Stelios Chatzakis Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 51.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
51.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1251.1/100
- Best for Expats#1243/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1144.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#745.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1235.8/100
- 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
Aesthetic-restorative dental clinic in Heraklion run by Dr. Stelios Chatzakis, offering implants, prosthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontology and laser periodontitis therapy, with a published emergency contact number.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 18 of 20 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)
- Communication & Service: 1 of 4.5 verifiable points (missing: whatsApp / LINE available; convenient opening hours)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 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; structured data on website)
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
18 / 20
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 Aesthetic restorative dentistry, intraoral laser applications, dental implants. [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Google listing photo shows the clinic's own treatment room [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s_web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Greek-language only. [s_web] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s_maps] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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 2026-08-27 [s_maps] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s_maps] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-24 (listing read 2026-09-26). [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies visible on all sampled reviews (e.g. "Thank you for your trust.", in Russian). [s_maps] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram [1:4,2:0,3:2,4:0,5:165] of 171; no complaint theme in readable reviews [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-7] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram [1:4,2:0,3:2,4:0,5:165]; dates spread 2021-2024, no uniform five-star pattern [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Site links its Facebook page [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-9] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search returns no match [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, vrisko.gr, Trustpilot, Bookimed or Dental Departures; none in Doctoranytime's doctor sitemap either (checked 2026-10-02). [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms] [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-2] [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-3] [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-4] [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-5] [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
7.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital X-ray named among the instruments the practice uses [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) Same dedicated equipment page; no CBCT listed [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Full treatment menu read; no orthodontics [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s_web] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Full treatment menu read; no pediatric dentistry [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-11] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care A dedicated emergency phone number is published on-site. [s_web] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
1 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available Site footer (phone/email/address) read on every page; no WhatsApp/LINE [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-6] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s_web] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Thu split shifts, Wed/Fri short hours, closed weekends per site. [s_web] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
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 No JSON-LD found on any page read [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-12] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages per treatment and equipment item [stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-5] | 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. Stelios Chatzakis [s_lic] [s_web] | Aesthetic-restorative dentistry, implants | 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: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://steliosxatzakis.gr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +302810213043 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Geor. Papandreou 63, Iraklio 713 05, 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://steliosxatzakis.gr/ | Own site's title, business name and page headline are "Stelios Chatzakis, Surgeon Dentist", the clinic being named after this dentist (read 2026-09-10). | 2026-09-17 |
| s_maps | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stelios%20Chatzakis%20Dental%20C… | Address, phone, rating 4.9 (170 reviews), owner-reply 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 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10575320930986558646&hl=en | Google Business Profile photo (business-uploaded 2021-01-06): the clinic's treatment room with dental chair, operating light, wall-mounted X-ray arm, cabinetry and monitor; three further listing photos are watermarked before/after patient images taken in that same chair | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Stelios+… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson response for the clinic name returns only an unrelated Poros motorbike-rental listing, no matching attraction; the clinic's own site carries no TripAdvisor reference | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-3 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/endodontia.php | Endodontics page, written in the first person about this practice: states that in his practice, endodontic treatments (root-canal procedures) are carried out with the most modern instruments, namely digital X-ray; a wall-mounted X-ray arm is also visible in the clinic's own listing photo of its treatment room | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-4 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/tools.php | Own equipment page lists only 2 lasers and a microscope; no CBCT unit | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-5 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/therapeies.php | Site menu links to distinct .php pages per treatment (aesthetic, whitening, prosthetics, implants, endodontics, periodontitis, oral surgery, mouth surgery) and per equipment item | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-6 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/contact.php | Site-wide footer publishes 2 phone numbers and email, plus a separate "emergency phone" line; no wa.me link or WhatsApp/LINE mention anywhere | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10575320930986558646&hl=en | Star histogram 4/0/2/0/165 of 171 (3.5% low-star); all 5 readable reviews are positive with no complaint theme | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10575320930986558646&hl=en | 5-star share 96.5% of 171 and not a uniform histogram (4 one-star and 2 three-star reviews); readable review dates spread 2021-02 to 2024-06, so neither a rating burst nor a perfect-score pattern is present | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-9 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/ | Site links https://www.facebook.com/S.Xatzakis/ -- the link appears twice in the clinic's own footer and header | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-10 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/therapeies.php | Complete treatment menu: aesthetic dentistry, whitening, prosthetics, implants, endodontics, periodontitis therapy/laser, oral surgery, mouth surgery -- no orthodontics | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-11 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/therapeies.php | Complete treatment menu (aesthetic, whitening, prosthetics, implants, endodontics, periodontology, oral/mouth surgery) has no pediatric dentistry item | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-deepen-12 | https://steliosxatzakis.gr/ | 0 of 20 pages read carry any JSON-LD block | 2026-09-17 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10575320930986558646&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.9 from 172 reviews; star histogram 1★ 4 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 166; newest review dated 2026-09-24; 4 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-19. | 2026-09-26 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/greece/heraklion | WhatClinic: its Heraklion listing (one page, all 7 clinics it announces) and its Greece listing (12 pages, all 139) read page by page and checked against its clinic-profile sitemaps (171 Greek profiles; the 32 not shown in the listings opened) and direct profile addresses for the clinic's name — no profile of this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-2 | https://www.vrisko.gr/search/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%C… | vrisko.gr: its search for Stylianos Chatzakis in Heraklion (one entry, an orthodontist at Milatou 23 with another telephone, not this clinic at Georgiou Papandreou 63) returns no listing at the clinic's address or telephone (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-3 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/steliosxatzakis.gr | Trustpilot: no company page for steliosxatzakis.gr (page not found, checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-4 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/clinics/country=greece/direction=dentistry/ | Bookimed: its Greece dentistry ranking shows three verified clinics, none of them this one, and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-5 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search has no Greece location and lists no clinic in Greece (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| stelios-chatzakis-dental-heraklion-platforms-6 | https://www.doctoranytime.gr/sitemaps/doctors/doctors.aspx | Doctoranytime: its doctor sitemap (archived copy of 2026-04-07, 6,675 profile addresses, 655 of them dental; the live site did not load) holds no profile of Dr Stelios Chatzakis | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: no profile of the clinic on WhatClinic, vrisko.gr, Trustpilot, Bookimed or Dental Departures, so presence on them is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-24). |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's own treatment, equipment and contact pages together with its site-wide menu and footer, and its Google listing. Recorded: the clinic's endodontics page names a digital X-ray among the instruments it uses, while its equipment page lists 2 lasers and a microscope and no CBCT unit; its full treatment menu has no orthodontics or pediatric dentistry; no WhatsApp/LINE published; a Facebook link found twice on-site; the Google listing carries a photo of the clinic's own treatment room alongside watermarked in-chair patient images; Google 4.9 from 171 reviews, no recurring-complaint or manipulation pattern in the histogram. Still unverified: English spoken, work with international patients, pre-visit consultation (the template-driven pages could not be fully confirmed) -- and other review platforms. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 1 dentist (Stelios Chatzakis) confirmed via the clinic's own Greek page title/meta description; source added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: dentist confirmed — the clinic's own site is titled with and named after him; source 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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