Chayka Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#167/100
- Best for Expats#164.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#169/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#173.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#163/100
- Best for Families / Children#163.5/100
Summary
Chayka Dental is a boutique implantology and aesthetic dentistry clinic in the Chaika residential district of Varna, founded by Dr. Plam Ivanova (graduated 2005, Medical University of Plovdiv). The clinic specializes in prosthetic dentistry, oral surgery, basal and standard implants, aligners, laser whitening, and 3D imaging. The price list is publicly available on the website in EUR. The clinic serves international patients from Germany, France, Belgium, and the UK and provides airport and hotel transfer services. The team also includes Dr. Tetyana Dalakova.
The address 'Chaika district, bl. 203' lacks a street name; some sources list it as 'Rupi 203'. No specific licensing or registration numbers are published. The legal entity is AIPPMPDM CHAYKA DENTAL LTD with bank details published on the website. Facebook shows 94% recommendation from 14 reviews. WhatClinic ServiceScore 9.1 Outstanding from 21 interactions with 4 verified reviews. Opening hours not consistently stated on official pages; WhatClinic shows Mon-Sun 09:00-19:00.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Plam Ivanova (founder/manager) and Dr. Tetyana Dalakova listed on WhatClinic [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Ivanova: prosthetic dentistry, surgery, implantology; clinic specializations on website [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published aesthetic dentistry, implantology, oral surgery, endodontics/cariesology, pediatric dentistry, removable prosthetics, aligners, laser whitening, sectoral radiography [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phone, second manager phone, and email published [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version website has English version; staff speak English and Russian [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Chaika district bl. 203 consistent across official site and directories; street name not published [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 EUR price list published on chaykadental.com/en/price-list [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed scaling €60; Air Flow plaque removal €30 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed photopolymer filling 1-surface €65; 2-surface €75; 3-surface €85 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed metal-ceramic crown €180; E-max €230; zirconia €250; high-aesthetic zirconia €350 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed endosseous implant placement from €620; abutment + zirconia crown on implant €490; All-on-4 €4,010; All-on-6 €4,350 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed comprehensive oral examination €20; treatment plan €30 [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed sectoral X-ray €10; OPG panoramic €16; 3D scan one jaw €75; 3D scan both jaws €85 [s3] | 2/2 |
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 rating not verifiable via accessible sources | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency WhatClinic 4 verified reviews; recency of latest not explicitly stated but ServiceScore based on 21 recent interactions [s2] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints WhatClinic 4.8/5; positive reviews; Facebook 94% recommend from 14 reviews; no complaint pattern found [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns no manipulation pattern observed in available reviews [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/ChaykaDental: 94% recommend, 14 reviews per search snippet [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic ServiceScore 9.1 Outstanding (21 interactions, 4 reviews); qanomed.com listing [s2] | 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 sectoral radiography listed; OPG panoramic X-ray priced [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D scan (CBCT) priced at €75-85 per jaw [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics aligners listed among services [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery oral surgery listed; basal implants performed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry pediatric dentistry listed among services [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients international patients from DE, FR, BE, UK cited; airport/hotel transfer offered; EN/RU/UK staff [s1] | 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 listed on official website | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken website states staff speak English and Russian fluently [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible free initial consultation listed on WhatClinic [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations service pages with explanations available on website [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Sun 09:00-19:00 per WhatClinic — 7 days a week [s2] | 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 Bulgaria", "English speaking dentist Bulgaria", "dental implants Bulgaria", "emergency dentist Bulgaria", "Bulgaria dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Bulgaria Chayka Dental appears in best dentist Varna 2026 search results [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Bulgaria Chayka Dental appears in English-speaking dentist Varna results [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Bulgaria appears in dental implants Varna search results [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Bulgaria [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Bulgaria dental clinic for expats Chayka Dental mentioned in expats/foreigners dental Varna query results [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website not directly verified | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality official domain surfaces across multiple Varna dental queries [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages separate pages for implantology, aesthetic dentistry, pediatric dentistry confirmed [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. Plam Ivanova [s1] [s2] | Prosthetic dentistry, oral surgery, implantology (founder) | not published |
| Dr. Tetyana Dalakova [s2] | — | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- 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://chaykadental.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +359 888 310 106 |
| https://www.facebook.com/ChaykaDental/ | |
| Address | Chaika district, bl. 203, Varna, Bulgaria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://chaykadental.com/en/ | clinic name AIPPMPDM CHAYKA DENTAL LTD, address Chaika district bl. 203, phones +359 888 310 106 / +359 889 573 651, email [email protected], services (implants, surgery, endodontics, pediatric, aligners, laser whitening, sectoral radiography), EN/RU staff, international patient services, Facebook link | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/bulgaria/varna/chayka-dental | address Rupi 203 Varna; ServiceScore 9.1 Outstanding (21 interactions); 5 verified reviews 4.8/5; free consultation; Mon-Sun 09:00-19:00; languages EN/DE/RU/UK; Dr. Plam Ivanova and Dr. Tetyana Dalakova named; WhatClinic prices (cleaning €60, crowns €250-350) | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://chaykadental.com/en/price-list | full EUR price list: examination €20, treatment plan €30, X-ray €10, OPG €16, 3D scan €75-85, scaling €60, Air Flow €30, fillings €65-85, metal-ceramic crown €180, E-max €230, zirconia €250-350, implant placement from €620, abutment+crown €490, All-on-4 €4,010, All-on-6 €4,350 | 2026-08-18 |
| sq | search:(the five canonical city queries) Varna | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: Chayka Dental appears in the five canonical city queries Varna queries; not found in emergency query | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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