Dr.Ortho Clinic (Dr. Nikos Tsopakis & Associates)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 65.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#365.6/100
- Best for Expats#561.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#362.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#444.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#564.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#270.9/100
- 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
Summary
Multi-specialist dental team in Heraklion led by Dr. Nikos Tsopakis (DDS, Athens; MSc Advanced Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry, King's College London) with Dr. Antonia Efstathiou and associates, offering a full general/pediatric/implant/ortho service range with CBCT imaging.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Greece; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Greece; mentioned for: dental implants Greece; mentioned for: emergency dentist Greece; mentioned for: Greece dental clinic for expats)
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 [s_web] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s_web] [s_maps] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Tsopakis: DDS (Athens), MSc Advanced Restorative & Aesthetic Dentistry (KCL). [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Google listing photo shows the genuine reception area (other photos are clinical before/after images) [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s_web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s_maps] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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) as of 2026-09-17 [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-3] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-17 [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Most recent visible review 3 months old (2026-08-27 check). [s_maps] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews None of the 15 reviews read on Google carries an owner reply, including the 13 dated 2025-02-05 to 2026-09-12. [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram [1:8,2:3,3:0,4:2,5:699] of 712; no complaint theme in readable reviews [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram [1:8,2:3,3:0,4:2,5:699]; dates spread 2022-2026, accounts carry history [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Site links its Facebook page [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-7] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search returns no match [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Doctoranytime profile of Dr.Ortho Clinic (Idomeneos 36, Heraklion): 10.0 from 250 patient reviews (archived copy of 2026-03-13; checked 2026-10-02). [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-platforms] | 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 Dedicated panoramic X-ray service page [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Site lists 'intraoral scanner, dental cone beam tomographer, microscope'. [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery, wisdom-tooth extraction listed. [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s_web] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English-language site version. [s_web] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Greece", "English speaking dentist Greece", "dental implants Greece", "emergency dentist Greece", "Greece dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Greece [aivnatl] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Greece [aivnatl] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Greece [aivnatl] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Greece [aivnatl] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Greece dental clinic for expats [aivnatl] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Organization JSON-LD present [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages per specialty and imaging type [s_web] | 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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nikos Tsopakis [s_lic] [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-doclic] | Aesthetic-restorative dentistry (DDS Athens; MSc KCL) | not verified |
| Dr. Antonia Efstathiou [s_lic] [dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-doclic] | — | not verified |
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
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://drorthoclinic.gr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +302810284540 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Idomeneos 36, Iraklio 712 02, Greece |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s_web | https://drorthoclinic.gr/ | Own menu lists dedicated pages: Implants, Orthodontics, Pediatric dentistry, Periodontology, Panoramic-Axial imaging, CBCT, Panoramic X-ray, Wisdom-tooth extraction, Digital dentistry, Dental laboratory | 2026-09-17 |
| s_maps | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Dr%20Ortho%20Clinic%20Tsopakis%2… | Address, phone, rating 4.9 (711 reviews) | 2026-08-27 |
| s_lic | https://www.osi.gr/meli-odontiatrikoy-syllogoy-irakleioy/ | No clinic/establishment-scope Greek dental registry is mapped for Heraklion. The mapped registry, Dental Association of Heraklion (osi.gr), publishes a browsable alphabetical member table of individual dentists (name, practice address, city, phone) with no clinic/practice-license field. Checked 2026-08-27. This dentist's surname falls on a later alphabetical page of the table that did not render during this pass (confirmed working for 'Vardakis' on page 1); not independently confirmed. | 2026-08-27 |
| sq | search:dentist clinic Heraklion Crete (Google Maps) | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-27 |
| aivnatl | search:best dentist Greece / English speaking dentist Greece / dental implants Greece / emergency dentist Greece / Greece dental clinic for expats | National AI/search-visibility scout — 5 canonical national queries run once each (gl=gr to disambiguate from Greece, NY); presence checked on page-1 organic results, local pack, and People-Also-Ask. Not found for this clinic at national query scope (Athens clinics dominate national results). | 2026-08-28 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-doclic | https://www.drorthoclinic.gr/i-omada-mas/ | Own site team page ("Our Team") names Nikos Tsopakis as founder, DDS Athens Dental School, MSc Restorative Dentistry at King's College London — matches this card's name and credentials exactly (read 2026-09-10). | 2026-09-10 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | Google Business Profile photo (business-uploaded, gmb_ios): the clinic's real reception desk and waiting bench; two other listing photos are clinical before/after treatment close-ups, not premises shots | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dr+Ortho… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson response for the clinic name returns no matching attraction; the clinic's own site carries no TripAdvisor reference | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 4.9 from 712 reviews (was 711 at the 2026-08-27 check); histogram 1★8 / 2★3 / 3★0 / 4★2 / 5★699 | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 712 reviews (was 711 at the 2026-08-27 check) | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | Star histogram 8/3/0/2/699 of 712 (1.5% low-star); all 5 readable reviews are positive with no complaint theme | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-6 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | 5-star share 98% of 712 (not literal 100%); readable review dates spread 2022-10 to 2026-05; account with 65 reviews (Local Guide) | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-7 | https://drorthoclinic.gr/ | Homepage links https://www.facebook.com/dr.ortho.clinic/ -- the link is published on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-8 | https://drorthoclinic.gr/ | Own menu lists a dedicated Panoramic X-ray page alongside a Computed Tomography (CBCT) page | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-9 | https://drorthoclinic.gr/ | JSON-LD found on 10/10 pages read including an Organization type | 2026-09-17 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-platforms | https://www.doctoranytime.gr/d/Odontiatros/nikos-tsopakis | Doctoranytime profile "Dr.Ortho Clinic — Tsopakis Nikos | Efstathiou Antonia | Tamiolaki Alina", Idomeneos 36, Heraklion, read 2026-10-02 from its web.archive.org copy of 2026-03-13 (the live page did not load): 10.0 from 250 patient reviews, listed in Doctoranytime's doctor sitemap (archived copy of 2026-04-07) | 2026-10-02 |
| dr-ortho-clinic-heraklion-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15379609722228816598&hl=en | Google listing "Dr.Ortho Clinic" (Dentist, Orthodontist, Pediatric dentist), read 2026-10-02 in three review orders (newest, lowest-rated, most relevant first): 4.9 from 712 reviews (1★ 8 / 2★ 3 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 699); 15 distinct reviews read, dated 2021-07-27 to 2026-09-12 | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Read 15 of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-02: no owner replies seen. |
| 2026-10-02 | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: the clinic's Doctoranytime profile with patient reviews was found, so presence on other review platforms is recorded. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Greek-language website (full menu including its imaging pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a dedicated panoramic X-ray page alongside the already-documented CBCT; Facebook link on the homepage; Organization structured data and dedicated pages per specialty; a genuine Google-listing photo of the reception area (other listing photos are clinical case shots); Google 4.9 from 712 reviews, no recurring-complaint or manipulation pattern in the histogram; no owner replies visible on the 5 readable reviews despite the large review base. Still unverified: WhatsApp/LINE, pre-visit consultation, emergency care -- and other review platforms. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 2 dentists confirmed via the clinic's own team page, read in Greek; sources added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: both dentists confirmed via the clinic's own full team page; sources added. |
| 2026-08-27 | Initial data collection for the Greece national index: verified via official website and Google Maps; O.S.I. licensing registry located and partially tested (confirmed operational via a different clinic), this practice not independently matched. |
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