Dr. Gichuki Gitahi Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 12.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #18 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
12.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1812.7/100
- Best for Expats#1811/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#188.2/100
- 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
Dr. Gichuki Gitahi Dental Clinic operates from Gate House on Mburu Gichua Road in Nakuru, run by Dr. Gichuki Gitahi, a KMPDC-registered specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery who has practiced since the late 1970s.
No independent clinic website was found; details come from business-directory listings and the KMPDC practitioner register. Live Google Maps listing "DR. GITAHI GICHUKI" matches exactly on both address (Room 420, 4th Floor, Gate Hse, Mburu Gichua Road) and phone (+254 51 2210574).
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 2.5 of 14 verifiable points (missing: google review volume; active Facebook presence; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- Communication & Service: 1.5 of 3.5 verifiable points (missing: whatsApp / LINE available)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Kenya; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Kenya; mentioned for: dental implants Kenya; mentioned for: emergency dentist Kenya; mentioned for: Kenya dental clinic for expats; google indexing quality)
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
9 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✗ | Has a working website No clinic website: the dentist's Google listing shows none, and no Facebook page of the practice was found. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-10] [dir1] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-9] | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The practice's Google listing is in the dentist's name, Dr. Gitahi Gichuki. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-10] [dir1] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-doclic] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed KMPDC register lists Specialist Practice - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-doclic] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ? | Service list published | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details The dentist's Google listing publishes +254 51 2210574, the number on this card. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-10] [dir1] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Corrected: Room 420, 4th floor, Gate House, Mburu Gichua Road, Nakuru, with a map pin on the dentist's Google listing. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes no prices; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
2.5 / 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) [gmaps1] | 1/6 |
| ✗ | Google review volume [gmaps1] | 0/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-06-24 (listing read 2026-09-26). [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews The listing carries three reviews and no owner reply; too small a base to say whether the practice answers reviews. | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints The listing carries three reviews — too small a base to tell whether any complaint recurs. | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns All three reviews on the listing are visible - two five-star and a one-star whose entire text is "Rough". Fewer than five reviews exist, so responsiveness, a complaint pattern and a manipulation pattern are all unassessable on this evidence. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps rendered on the place page's Reviews tab on 2026-09-03, read in a browser, in Google's relevance order — Maps' "Sort reviews" control would not open (clicked by element reference and by a dispatched in-page click(); the menu never opened), so no newest-first ordering was available. Published star histogram 5★→1★: 2/0/0/0/1, which sums to the 3 reviews in the place header. | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence Facebook searches by its name with the city and by its phone number found no page of the clinic [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing: TripAdvisor's own search finds none for the clinic's name or a short form of it (checked 2026-10-01) [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-11] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-12] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms Its Doctor254 profile is unclaimed and has no reviews. No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-05). [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-13] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-14] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-15] [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-16] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
2 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Practice run by a specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-doclic] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
1.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No website; the clinic's Google listing publishes a phone number only; social pages not readable. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-7] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Google listing shows Saturday open the full day, matching weekday hours. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-8] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
0 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Kenya", "English speaking dentist Kenya", "dental implants Kenya", "emergency dentist Kenya", "Kenya dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Kenya Not present in the top web results for "best dentist Nakuru" on 2026-09-17 [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Kenya Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Nakuru" on 2026-09-17 [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Kenya Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Nakuru" on 2026-09-17 [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Kenya Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Nakuru" on 2026-09-17 [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Kenya dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Nakuru dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-17 [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality The clinic has no website of its own; a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 lists only directory, news and third-party pages. [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-av4] | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
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: not published on the clinic’s website — red flag applied [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Gichuki Gitahi [gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-doclic] | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Specialist Practice) | KMPDC B1*7 | The KMPDC public register prints practitioner numbers partly masked; the number is shown here exactly as the register prints it. |
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Service list published
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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
| Phone | +254 51 2210574 |
|---|---|
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Gate House, 4th Floor, Mburu Gichua Road, Nakuru, Kenya |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dir1 | https://www.businesslist.co.ke/category/dentists/city:nakuru | Address, phone, practice name | 2026-09-02 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-lic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/healthFacilities/getLicensedPrivateHe… | Registry search outcome over the complete 7,170-row register (independent parse, 2026-09-02): no facility matching 'GITAHI' and 'GICHUKI'; NAKURU County holds 28 dental-typed or dental-named facilities, none of them this practice | 2026-09-02 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-doclic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/localPractitioners/getLicensedDentalP… | Register row: 'Dr GICHUKI GITAHI', BDS(Nairobi)1978, MSc(London)1990, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, status ACTIVE | 2026-09-02 |
| gmaps1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/DR.+GITAHI+GICHUKI/@-0.293467,36.… | Live Google Maps place card: rating 3.7, 3 reviews; address and phone both match exactly | 2026-09-03 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=195735869442045844&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-17: no website field and no price content of any kind; the clinic publishes no other readable channel. | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-2 | search:best dentist Nakuru | Web search on 2026-09-17: results named Smiledent Dental Centre, Nakuru Dental Centre, Deep White Dental Clinic, Royal Smiles Dental Clinic and The Dentist Ltd; the clinic's site and name were not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-3 | search:English speaking dentist Nakuru | Web search on 2026-09-17: results named Deep White Dental Clinic, Smiledent Dental Center, The Dentist Ltd, Enamel White Dental Clinic and GenialCare Dental Studio; the clinic's site and name were not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-4 | search:dental implants Nakuru | Web search on 2026-09-17: results named Smile Dent, The Dentist Ltd, Enamel White Dental Clinic and Nakuru Dental Centre; the clinic's site and name were not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-5 | search:emergency dentist Nakuru | Web search on 2026-09-17: results named Smile Dent Dental Centre, Crown Dental Clinic, Deep White Dental Clinic, Royal Smiles Dental Clinic and The Dentist Ltd; the clinic's site and name were not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-6 | search:Nakuru dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-17: results named Nakuru Dental Centre, Deep White Dental Clinic, Smiledent Dental Center, Enamel White Dental Clinic and Crown Dental Clinic Nakuru; the clinic's site and name were not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=195735869442045844&hl=en | Google Business listing read today: phone +254 51 2210574 only; no WhatsApp/LINE contact. | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=195735869442045844&hl=en | Google Business hours read today: Mon-Sat 8am-5pm (Saturday matches weekday span), Sun closed. | 2026-09-17 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=195735869442045844&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 3.7 from 3 reviews; star histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 2; newest review dated 2026-06-24. | 2026-09-26 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-9 | https://www.facebook.com/ | Facebook searches on 2026-09-30 by its name with the city and by its phone number: no page of the clinic | 2026-09-30 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=195735869442045844&hl=en | Google listing "DR. GITAHI GICHUKI" read on 2026-09-30: category Dentist; Room 420, 4th Floor, Gate House, Mburu Gichua Road, Nakuru, with its map pin; phone +254 51 2210574; no website | 2026-09-30 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-11 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Gichuki%… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Gichuki Gitahi Dental", 2026-10-01: 12 suggestions, the one in Kenya being an attraction entry, not a dental practice | 2026-10-01 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-12 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Gitahi%2… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Gitahi Gichuki Nakuru", 2026-10-01: 12 suggestions, the 12 in Kenya being place name/attraction/hotel entries, none a dental practice | 2026-10-01 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-13 | https://www.doctor254.com/kenya/nakuru/maxillofacial-oral-surgeon/d… | Doctor254, read 2026-10-02: profile "Dr. Gitahi Gichuki" (Dentist - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Nakuru), phone 051 2210574 (the practice's number); the profile is unclaimed — it carries the prompt "Claim this profile now" — and has no patient recommendations or reviews | 2026-10-02 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-av4 | search:"Dr. Gichuki Gitahi" dental clinic Nakuru | Web search run on 2026-10-05 (English, US results) for the clinic's name and city: 9 results listed. no page of an own site: the results are a Wikipedia biography, other Kenyan dentists' pages and job adverts. Listed: a Wikipedia biography, five pages of a Nairobi dental clinic, a UK regulator page and two job adverts. | 2026-10-05 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-14 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/kenya | WhatClinic, read 2026-10-05: its Kenya dentist catalogue and profile sitemap hold a single profile (Dean's Dental Implants, Nairobi), not this clinic, and a profile address under its name (kenya/dr-gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic) returns "page not found" | 2026-10-05 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-15 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-05: none of the 1,107 clinics its clinic search returns is in Kenya | 2026-10-05 |
| gichuki-gitahi-dental-clinic-nakuru-deepen-16 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=kenya/ | Bookimed, read 2026-10-05: its Kenya clinics page has been removed (HTTP 410), and Kenya is not among the 53 countries of its clinic sitemaps | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the Doctor254 profile cited before is unclaimed and has no reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Google indexing quality measured as poor after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (no website of its own, none listed). |
| 2026-10-01 | Checked TripAdvisor's own search for the clinic: no TripAdvisor listing. Searched the review platforms that cover Kenya: found the clinic on Doctor254 and recorded presence on another platform. |
| 2026-09-30 | Re-read 2026-09-30 on the dentist's Google listing: address and map corrected to published (Gate House, Mburu Gichua Road, with a map pin); website, contacts and the dentist's name now rest on it. |
| 2026-09-30 | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within a year (newest review dated 2026-06-24). |
| 2026-09-17 | Google listing re-read on 2026-09-17. With three reviews on the listing, whether the practice answers reviews and whether complaints recur are left open rather than counted in its favour. |
| 2026-09-17 | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-17 for the five standard Nakuru queries: the clinic was not present for "best dentist Nakuru", "English speaking dentist Nakuru", "dental implants Nakuru", "emergency dentist Nakuru" or "Nakuru dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business listing (no website, reconfirmed; still 3 reviews on file). Recorded: none of the three reviews carries an owner reply; only one is negative and it gives no specific complaint, so there is no recurring pattern; contact info is phone-only, no WhatsApp; Saturday opening runs a full day matching weekdays, which counts as convenient hours. Still unverified: whether review patterns are suspicious (too few reviews to judge), photos, a published service or price list, equipment, implants/orthodontics/pediatric/emergency care, and work with international patients. |
| 2026-09-03 | Reputation pass: the Maps place page's Reviews tab was read in a browser (3 reviews visible in relevance order, histogram 2/0/0/0/1); reviewRecency=within_3_months, responds=null(noted), complaints=null(noted), suspicious=null(noted). Rating and review count reproduced from the histogram, unchanged. |
| 2026-09-02 | Live Google Maps rating/review count and geo added (matched by exact address+phone); 5 canonical aiVisibility queries checked — not visible, left null. |
| 2026-09-02 | Initial research. |
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