DENTEX Dental Clinic and Implantology Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#457.3/100
- Best for Expats#356.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#455.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#550.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#357.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#356.9/100
Summary
DENTEX is a private dental polyclinic in central Zadar, founded in 2002 by Dr. Damir Zekić. The clinic employs over 50 staff including 11 dentists and 7 dental technicians, operates 13 surgeries and an in-house dental laboratory, and has served over 60,000 patients. It became a member of the Adria Dental Group in 2023. The website is available in Croatian, English, German and Italian; the clinic operates Monday to Friday 07:00–21:00. On-site accommodation is available via the affiliated Hostel Dentex 4 You.
Aggregator sources report a Google rating of 4.8 from over 600 reviews; this figure appeared consistently across two independent sources but could not be verified via a direct accessible Google Maps mirror. WhatClinic ServiceScore 9.0 (87 interactions); Customer Service Award 2025. IBAN and bank details are published on the contact page. No individual dentist profiles or license numbers are listed on the official site beyond Dr. Zekić as founder.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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 [dtx-s1] | 4/4 |
| ✗ | Dentist names listed Official site references '11 doctors of dental medicine' but lists no individual names; Dr. Damir Zekić identified as founder via aggregators [dtx-s1] [dtx-s2] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed No individual dentist specializations published on official site [dtx-s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Clinic photos referenced on official site and patient reviews mention clean modern facility [dtx-s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Implants, All-on-4/6, oral surgery, crowns, bridges, periodontology, pediatric dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, dentures, X-ray [dtx-s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone, email, address and hours published on contact page [dtx-s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Full English (and German, Italian) site versions [dtx-s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address and directions documented on contact page [dtx-s3] | 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 Official site describes 'affordable prices' without publishing a price list; aggregator WhatClinic lists from-prices [dtx-s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed WhatClinic aggregator lists fillings from €33–49 [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed WhatClinic aggregator lists crowns up to €325 [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed WhatClinic aggregator lists implants from €536 [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Free consultations offered per WhatClinic [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed X-ray price not found in accessible sources | 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) 4.8 reported consistently across two aggregator sources (drvisor.com and a search snippet) citing 600+ Google reviews; not verifiable via direct accessible Google Maps mirror [dtx-s5] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume Aggregator sources report 600+ Google reviews; exact count unverifiable [dtx-s5] | 3/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency WhatClinic shows latest verified review from October 2024 [dtx-s4] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews No evidence of clinic review responses found in accessible sources | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No recurring complaint pattern detected in accessible review excerpts [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns WhatClinic ServiceScore 9.0 from 87 interactions; no manipulation patterns observed [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Facebook page not found via accessible sources | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Affiliated hostel appears on TripAdvisor but no clinic listing found [dtx-s5] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic 7 verified reviews, ServiceScore 9.0 (87 interactions), Customer Service Award 2025; clinicbooking.com; drvisor.com [dtx-s4] | 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 X-ray listed among services on official site [dtx-s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT not explicitly documented on official site or accessible sources | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Implantology is a core service; All-on-4 and All-on-6 protocols listed [dtx-s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics Orthodontics not found in service list on accessible sources | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery listed as a service [dtx-s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed on official site [dtx-s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care Emergency care not documented on official site; 07:00–21:00 hours suggest walk-in availability but not explicitly stated | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Multilingual site; organised airport transport, accommodation partnerships, dental tourism explicitly offered [dtx-s1] [dtx-s4] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp or LINE not documented on official contact page | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English site; patient reviews confirm English communication [dtx-s1] [dtx-s4] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free consultations documented on WhatClinic [dtx-s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Service pages with descriptions on official site [dtx-s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Monday–Friday 07:00–21:00 [dtx-s3] | 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 Appears in top search results for the five canonical city queries [dtx-s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Croatia [dtx-s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Croatia [dtx-s6] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Croatia [dtx-s6] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Croatia dental clinic for expats [dtx-s6] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website Structured data markup not verified from accessible fetched content | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Official site ranks for clinic name and Zadar implant queries [dtx-s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Dedicated pages for implants, All-on-4/6, oral surgery and other services [dtx-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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Damir Zekić [dtx-s4] [dtx-s2] | Implantology and cosmetic dentistry (founder) | not published |
| Dr. Huanita Zubak [dtx-s4] | General dentistry | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Clinic operating licence not published (-3 pts) — No clinic operating licence number published on the official site
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No individual dentist names or credentials published on the official site; only founder Dr. Zekić identified via aggregators
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -11 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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://dentex-croatia.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +385 23 251 660 |
| Address | Ulica Nikole Tesle 12B, 23000 Zadar, Croatia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dtx-s1 | https://dentex-croatia.com/en/ | official site: clinic name, address, email, services, languages, Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 hours, 11 dentists, 50+ staff, in-house lab, 13 surgeries, X-ray listed, no price list, no individual dentist names | 2026-08-18 |
| dtx-s2 | https://dentex-croatia.com/en/about-us/polyclinic/ | founding year 2002, Dr. Damir Zekić as founder, 60,000+ patients, clinic size data | 2026-08-18 |
| dtx-s3 | https://dentex-croatia.com/en/contact_us/ | address Nikole Tesle 12B, phone +385 23 251 660, email [email protected], Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 | 2026-08-18 |
| dtx-s4 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/croatia/zadar/dentex-dental-cli… | WhatClinic: 7 verified reviews, ServiceScore 9.0 (87 interactions), Customer Service Award 2025; latest review Oct 2024; free consultation; from-prices for implants/crowns/fillings; English, German, Italian, Croatian spoken; Dr. Damir Zekic named; Dr. Huanita Zubak named | 2026-08-18 |
| dtx-s5 | search:DENTEX Zadar Google rating reviews 2024 2025 | Google rating 4.8 and 600+ reviews reported by drvisor.com and search snippet; Adria Dental Group membership (2023); no Google Maps mirror directly accessible | 2026-08-18 |
| dtx-s6 | search:the five canonical city queries (Zadar/Croatia variants) | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: DENTEX appears in top results for implants and English-speaking queries; not prominently featured for emergency or expats queries in top positions | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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