Alexandra Dental Limerick
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 82.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
82.2/100
60.8 of 100
Visibility in ChatGPT and Gemini answers
How often ChatGPT and Gemini name this clinic when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist. Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026.
Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#382.2/100
- Best for Expats#375/100
- Best for Dental Implants#282/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#376.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#389.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#372.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#380.3/100
- 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 The clinic states its team has "extensive training in … Intravenous Sedation" but nowhere states whether that is conscious sedation (patient awake and responsive) or deep/twilight sedation where the patient is asleep and unaware. Checked the homepage, the Limerick branch page and the Limerick fee page; the qualifying level of consciousness is not published either way, so this stays null rather than being guessed in either direction. [s1] [s3]
Summary
Limerick branch of the Alexandra Dental group (roughly twenty practices across Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford, Louth and Kildare), at 6 Alexandra Terrace on O’Connell Avenue, with four named dentists, evening and Saturday opening, and a dedicated, fully itemised Limerick fee page.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19.5 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Ireland; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ireland; mentioned for: emergency dentist Ireland; 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
20 / 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 The clinic’s own Limerick branch page names four dentists with qualifications: Dr Derek Lombard BDS (UGlas) MFDS RCPS(Glasg) MFGDP(UK), Dr Abdallah Sharafeldin BDS MSc Ortho, Dr Keith Moloney BDS NUI and Dr Paula Kelleher BDS NUI. The initial data collection read only the homepage and the fee page and recorded false. [s1] [s2] [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Qualifications are published against each named Limerick dentist, including an orthodontic qualification for Dr Abdallah Sharafeldin ("BDS MSc Ortho"), and the branch page states the team has "extensive training in Cosmetic Dentistry, Intravenous Sedation, a full range of Orthodontic Services, and Dental Implants". [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Verified visually on the clinic's Google place page on 2026-09-08: the lead photograph is the practice's own red-brick terrace on O'Connell Avenue, with its projecting «Alexandra Dental» sign and information panel at the gate, and a large banner across the railings reading «Free Dental Exam + €15 Dental Cleaning — Just ask us and we'll let you know», carrying the clinic's own Limerick telephone number and email address. Premises and signage of this clinic on its own claimed profile. The promotional banner is recorded because it is a price the practice publishes physically on its own building. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published General and cosmetic dentistry service pages plus a fully itemised, branch-specific fee page. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published The branch page publishes "We are located at 6 Alexandra Terrace, O’Connell Ave, Limerick" with the branch phone and email; this matches the Google listing address exactly. [s3] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Permanent, itemised Limerick-specific fee page (over 30 items) explicitly noted as "subject to change" rather than a time-limited promotion. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Dental Hygiene, Standard Appointment €90. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Small/Medium/Large Composite Filling (white) €160/€200/€240. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crowns from €895 ("Options to Be Discussed with Dentist"). [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant Placement from €1,550 (distinct from "Implant Crown* from €1,300"). [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed New Patient Consultation Adult €80; Routine Exam €55. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Small X-ray €20; Full Mouth X-Ray (series) €50; OPG X-ray €70; CBCT €160. [s2] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19.5 / 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) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 2198 five-star, 82 four-star, 5 three-star, 5 two-star and 25 one-star — sums to 2315, matching the 2315 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.911 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card carried no count before this pass: the automated map method used in the initial data collection returns the rating but never the review count on this listing, which is why it was queued for a manual browser check. [gmp2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 2 months old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: 2 months, two entries at 4 months, one at 5 months, one at 7 months, two at 10 months and one at 1 year. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers one of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No critical account is readable in the visible sample: all eight reviews are five-star and describe composite bonding, fillings, implants, Invisalign and a four-year-old's first visit, under six different named clinicians. Twenty-five one-star and five two-star ratings exist in the distribution and Google's relevance ordering surfaces none of them, while the histogram's star filters do not filter the review list, so their subject cannot be established. One- and two-star ratings together are 30 of 2,315, 1.3 % of the base, well below the 25 % at which the methodology's rule withholds a verdict, so the value is recorded false with the unread mass stated. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. This is the second-largest review base in Ireland and its four-digit buckets were read whole from their accessibility labels rather than split on the thousands comma: 2,198/82/5/5/25 sums to 2,315, matching the place-page header exactly, and the recomputed mean 4.911 reproduces the published 4.9. The distribution has a full four-star tail of 82 and twenty-five unpruned one-star ratings, which is the opposite of a manufactured record. The visible dates spread from two months to a year, the accounts name six clinicians and an implant treatment coordinator, and the owner answers only one of the eight — a curated record answers everything. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/orthodontistireland linked from the site. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Alexandra Dental Limerick" and "Alexandra dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor. [alexandra-dental-limerick-presence] [alexandra-dental-limerick-presence-2] [alexandra-dental-limerick-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms WhatClinic: rating 4.8 from 8 reviews. [alexandra-dental-limerick-deepen] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) "CBCT €160" priced as an own service under Implants. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Orthodontic Consultation, Fixed Appliance, Invisalign, Essix Retainers all priced. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Routine and Surgical Extraction priced. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated Children fee section (examinations, scale & polish, fillings, extractions, fissure sealants for under-16s). [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care "Patient Emergency Fee €150" on the Limerick fee page, and the branch page states "Please advise the receptionist if you require an emergency appointment". [s2] [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 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 [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Confirmed independently on 2026-09-08 against the clinic's own Google Business Profile, which publishes the full week: Monday to Thursday 09:00–19:00, Friday 09:00–17:00, Saturday 09:00–17:00, Sunday closed. Both halves of the rule this index applies are satisfied — four weekday closes at 19:00 and a full Saturday — so the criterion holds on the clinic's own record as well as on its website. [s3] [gmp2] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Ireland", "English speaking dentist Ireland", "dental implants Ireland", "emergency dentist Ireland", "Ireland dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Ireland [av1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ireland [av3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ireland Rank 6 of 8 for "dental implants Limerick Ireland" (AV-2 re-run, 2026-09-07). [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ireland [av4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats Query not run in AI-visibility pass — the single centralised canonical-query AI-visibility pass ran the "dental clinic for expats" query only for the first research city per country (Dublin); Limerick was not queried for this key. | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website Checked the chain homepage, the Limerick branch page and the Limerick fee page: only a generic WebPage/WebSite/BreadcrumbList/Organization JSON-LD graph with no address, phone or geo — no LocalBusiness/Dentist-equivalent markup. [s1] [s2] [s3] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate branch-specific fee pages for each of its eight locations. [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. 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
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: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats
- 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://www.alexandradental.ie/limerick/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +353 61 315 228 |
| https://www.facebook.com/orthodontistireland | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 6 Alexandra Terrace, O’Connell Avenue, Limerick, Ireland |
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.alexandradental.ie/ | Chain homepage: multi-location fee-page links, sedation/orthodontics/implants claim, social links | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.alexandradental.ie/fees/limerick/ | Permanent, itemised Limerick-specific fee page | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/search?tbm=map&q=Alexandra%20Dental%2C%20Lim… | Google Maps automated lookup: rating, geo, address, phone, website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg0 | https://www.hiqa.ie/find-a-centre | Confirms Ireland has no institutional/facility register covering private dental practices | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Limerick Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:dental implants Limerick Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:English speaking dentist Limerick | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Limerick | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.alexandradental.ie/limerick/ | Clinic’s own Limerick branch page: street address, branch phone and email, opening hours, the Limerick service list and the four named Limerick dentists | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Lombard | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Derek Lombard | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Sharafeldin | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Abdallah Sharafeldin | 2026-09-07 |
| reg3 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Moloney | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Keith Moloney | 2026-09-07 |
| reg4 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Kelleher | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Paula Kelleher | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp2 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@52.6556223,-8.6347904,17z/data… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@52.6556223,-8.6347904,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x485b5c7d5a0a2ee7:0x22d95392aff299c3!8m2!3d52.6556223!4d-8.6347904?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Alexandra Dental», category Dentist, at Alexandra Terrace, 6 O'Connell Avenue, Ballinacurra, Limerick, telephone +353 61 315 228, website alexandradental.ie — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| alexandra-dental-limerick-deepen | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ireland/county-limerick/limeric… | WhatClinic: profile 'Alexandra Dental Practice', 6 Alexandra Terrace, Limerick, rating 4.8 from 8 reviews (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| alexandra-dental-limerick-presence | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Alexandr… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Alexandra Dental Limerick", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto; Alexandra Dhow Cruise Dubai Marina, Dubai; Alexandra Palace, London) | 2026-10-02 |
| alexandra-dental-limerick-presence-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Alexandr… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Alexandra dental", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto; Alexandra Dhow Cruise Dubai Marina, Dubai; Alexandra Palace, London) | 2026-10-02 |
| alexandra-dental-limerick-presence-3 | https://www.alexandradental.ie/limerick/ | Clinic's website (home page) read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic (rating 4.8 from 8 reviews). |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count (previously unknown — the automated map method never returned it), the histogram itself (2198/82/5/5/25 = 2315, weighted mean 4.911), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification: the clinic’s own Limerick branch page (added as s3) publishes a street address, branch hours and four named dentists with qualifications, none of which the initial data collection had read — address corrected from the placeholder "Limerick, Ireland", dentistNamesListed and specializationsListed false → true, convenientHours null → true, four dentists added and all four found in a full download of the Register of Dentists (Sharafeldin also on the Register of Orthodontists). Display name given its city per the network-branch naming rule. hasStructuredData settled null → false. googleReviewCount could not be read from any response variant and is queued for a manual browser check. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection: chain homepage and Limerick-specific fee page, Google Maps automated lookup, AI-visibility pass canonical-query file. No individual dentist named for this branch — not queued to the register. |
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