Gentle Dental Care (GDC)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#158.2/100
- Best for Expats#155.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#154/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#157/100
- Best Price Transparency#144.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#158.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#158.1/100
Summary
Family-run dental and medical care centre in Al Bateen, founded by Dr. Rajbala Jaju. Publishes an MOH approval number and lists founding dentists with qualifications. Some indicative treatment price ranges are mentioned on service pages.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 3 of 15 verifiable points (missing: cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 Indicative range published: root canal treatment stated as AED 1,000 to AED 3,000 or more. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 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) [s2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s2] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on healthfinder.ae, practo.com, drfive.com. [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 Imaging services listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency treatments listed. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Abu Dhabi", "English speaking dentist Abu Dhabi", "dental implants Abu Dhabi", "emergency dentist Abu Dhabi", "Abu Dhabi dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Abu Dhabi [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Abu Dhabi [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Abu Dhabi [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Abu Dhabi [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Abu Dhabi dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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: BVY3CYCD-230126 (Published on website as 'MOH Approval Number: BVY3CYCD-230126'.) [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Rajbala Jaju [s1] | General Dentistry (BDS, MOM Muenster) | not published |
| Dr. Kushal Jaju [s1] | Prosthodontics (BDS, MSD + CAGS, Boston University) | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- 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: -4 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://www.gdcabudhabi.ae/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +971 2 676 4642 |
| +971 55 676 4642 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/GentleDCAbuDhabi/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Villa 6, junction of Delma & Al Bateen Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.gdcabudhabi.ae/ | Address, phone, email, WhatsApp, dentist names, services, MOH approval number, indicative price range. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://aedentalclinic.com/en-ae/i/27956-gentle-dental-invisalign-c… | Google rating 4.8 from 246 reviews. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Abu Dhabi | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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