Sakar Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#858.3/100
- Best for Expats#760.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#751.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#463/100
- Best Price Transparency#842.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#466.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#363.9/100
- 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: 20 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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 8 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; 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
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 Genuine photos of the treatment area, waiting room and team on the clinic's Google listing [sakar-dental-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s6] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Corrected: the site has an English version with English team and treatment pages [sakar-dental-deepen-7] [sakar-dental-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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.
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 Owner replied to a review on 2025-08-04 [sakar-dental-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Three reviews (2020-2026) describe prices far above the norm and pressure to buy more treatment [sakar-dental-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram not skewed to 5-star only; review dates spread 2016-2026 [sakar-dental-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor profile found; no link on the clinic site [sakar-dental-deepen-2] [sakar-dental-deepen-13] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on WhatClinic [sakar-dental-deepen-6] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available Click-to-chat WhatsApp number configured on the homepage [sakar-dental-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken The clinic states that its staff speak Spanish and English [sakar-dental-deepen-9] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment-request page asks about the patient's case before booking an assessment [sakar-dental-deepen-4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Service pages explain the procedure, not just name it [sakar-dental-deepen-5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours published on the Google listing [sakar-dental-deepen-15] | 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 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 Only page-level schema found; no business entity (Dentist, LocalBusiness or Organization) [sakar-dental-deepen-3] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s6] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Ideal Dental Center5.2 of 100View report → report in Spanish
- #2hisonrisa0 of 100View report → report in Spanish
- #3Clínica DrDiente22.5 of 100View report → report in Spanish
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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 |
| +52 55 7420 5477 | |
| 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 |
| sakar-dental-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5695450691729143753&hl=es | Histogram 1★ 2 / 2★ 3 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 17 of 26. Mariana Barajas (2 stars, 2020-06-11) felt the check-up was a sales pitch and was quoted 60,000 MXN; Mariana Davila (2 stars, 2025-08-01): "excesivamente caro... No volvería"; Karen Ontiveros (3 stars, 2026-07-08): costs "muy por arriba del estándar" | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Sakar%20… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson query "Sakar Dental" on 2026-09-25 returned 12 results (places named Sakar in Bulgaria, Morocco, India and Chile; dental museums and a stadium in the US); none is this clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-3 | https://www.sakardental.mx/ | JSON-LD on the home page and on the clinic, team, implant, English and Chinese-language pages is of types WebSite, SearchAction, ImageObject, WebPage, ReadAction, BreadcrumbList and ListItem only; no Dentist, LocalBusiness or Organization entity | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-4 | https://mkt.sakardental.mx/agenda-cita-con-nuestros-especialistas | The home page "Agenda tu cita" button leads to this booking page: "Por favor responde las siguientes preguntas para recibir una cita de asesoramiento dental", with case options (implants, braces, veneers, maxillofacial needs, snoring, whitening) | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-5 | https://www.sakardental.mx/implantes-dentales/ | Page "Implantes dentales" (578 words) includes a section "¿Qué son los implantes dentales?" explaining the procedure, plus a patient-experience section. | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-6 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/mexico/mexico-city/sakar-dental | WhatClinic profile "Sakar Dental", Calle Presa Sanalona 8, Col. Irrigación, Mexico City, with treatments, prices tab and staff (read 2026-09-25) | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-7 | https://www.sakardental.mx/en/dental-specialists-in-polanco/ | English page "Meet the Sakar Dental team": "Dr. Alfredo Sakar, Prosthetics and Implants Specialist, Director and founder of Sakar Dental, 40 years of experience" | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-8 | https://www.sakardental.mx/en/dental-implants-in-polanco/ | English implant page: "What does the treatment consist of? It consists of placing a titanium screw in the missing tooth area" | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-9 | https://www.sakardental.mx/servicios-chino/ | Chinese-language services page stating that the clinic's staff are fluent in Spanish and English | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5695450691729143753&hl=es | Google listing photos viewed 2026-09-25: panoramic photos of the treatment area and the waiting room with reception desk (posted 2014) and a photo of the team treating a patient in a treatment room carrying the Sakar logo (posted 2025) | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5695450691729143753&hl=es | Review by Kattya Olguin, 5 stars, 2025-08-01; owner reply dated 2025-08-04: "Muchas gracias Kattya." | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5695450691729143753&hl=es | Histogram 5* 17 / 4* 2 / 3* 2 / 2* 3 / 1* 2 of 26; reviewers dated across 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025, 2026 with varied review-count histories; no date clustering. | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-13 | https://www.sakardental.mx/ | No link to TripAdvisor on the clinic's home, booking, team, service, English and Chinese-language pages read on 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-14 | https://www.sakardental.mx/ | Homepage WhatsApp click-to-chat widget configuration carries "number":"5215574205477" (+52 1 55 7420 5477). | 2026-09-25 |
| sakar-dental-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5695450691729143753&hl=es | Google listing hours 2026-09-25: Mon-Fri 9:00-18:00, Sat 10:00-13:00, Sun closed. | 2026-09-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home, booking, team, service, English and Chinese-language pages) and its Google listing (reviews in three sort orders, photos, hours). Recorded: genuine photos of the premises and team on the Google listing; an owner reply to a review; three reviews describing prices well above the norm; a WhatsApp contact; an online appointment-request page; service pages that explain each procedure; Saturday hours; a WhatClinic profile; staff who speak Spanish and English, per the clinic's own Chinese-language page; no business schema markup; no TripAdvisor listing. Corrected: the site does have an English version (its English team and treatment pages are in English). Still unverified: on-site X-ray and CBCT equipment and work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (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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