ListItem, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification; none is a business type; itemtype/typeof present: SiteNavigationElement | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-5 | https://meliva.ee/kliinikud/ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik-tartu/ | Home page read 2026-10-02: the navigation links separate treatment pages, e.g. /teenused/hambaimplantaadid/, /ortodontia/, /en/teeth-whitening/ | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-site-6 | https://meliva.ee/sitemap_index.xml | Sitemap read 2026-10-02: 2095 URLs, including separate treatment pages | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-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/meliva-ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik, /dentists/estonia/meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu return 404): no profile for this clinic, at its address or with its dentists | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-2 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/meliva.ee | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-02: no company page exists for meliva.ee, the clinic's own website ("the page you're looking for could not be found") | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-platforms-3 | https://yandex.com/maps/?text=Meliva%20Ulikooli%20tn%20hambakliinik… | Yandex Maps search for "Meliva Ulikooli tn hambakliinik Tartu", read 2026-10-02: no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| meliva-ulikooli-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 |
| meliva-ulikooli-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 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Meliva Ulikooli tn hambakliinik Tartu" (1 place, 4 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Tartu; 12 suggestions for "Meliva Ulikooli tn" (1 place, 4 attractions, 6 hotels, 1 restaurant), none of them a dental practice in or near Tartu; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| meliva-ulikooli-hambakliinik-tartu-tripadvisor-2 | https://meliva.ee/kliinikud/ulikooli-tn-hambakliinik | 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 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (5 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints left unassessed. |
| 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: no business structured data found; separate treatment pages found. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4 (was 4.1) and review count 39 (was 37) from the Google listing on 2026-09-25; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-14). |
| 2026-09-01 | Initial research |
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