Smile Studio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 47/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#847/100
- Best for Expats#746.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#843.7/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#940.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#749.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#648.2/100
Summary
Smile Studio (Smile Studio Kovačević Mikšić d.o.o.) is a family-founded private dental clinic in the Podmurvice district of Rijeka, established in 2003 by Dr. Tamara Kovačević Mikšić and Dr. Damir Mikšić. A Nobel Biocare-certified implant centre, the clinic also employs Dr. Silvio Ferreri (orthodontist) and Dr. Miljena Mia Girotto (periodontologist). The English website includes dedicated service pages and a price list page, though prices are delivered as a PDF image rather than indexable text. The clinic is reviewed on Dental Departures (4.98/5 from 284 reviews, latest August 2025) and WhatClinic (3 verified reviews).
Second phone: +385 51 678 679. OIB 74198576990. The price-list page (Cjenik2019.jpg) is an image file and prices are not in accessible text. Hours vary: Mon/Tue/Fri 08:00-16:00; Wed/Thu 08:00-20:00; weekends by appointment. Founded 2003 per bodulija.net article.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist croatia; mentioned for: english speaking dentist croatia; mentioned for: dental implants croatia; mentioned for: emergency dentist croatia; mentioned for: croatia 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 [ss1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Tamara Kovačević Mikšić, Dr. Damir Mikšić, Dr. Silvio Ferreri (orthodontist), Dr. Miljena Mia Girotto (periodontologist) named [ss1] [ss2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed implantology (Damir Mikšić, Nobel Biocare certified), orthodontics (Ferreri), periodontology (Girotto) stated [ss1] [ss2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published dedicated sub-pages for implantology, All-on-4/6, veneers, whitening, prosthetics, orthodontics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, snoring treatment [ss1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details two phone numbers, email [email protected], Facebook published [ss1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version full English site at smilestudio.hr/en/ [ss1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Bribirska 2, Podmurvice, 51000 Rijeka confirmed on official site and WhatClinic [ss1] [ss3] | 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 price list page exists (smilestudio.hr/en/price-list/) but content is an image (Cjenik2019.jpg) not accessible as text; clinic states free consultation and detailed price offer [ss1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed price list is image-only; individual treatment prices unverifiable | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed implant price list stated to exist but accessible only as image | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed initial consultation free per official site [ss1] | 2/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) Google Maps rating not verifiable via accessible mirror; SmileJet aggregates 5.0/5 from 109 reviews; Dental Departures shows 4.98/5 from 284 reviews | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume SmileJet: 109; Dental Departures: 284; not independently verified as Google counts | 0/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Dental Departures shows latest review August 2025 [ss2] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints no complaint pattern in Dental Departures reviews or WhatClinic listings found [ss2] [ss3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns 284 reviews on Dental Departures accumulated since clinic founding in 2003; no pattern anomaly observed [ss2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page linked from official site [ss1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Dental Departures (4.98/5, 284 reviews); WhatClinic (5.0/5, 3 verified reviews, latest March 2022); SmileJet (5.0/5, 109 reviews); treatmentabroad.com listing [ss2] [ss3] | 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 X-ray equipment not explicitly documented on accessible site pages | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Nobel Biocare-certified implant centre; All-on-4/6 with same-day protocol documented [ss1] [ss2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Dr. Silvio Ferreri orthodontist on staff; dedicated orthodontics page [ss1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery implant surgery and extractions offered [ss1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry dedicated pediatric dentistry page [ss1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English site; Dental Departures reviews from Italian, UK, and other international patients; multilingual staff (EN/IT/SL) [ss1] [ss2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available no WhatsApp or LINE contact found [ss1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English site; Dental Departures reviews from English-speaking and English-communicated patients [ss1] [ss2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible free initial consultation offered; email inquiry accepted [ss1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations individual service pages with procedure descriptions published [ss1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours extended hours Wed/Thu until 20:00; Mon/Tue/Fri 08:00-16:00; weekends by appointment [ss1] | 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 [visibility-rijeka] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Croatia [visibility-rijeka] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Croatia [visibility-rijeka] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Croatia [visibility-rijeka] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Croatia dental clinic for expats [visibility-rijeka] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality smilestudio.hr ranks in top results for clinic-name searches [ss4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages individual service pages confirmed for implantology, orthodontics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthetics, whitening, veneers, snoring [ss1] | 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. Tamara Kovačević Mikšić | — | not published |
| Dr. Damir Mikšić | — | not published |
| Dr. Silvio Ferreri | — | not published |
| Dr. Miljena Mia Girotto | — | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- 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://smilestudio.hr/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +385 51 678 678 |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmileStudioRijeka/ | |
| Address | Bribirska 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ss1 | https://smilestudio.hr/en/ | official English site: clinic name, address Bribirska 2, phones +385 51 678 678 / +385 51 678 679, email [email protected], OIB 74198576990, dentist names (Kovačević Mikšić, Mikšić, Ferreri, Girotto), service sub-pages, price list page (image-only), consultation free, hours, Facebook link | 2026-08-18 |
| ss2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentist/smile-studio-dentist-croatia | aggregator rating 4.98/5 from 284 reviews; latest review August 2025; Dr. Tamara Kovačević Mikšić and Dr. Damir Mikšić named with language skills; international patient reviews | 2026-08-18 |
| ss3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/croatia/rijeka/smile-studio | WhatClinic 5.0/5 from 3 verified reviews; latest review March 2022; address Bribirska 2 confirmed; ServiceScore 6.9 | 2026-08-18 |
| ss4 | search:Smile Studio Rijeka dental reviews rating Google | SmileJet 5.0/5 from 109 reviews; founded 2003 per bodulija.net article; search indexing quality check; no complaint patterns found | 2026-08-18 |
| visibility-rijeka | search:the five canonical city queries | AI/search visibility check 2026-08-18: no Rijeka clinic appeared by name in top results for the five canonical city queries | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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