Sakar Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1137.4/100
- Best for Expats#1229.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#934.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#533.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1123.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#736.3/100
- 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 No mention of sedation or general anaesthesia found on the clinic's website.
Summary
Long-established Polanco-area clinic (Col. Irrigación) offering implants, prosthetics, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, with a 24/7 emergency line and ISO 9001:2015 certification.
English homepage exists in URL structure but page content is Spanish. No published prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 6.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist mexico city; mentioned for: english speaking dentist mexico city; mentioned for: emergency dentist mexico city; mentioned for: mexico city 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 [s6] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s6] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s6] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s6] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version EN URL present but page content Spanish. [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s6] | 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 [s6] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s6] | 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 [sakar-dental-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [sakar-dental-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [sakar-dental-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s6] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
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 [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Maxillofacial surgery. [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s6] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care 24/7 emergency line. [s6] | 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 non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | 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 Mexico City", "English speaking dentist Mexico City", "dental implants Mexico City", "emergency dentist Mexico City", "Mexico City dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mexico City [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mexico City [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mexico City [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mexico City [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Mexico City dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s6] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Alfredo Sakar [s6] [sakar-dental-doclic] | Prosthetics & implants | not verified |
| Dr. Michael Vázquez [s6] [sakar-dental-doclic] | Endodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Javier Herrera [s6] [sakar-dental-doclic] | Orthodontics | not verified |
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 published on the website. [s6]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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://www.sakardental.mx/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 55 5557 1138 |
| https://www.facebook.com/sakardentalmexico | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Presa Sanalona 8, Col. Irrigación, Miguel Hidalgo, 11500 CDMX |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s6 | https://www.sakardental.mx/en/home/ | Address, phones, dentist names/specializations, services, ISO cert, no prices. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.molarcity.com/top-dental-clinics-in-cdmx/ | Google rating 4.2 and 27 reviews. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Mexico City / English speaking dentist Mexico City / dental implants Mexico City / emergency dentist Mexico City / Mexico City dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sakar-dental-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sakar+Dental+-+Dental+Clinic+in+P… | most recent review posted about a month before 2026-08-25 (~July 2026) | 2026-08-25 |
| sakar-dental-doclic | https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanza… | Searched SEP RNP (Registro Nacional de Profesionistas) advanced cédula search for 'Alfredo Sakar' on 2026-08-25; cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx refused the connection (ECONNREFUSED) — registry unreachable from this environment, could not verify or falsify the cédula. | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in the fleet external-link sweep (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. sakar-dental-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment (RNP connection refused; CLUES master-file host timed out) — Sakar Dental's clinic license and its 3 named doctors' cédulas could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address, phone unchanged, not permanently closed; Google rating 4.2→4.1, reviews 27→26. Note: a second, unrelated Maps listing named 'Sakar Dental' (2.5★, 4 reviews, different phone) also exists nearby but is not this clinic's profile — the matched listing (phone and site match) was used. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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