Artdental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
58/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1158/100
- Best for Expats#1252/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1157.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1072.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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
Summary
Small aesthetic dentistry practice run by a dentist couple who introduce themselves only as "Peter and Veronika" on-site. Offers implantology (Straumann/Neodent), maxillofacial surgery via a specialist, prosthodontics and facial aesthetics; Slovenian-language only.
Strengths
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Slovenia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Slovenia; mentioned for: dental implants Slovenia; mentioned for: emergency dentist Slovenia; mentioned for: Slovenia dental clinic for expats; dedicated service pages)
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
15 / 20
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 Site introduces the owners only by first name ("Sva Peter in Veronika") with no surnames published. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Oral/maxillofacial surgery performed "by a specialist"; implantology, prosthodontics, periodontology, facial aesthetics listed as service lines. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-hosted photographs of the clinic and procedures, credited to a named photographer [artdental-maribor-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Services page carries a price table for the clinic's procedures [artdental-maribor-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Tartar cleaning and polishing priced at 50€ [artdental-maribor-deepen-4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Per-surface filling priced from 60€ [artdental-maribor-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Full-ceramic crown priced at 400€ [artdental-maribor-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant placement priced from 600€ [artdental-maribor-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Exam and exam-with-consultation priced [artdental-maribor-deepen-5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed CBCT reading priced at 30€ [artdental-maribor-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
12 / 20
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 2026-08-27 [sm] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 25 [artdental-maribor-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency as of 2026-09-17 [artdental-maribor-deepen-7] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews Only 9 reviews dated within the last 24 months were read, none with an owner reply; fewer than ten, so whether the owner answers reviews stays open. [artdental-maribor-deepen-15] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No 1-2★ reviews at all [artdental-maribor-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 9 of the 27 reviews could be read (dated 2026-02-13 to 2026-09-23); fewer than ten, so a pattern cannot be judged from them. [artdental-maribor-deepen-15] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's own Facebook page (Pupinova ulica 4, with the clinic's e-mail and website) is active: latest post 2026-01-25 (checked 2026-10-02). [artdental-maribor-fb] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing; the clinic's own website has no TripAdvisor link [artdental-maribor-deepen-10] [artdental-maribor-deepen-11] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [artdental-maribor-i9] [artdental-maribor-i9-2] [artdental-maribor-platforms] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray X-ray imaging offered as part of diagnostics [artdental-maribor-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT imaging priced and offered [artdental-maribor-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral and maxillofacial surgery performed by a specialist. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
2.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp link found anywhere on the site [artdental-maribor-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible A dedicated priced exam-plus-consultation option exists [artdental-maribor-deepen-9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Slovenia", "English speaking dentist Slovenia", "dental implants Slovenia", "emergency dentist Slovenia", "Slovenia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Slovenia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Slovenia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Slovenia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Slovenia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Slovenia dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Organization entity present in the site's JSON-LD [artdental-maribor-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages The site has four pages, with one combined page for all services [artdental-maribor-deepen-14] | 0/1.5 |
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.
- #1OrthoDental Ljubljana49.4 of 100View report →
- #2Modri Zob - Zobozdravstveni center45.5 of 100View report →
- #3Artident60.5 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 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 & Medical Chamber licence
| Dentist | Specialization | Chamber licence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Balon (asist. Peter Balon) [sm] [reg1] | dr. med., dr. dent. med. — maxillofacial surgery | not published | Licensed by Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije from 22 December 2025 to 21 December 2032; the register publishes no licence number. |
| Veronika Pokeršnik Balon [reg1] [artdental-maribor-doclic] | dr. dent. med. | not published | Licensed by Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije from 22 June 2024 to 21 June 2031; the register publishes no licence number. |
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://artdental.si/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +386 31 379 434 |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/Artdental-zobozdravstveni-center-61555754975507/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Pupinova ulica 4, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://artdental.si/ | Services, contacts, address, price transparency, English version | 2026-08-27 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Artdental/@46.5525307,15.6449238,… | Google rating 5.0 (25 reviews) as of 2026-08-27, a review naming "Doctor Balon" performing an extraction, address, geo | 2026-08-27 |
| sq | search:recommended dentist Maribor English speaking implants emergency expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-27 |
| reg1 | https://www.zdravniskazbornica.si/informacije-publikacije-in-analiz… | Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije register entries for Peter Balon (maxillofacial surgery) and Veronika Pokeršnik Balon (dr. dent. med.) | 2026-08-27 |
| artdental-maribor-doclic | https://www.zdravniskazbornica.si/informacije-publikacije-in-analiz… | Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije javni iskalnik zdravnikov in zobozdravnikov lists this dentist (searched 2026-09-10): "Veronika Pokeršnik Balon, dr. dent. med." — Licenca: dentalna medicina (22.06.2024–21.06.2031), at Zdravstveni dom Radlje ob Dravi. The clinic's own site (artdental.si) returns a LiteSpeed invisible-reCAPTCHA bot-verification wall to automated requests on every host variant tried (apex and www), so this registry check substitutes for a site read. | 2026-09-10 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Services page read 2026-09-17: price table lists exam 40 EUR, exam with consultation 70 EUR, tartar removal with polishing 50 EUR, surface filling from 60 EUR, full-ceramic crown 400 EUR, implant placement from 600 EUR (page read as text on 2026-09-17; direct requests answer with a bot-verification page) | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1113520578283659786&hl=en | Histogram 5★ 25 of 25 (100%); all 5 reviews shown are 5-star | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-3 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Read as text 2026-09-17: self-hosted images captioned e.g. "Klinika_Art_Dental_foto_Janez_Marolt", "Kirurgija_Art_Dental_foto_Janez_Marolt" | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-4 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Read as text 2026-09-17: price table on the services page - Odstranitev zobnega kamna in poliranje - po loku - 50 | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-5 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Price table: Stomatološki pregled - 40; Stomatološki pregled in posvet - 70 (page read as text on 2026-09-17; direct requests answer with a bot-verification page) | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-6 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Price table: Odčitavanje in analiza cbct posnetka z izvidom - 30 (page read as text on 2026-09-17; direct requests answer with a bot-verification page) | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1113520578283659786&hl=en | Newest exact-dated review among 5 rendered: 2026-07-09 | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-8 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | "Vzamemo si dovolj časa za natančen pregled, radiološko diagnostiko in fotografije vašega zobovja" (page read as text on 2026-09-17; direct requests answer with a bot-verification page) | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-9 | https://artdental.si/storitve/ | Stomatološki pregled in posvet - 70 (exam plus consultation, distinct from the plain 40€ exam) (page read as text on 2026-09-17; direct requests answer with a bot-verification page) | 2026-09-17 |
| artdental-maribor-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1113520578283659786&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 5 from 27 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 26; newest review dated 2026-09-23. | 2026-09-26 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-10 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Artdental | TripAdvisor autocomplete for the clinic's name returns zero results | 2026-09-29 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-11 | https://artdental.si/ | Clinic's homepage, read 2026-09-29 (423 KB), has no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-09-29 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-12 | https://artdental.si/kontakt/ | Home and contact pages link only Facebook and Instagram; no wa.me or WhatsApp contact link | 2026-09-30 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-13 | https://artdental.si/ | Home page JSON-LD @graph includes an Organization entity: {"@type":"Organization","name":"Artdental","url":"https://artdental.si/"} | 2026-09-30 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-14 | https://artdental.si/sitemap.xml | Sitemap lists exactly 4 URLs: home, o-nas (about), storitve (a single combined services/price page), kontakt — no individual page per service | 2026-09-30 |
| artdental-maribor-i9 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/slovenia | WhatClinic: its Slovenia dentist listing (2 pages, 14 clinics) and its Ljubljana, Maribor and Kranj listings, checked against its profile sitemaps (15 dentist profiles in Slovenia; the one not shown in the listings opened) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), have no profile for Artdental; none of its four Maribor profiles (BK Dental, Polyclinic Amber, Alfa Dental, Dent-IQ) is at the clinic's address (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| artdental-maribor-i9-2 | https://sitemaps.dentaldepartures.com/sitemap-clinics.xml | Dental Departures: its clinic sitemap (read 2026-09-30) and its clinic search for Slovenia (read 2026-10-01) list one Slovenian clinic, Artident Dentist Ljubljana (Dunajska c. 129); no profile for Artdental | 2026-10-01 |
| artdental-maribor-platforms | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinics-country.xml | Bookimed: none of the 53 countries in its clinic sitemaps is Slovenia, and its clinic sitemap (2,127 clinics) has no Artdental (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| artdental-maribor-fb | https://www.facebook.com/p/Artdental-zobozdravstveni-center-6155575… | Facebook page "Artdental - zobozdravstveni center" (Maribor) read on 2026-10-02; address Pupinova ulica 4, Maribor, Slovenia, 2000; website https://www.artdental.si/; 102 followers; Not yet rated (0 reviews); latest post 2026-01-25 | 2026-10-02 |
| artdental-maribor-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1113520578283659786&hl=en | Google listing "Artdental" (Dentist; Pupinova ulica 4, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia), read 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 5.0 from 27 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 26); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2026-02-13 to 2026-09-23, 0 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Facebook presence checked on 2026-10-02: the clinic's own page is active (latest post 2026-01-25). |
| 2026-09-30 | Re-read the clinic's website on 2026-09-30 (home page, sitemap, contact page). The home page's structured data names the business as an Organization. All services are described on one shared page (the sitemap lists four pages in all), and no WhatsApp contact was found on the site. |
| 2026-09-29 | Checked TripAdvisor's own search (zero results) and WhatClinic's Maribor directory: no listing on either platform. The clinic's website carries no TripAdvisor link. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 27 (was 25) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-17 | Corrected on 2026-09-17: the services page carries a price table covering exams, cleaning, fillings, crowns and implants, so prices are recorded as published. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's full site (read as text, because direct requests are answered with a bot-verification page) and its Google listing. Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and CBCT prices on the services page, genuine credited photographs, X-ray and CBCT diagnostics, and an exam-plus-consultation option before treatment. Google rating 5.0 from 25 reviews, newest review 2026-07-09, no complaints in the readable reviews. Still unverified: review-pattern signals, WhatsApp, structured data, dedicated service pages, Facebook and TripAdvisor presence, opening hours. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name verification 2026-09-10: Veronika Pokeršnik Balon confirmed active on the Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije national register (site itself is behind a bot-verification wall this agent cannot pass); source added. (Peter Balon (asist. Peter Balon) not resolved this pass — routed to the browser queue.) |
| 2026-08-27 | Initial data collection for the Slovenia Dental Transparency & Trust Index: the site names its owners only as "Peter and Veronika"; a Google review names a "Doctor Balon" performing an extraction. A registry search for surname Balon found asist. Peter Balon (maxillofacial surgery, dr. dent. med.) and Veronika Pokeršnik Balon (dr. dent. med.) as a plausible match — recorded with this inference made explicit, since the site itself does not publish surnames. |
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