Ordinacija dentalne medicine Dental Care Croatia
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 68.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1368.3/100
- Best for Expats#971.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1365/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1746.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#877/100
- Best for Families / Children#776.6/100
- 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 Only generic 'anaesthetics before treatment' mentioned, type unspecified
Summary
Dental Care Croatia is a private dental clinic at Hrvojeva 10 in central Split, led by Dr. Marina Adriana Ježina Bušelić, who holds a doctoral degree and has undertaken implant training at UCLA. The clinic publishes its website in ten languages and lists three dentists covering implantology, prosthodontics, periodontology, aesthetic dentistry, and general dentistry. WhatsApp contact is published. The clinic holds a WhatClinic Customer Service Award 2025 and has received over 100 verified reviews on Dental Departures (4.96/5). No public price list was found on the official site, though WhatClinic quotes starting prices for several treatments.
WhatClinic shows 16 verified reviews (4.7/5, ServiceScore 10/10 from 346 interactions), most recent dated June 2024; Dental Departures shows 106+ reviews (4.96/5), most recent December 2022. Prices quoted on WhatClinic (€60 consultation, €600 implant, €6,000–€7,200 All-on-4) do not appear on the official website and may be outdated. WhatsApp number 00385911360270 (formatted as +385 91 136 0270) appears on the website. Services include facial aesthetics (Botox, PRF), which is common for Croatian dental tourism clinics. HKDM license not published on website.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 10 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: 4.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Croatia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Croatia; mentioned for: emergency dentist Croatia; mentioned for: Croatia 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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Three dentists named: Dr. sci. Marina Adriana Ježina Bušelić, Dr. sci. Samra Prentić-Bakić, Dunja Petričić [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Implantology and prosthodontics (Ježina Bušelić); periodontology and general dentistry (Prentić-Bakić); general dentistry (Petričić) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Business-uploaded photos on Google listing [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-7] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Implantology, periodontology, prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, aesthetic dentistry, facial aesthetics, sleep and breathing disorder treatment [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone +385 21 360 270, WhatsApp +385 91 136 0270, email, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn published; address Hrvojeva 10 [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site available in Croatian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovenian [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Hrvojeva 10, Split confirmed across official site and WhatClinic [s1] [s2] | 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 No price list found on the official website; WhatClinic lists starting prices that may not be current [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed dedicated service pages read, no cleaning price published [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed no filling price found on site [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed no crown price found on site [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed no implant price found on site [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed no consultation price or "free" statement found on site [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed no X-ray price found, though CBCT/X-ray is documented as equipment [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-11] | 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 2026-08-26 [dental-care-croatia-split-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-17 [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency as of 2026-09-17 [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-13] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews WhatClinic page confirms management actively responds to reviews with professional replies [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints 2 of the 5 readable reviews (2026-04-07, 2026-07-03) report being overcharged as foreign patients; base 173 reviews, histogram 132/1/1/1/38 [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Reviews accumulated over multiple years across two independent platforms; no suspicious pattern observed [s2] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/dentalcarecroatia linked from official website [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor profile found for the clinic in Split; the clinic's own website does not mention TripAdvisor [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-14] [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-15] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic (16 verified reviews, ServiceScore 10/10, Customer Service Award 2025); Dental Departures (106+ reviews, 4.96/5, Global Patients' Choice Winner) [s2] [s3] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Dental diagnostics including X-ray listed among services [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT listed among the imaging types the clinic performs [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Implantology including All-on-4, MGUIDE guided implants, BoneEasy listed; UCLA implant training cited for lead dentist [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontics with Damon system and Smilelign listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery listed among services; includes bone augmentation and sinus lift [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed among services [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care FAQ/service pages read, no documented same-day/emergency service; only general urgency advice about gum disease [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-6] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Ten-language website; Dental Departures and WhatClinic listings with international reviews; explicitly markets to international patients [s1] [s2] [s3] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp +385 91 136 0270 listed on website [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Response speed WhatClinic review notes clinic contacted patient at weekend for an emergency [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language site; WhatClinic reviews consistently describe multilingual staff and excellent English [s1] [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment booking available via the website [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Services described in plain language across multiple language versions of the site [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Monday–Friday 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 Croatia", "English speaking dentist Croatia", "dental implants Croatia", "emergency dentist Croatia", "Croatia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Croatia Checked via the five canonical city queries on 2026-08-18; clinic not surfaced in top answers [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Croatia [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Croatia Clinic appears in dental implants Split Croatia search results and Dental Departures implant listings [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Croatia [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Croatia dental clinic for expats [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website JSON-LD present but only generic WebPage/WebSite/BreadcrumbList types, no LocalBusiness/Dentist/Organization [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-12] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Official site ranks in Split dental searches; WhatClinic and Dental Departures pages also surface [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Individual pages exist per service [dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-4] | 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: ORDINACIJA DENTALNE MEDICINE DR.SC.MARINA ADRIANA JEŽINA BUŠELIĆ, DR.MED.DENT. — registered provider in HZJZ NRPZZ (Nositelji privatne prakse/private-practice holder sheet), Hrvojeva 10, Split (Searched HZJZ NRPZZ (open, clinic-scope) bulk XLSX register snapshot dated 20.05.2026 (Popis_pruzatelja_NRPZZ_20.05.2026..xlsx), downloaded and searched 2026-08-25 for name variant(s) 'Dental Care Croatia', 'Ježina Bušelić', 'Bušelić'. Matched 'ORDINACIJA DENTALNE MEDICINE DR.SC.MARINA ADRIANA JEŽINA BUŠELIĆ, DR.MED.DENT.' at Hrvojeva 10, Split — exact address match to the clinic's own listed address. The clinic trades as 'Dental Care Croatia' but is legally registered as the lead doctor's own private practice.) [dental-care-croatia-split-lic]
Dentists & NRPZZ private-practice entries
| Dentist | Specialization | NRPZZ entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. sci. Marina Adriana Ježina Bušelić, dr. med. dent. [s1] [s2] [dental-care-croatia-split-lic] | Implantology, prosthodontics, aesthetic dentistry, oral surgery; doctoral degree; UCLA implant training | not published | Registered in HZJZ NRPZZ as the holder of this private dental practice; no dentist licence number is published. |
| Dr. sci. Samra Prentić-Bakić, dr. med. dent. [s1] | Periodontology, general dentistry | not verified | — |
| Dunja Petričić, dr. med. dent. [s1] | General dentistry | 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
All methodology criteria were verifiable for this clinic.
Contact Information
| Website | https://dental-care-croatia.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +385 21 360 270 |
| +385 91 136 0270 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/dentalcarecroatia | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Hrvojeva 10, 21000 Split, Croatia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/ | Clinic name, address Hrvojeva 10, phone +385 21 360 270, WhatsApp +385 91 136 0270, email [email protected], Facebook, Instagram, three dentists with specializations, full service list, ten-language site, hours Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 | 2026-09-17 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/croatia/split/dental-care-croatia | Address Hrvojeva 10, 4.7/5 from 16 verified reviews, ServiceScore 10 from 346 interactions, Customer Service Award 2025, most recent review June 10 2024, management responds to reviews, positive pattern, no recurring complaints; starting prices quoted by WhatClinic | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentist/dental-care-croatia | Dr. Marina Ježina named, 4.96/5 from 106+ reviews, Global Patients' Choice Winner, most recent review December 2022, no recurring complaints across review corpus | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:best dentist Split Croatia / English speaking dentist Split Croatia / dental implants Split Croatia / emergency dentist Split Croatia / Split Croatia dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: clinic surfaces in dental implants Split results; not in top answers for other four canonical queries | 2026-08-18 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-lic | https://www.hzjz.hr/sluzba-javno-zdravstvo/odjel-za-ljudske-i-mater… | NRPZZ 'Nositelji privatne prakse' sheet lists 'ORDINACIJA DENTALNE MEDICINE DR.SC.MARINA ADRIANA JEŽINA BUŠELIĆ, DR.MED.DENT.' at Hrvojeva 10, Split, confirming this practitioner holds a registered private dental practice. Same NRPZZ record used for the clinic entry — this doctor is the registered practice holder herself. | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8993113064190111994 | Google rating 4.1 as of 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8993113064190111994&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 4.1 from 173 reviews, histogram 5*132 / 4*1 / 3*1 / 2*1 / 1*38. Adam Bochynski (2026-07-03, 1*): "This dentist charged me 150 EUR for the 'first visit'"; Shilpa Chouta (2026-04-07, 1*): "As they got to know we were from outside not from Croatia, they just charged for examination as 92 Euro ... Just for one tooth filling they said 383 Euro" | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-2 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/dentalna-dijagnostika/ | Dedicated diagnostics page: "Dijagnostički radiološki uređaji izrađuju... CBCT – 3D" and a section headed "3D = CBCT SNIMKA" | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-3 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/dentalna-protetika/ | Dedicated prosthetics page (crowns, bridges, dentures, veneers) read: no price for any item | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-4 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/zubni-implantati/ | Site has separate pages e.g. /zubni-implantati/, /dentalna-protetika/, /parodontologija/, /dentalna-medicina-za-djecu/, /ortodoncija-za-pravilan-osmijeh/ | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-5 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/kontakt/ | Contact page and dedicated service pages read: no consultation price or free-exam offer stated | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-6 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/zubi-nasa-briga/ | FAQ page read: the only "hitno" (urgent) text recommends an urgent specialist visit for advanced gum disease, not a same-day clinic service | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8993113064190111994&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17 photo strip: 4 business-uploaded images (source tag bizbuilder:gmb_web, uploaded 2018-04-21) | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-8 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/dentalna-dijagnostika/ | Dedicated diagnostics and prosthetics pages read; no price for any service including cleaning; site publishes no price list | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-9 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/dentalna-protetika/ | Dedicated prosthetics page read: no EUR price for any listed item | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-10 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/zubni-implantati/ | Dedicated implants page read: no EUR price; WhatClinic-quoted prices are third-party, not on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-11 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/dentalna-dijagnostika/ | Dedicated diagnostics page documents X-ray/CBCT equipment but lists no price for the service | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-12 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/ | Homepage JSON-LD types found: WebPage, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite — no Organization/LocalBusiness/Dentist markup identifying the business | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8993113064190111994&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: newest visible review posted 2026-07-03 | 2026-09-17 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-14 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dental%2… | A search for "Dental Care Croatia Split" returned only unrelated results (Croatia Tourism), no listing for the clinic | 2026-09-29 |
| dental-care-croatia-split-deepen-15 | https://dental-care-croatia.com/ | Homepage read in full; no reference to tripadvisor.com anywhere on the page | 2026-09-29 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Checked for a TripAdvisor listing: a name-and-city search on TripAdvisor found no matching profile, and the clinic's own website carries no TripAdvisor link. Recorded: not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (diagnostics, prosthetics, implants, FAQ pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: no cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation or X-ray price published on the site; CBCT documented; no emergency service documented; individual service pages confirmed; the site's JSON-LD is generic (no business-identifying markup); 173 Google reviews, newest 2026-07-03. Corrected: two independent 2026 Google reviews describe being charged materially more after being identified as a foreign patient, a recurring complaint pattern the card previously recorded as absent. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed website live, phone unchanged. Captured first-time Google rating 4.1 and pin coordinates; review count not captured with a citable source this time. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: dental-care-croatia.com opened directly, live and current (active booking, 2025 project content); name/address/phone unchanged. Google Maps was not checked on this date; no reputation values were stored or captured. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against HZJZ NRPZZ (Nacionalni registar pružatelja zdravstvene zaštite): clinic and lead-doctor (Dr. sci. Marina Adriana Ježina Bušelić) license both confirmed via the same HZJZ NRPZZ private-practice-holder record; the other two named doctors were not found individually. |
| 2026-08-18 | Initial data collection. |
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