Summit Dental Care
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
67.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#367.8/100
- Best for Expats#564.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#368/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#372/100
- Best Price Transparency#643/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#566/100
- Best for Families / Children#373/100
- 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 Site blocked automated access (403); no sedation info found elsewhere
Summary
Multi-specialty dental practice at Alta Towers in Kilimani, founded by implantologist and periodontist Dr. Joseph Gakonyo. The practice focuses on implant dentistry, periodontal treatment and regenerative procedures, with on-site CBCT imaging and digital workflows, and its team includes orthodontists, prosthodontists and pediatric dentists. No prices are published online.
Official website returns HTTP 403 to automated fetching, so site content was verified via search-engine snippets and third-party aggregators; price pages, if any, could not be checked. Dr. Joseph Gakonyo was named Dentist of the Year 2025 at the Kenya Dentistry Awards and is an ITI Fellow. Clinic states it uses Straumann implants exclusively.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 15 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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
16 / 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 Team page and named founder profile (Dr. Joseph Gakonyo) [s5] [s8] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Implantology, periodontology, regenerative dental medicine; specialist team listed [s1] [s8] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Dedicated /our-services/ pages [s7] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone and email published [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site is in English [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Address and map published Address published; map embed could not be verified (site blocks automated access) | 0/2 |
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 Could not be checked - website blocks automated access | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
18 / 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 2026-08-25 [summit-dental-care-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [summit-dental-care-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [summit-dental-care-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies on Google to every review read (13), including the 1★ one, the latest on 2026-09-28. [summit-dental-care-g5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints no recurring complaints [summit-dental-care-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns no signs of manipulation [summit-dental-care-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Summit Dental Care Nairobi" and "Summit"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02 and 2026-10-05). [summit-dental-care-tripadvisor] [summit-dental-care-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Doctor254, BusinessList Kenya or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [summit-dental-care-presence] [summit-dental-care-presence-2] [summit-dental-care-presence-3] [summit-dental-care-presence-4] [summit-dental-care-presence-5] [summit-dental-care-presence-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
15 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray CBCT X-ray imaging on site [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Straumann implants; regional referral center for complex implant cases [s1] [s8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontists on the specialist team [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Microscopic surgical procedures; complex implant and regeneration cases [s1] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s7] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency dental care stated on official site [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Patients who travelled from abroad for treatment, per several reviews and the clinic's replies [summit-dental-care-deepen] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language site; European-trained team [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Detailed per-service educational pages and articles [s7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open evenings and/or weekends: Saturday hours published via Google Business Profile [summit-dental-care-deepen-4] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
7 / 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 [s9] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Kenya [s10] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Kenya [s11] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Kenya [s12] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Kenya dental clinic for expats [s13] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Home page HTML carries JSON-LD of schema.org type Organization. [summit-dental-care-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Many service and blog subpages indexed and ranking despite bot-blocking [s14] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages e.g. /our-services/teeth-cleaning-in-nairobi/, /our-services/gum-treatment-periodontics-in-nairobi/ [s7] | 1.5/1.5 |
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: 02***0 (KMPDC – Register of Licensed Private Health Facilities) (KMPDC facility register searched 2026-08-25 for 'Summit Dental Care' — matched 'SUMMIT DENTAL CARE LIMITED', Dental Centre, Nairobi, ACTIVE.) [summit-dental-care-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Joseph Gakonyo [s5] [summit-dental-care-doclic] | Founder/CEO; Implantology, Periodontology, Regenerative Dental Medicine | KMPDC B9*1 | The KMPDC public register prints practitioner numbers partly masked; the number is shown here exactly as the register prints it. |
| Dr. Vaghela Sailesh [s5] | Orthodontics | not verified | — |
| Dr. Kaaria Mwirigi [s5] [summit-dental-care-doclic] | — | KMPDC B8*6 | The KMPDC public register prints practitioner numbers partly masked; the number is shown here exactly as the register prints it. |
| Dr. Christine Khanili [s5] [summit-dental-care-doclic] | Cosmetic / Smile Design | KMPDC B1**2 | The KMPDC public register prints practitioner numbers partly masked; the number is shown here exactly as the register prints it. |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Address and map published
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://summitcare.co.ke |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254743111999 |
| https://www.facebook.com/summitdentalcare254/ | |
| Address | Alta Towers, 3rd Floor, Ring Road Kilimani (opposite Yaya Centre), Nairobi |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://summitcare.co.ke/ | Official site (verified via search snippets; direct fetch blocked): services incl. emergency care, specialist team, Straumann implants, email/phone | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://askannie.tortoisepath.com/hospital/summit-dental-care/ | Address (Alta Towers, 3rd Floor, Ring Road Kilimani), phone +254 743 111999, hours Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 9am-3pm | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://www.facebook.com/summitdentalcare254/ | Active Facebook page | 2026-07-04 |
| s5 | https://summitcare.co.ke/our-team/ | Team page listing dental specialists | 2026-07-04 |
| s6 | https://summitcare.co.ke/dental-technology/ | CBCT X-ray imaging, digital impressions, microscopic procedures | 2026-07-04 |
| s7 | https://summitcare.co.ke/our-services/pediatric-family-dentistry-in… | Dedicated service pages incl. pediatric dentistry | 2026-07-04 |
| s8 | https://summitcare.co.ke/dr-joseph-gakonyo/ | Founder Dr. Joseph Gakonyo: implantology, periodontology, ITI Fellow, Dentist of the Year 2025 (Kenya Dentistry Awards) | 2026-07-04 |
| s9 | search:best dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s10 | search:English speaking dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: not among top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s11 | search:dental implants Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s12 | search:emergency dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: not among top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s13 | search:Nairobi dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: not among top results | 2026-07-04 |
| s14 | search:Summit Dental Care Kilimani Nairobi summitcare.co.ke dentist | Numerous summitcare.co.ke subpages indexed and ranking in search results | 2026-07-04 |
| summit-dental-care-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Summit+Dental+Care/@-1.2931372,36… | Google rating 5.0 (129 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| summit-dental-care-lic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/healthFacilities/getLicensedPrivateHe… | Row: SUMMIT DENTAL CARE LIMITED | 02***0 | DENTAL CENTRE | NAIROBI | ACTIVE | 2026-08-25 |
| summit-dental-care-doclic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/localPractitioners/getLicensedDentalP… | Register row: 'Dr MWIRIGI MBURU KAARIA', BDS(Nairobi)2008; MDS(Prosth)(Nairobi)2017, Specialist Practice, status ACTIVE (matched by name/surname tokens; searched 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| summit-dental-care-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9621116419653757562&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-17: a review of 2026-03-25 — "I flew in from the US for dental work and chose Summit after reading reviews" — and one of 2026-01-09 — "I travelled from USA to have my treatment done in Kenya" — with the clinic replying to both, in one case about making the patient's stay in Nairobi work | 2026-09-17 |
| summit-dental-care-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9621116419653757562&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-17: 5 from 131 reviews; histogram 5-star 128 / 4-star 2 / 3-star 0 / 2-star 0 / 1-star 1 — a single review below four stars; the five readable reviews (2025-11-18 to 2026-07-11) are all positive with no repeated theme | 2026-09-17 |
| summit-dental-care-deepen-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9621116419653757562&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-17: histogram 5-star 128 / 4-star 2 / 3-star 0 / 2-star 0 / 1-star 1, not an all-five-star profile; the readable review dates run from 2025-11-18 to 2026-07-11 and the reviewers include Local Guides with 10 and 56 prior reviews | 2026-09-17 |
| summit-dental-care-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9621116419653757562&hl=en | Google Business Profile weekly hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM, Sat 8 AM-2 PM, Sun closed | 2026-09-17 |
| summit-dental-care-g5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9621116419653757562&hl=en | Google reviews read on 2026-10-02 (relevant, newest and lowest-rated, 13 different reviews): 13 carry an owner reply, the latest dated 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/kenya/nairobi | WhatClinic: its Nairobi dentist directory lists a single clinic (Dean's Dental Implants), its profile sitemaps hold one Kenyan dentist profile, and the addresses /dentists/kenya/nairobi/summit-dental-care and /dentists/kenya/summit-dental-care return "Page Not Found" — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search does not recognise Kenya or Nairobi as a location and falls back to its worldwide list — no clinic listed in Kenya (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=kenya/ | Bookimed: its Kenya clinic page has been removed ("410 — Page removed"), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is in Kenya (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence-4 | https://www.doctor254.com/ | Doctor254: its search returns nothing for "Summit Dental" or for the surnames of the clinic's dentists (Gakonyo, Sailesh, Kaaria, Khanili) (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence-5 | https://www.businesslist.co.ke/category/dentists/city:nairobi | BusinessList Kenya: its Nairobi dentist category (246 listings, all 13 pages read) has no listing with this clinic's name, address or phone (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-presence-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/summitcare.co.ke | Trustpilot: no page for summitcare.co.ke (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-site | https://summitcare.co.ke/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: JSON-LD block with @type Organization (alongside WebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite) | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Summit%2… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-02: 12 suggestions for "Summit Dental Care Nairobi" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Nairobi; 12 suggestions for "Summit" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Nairobi; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| summit-dental-care-tripadvisor-2 | https://summitcare.co.ke | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: business structured data found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Doctor254, BusinessList Kenya or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google listing; the clinic's own website again refused the connection, as it did at the previous check. Recorded from the listing: Saturday opening hours, a rating histogram with a single review below four stars and no sign of manipulation, and patients who travelled from the United States for treatment here, which the clinic acknowledges in its replies. Still unverified: published prices, WhatsApp contact, online consultation booking and structured data — all of which need the website itself. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against KMPDC registers, re-audited 2026-08-25 against the raw register HTML: clinic facility license re-verified unchanged (exact-name row 'SUMMIT DENTAL CARE LIMITED' | 02***0); 3 of 4 named dentists matched and re-verified unchanged. Dr. Vaghela Sailesh stays null, but its note was corrected — the register holds five Vaghela entries, not the two the prior note claimed; the published name order still does not resolve between the two 'Sailesh' middle-name entries. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed address/phone unchanged via Google Maps profile (site itself returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, so 'website live' not independently confirmed by direct open), not permanently closed; recorded Google review count increase 127->129 (rating steady 5.0) and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-07-08 | Added Licensing & Credentials (methodology v1.1): clinic licence and dentists/their licence numbers. |
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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