Elite Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 47.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #15 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
47.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1547.8/100
- Best for Expats#1743/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1542.8/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#443.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#647.8/100
- 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
Neighborhood dental practice in Bitola (Elite Dental) on Lerinska street, offering implants, digital X-ray and laser periodontal therapy under North Macedonia's public health-insurance scheme (FZOM); its website, which carries a full English version alongside the Macedonian one, names and profiles the practising dentist, Dr. Sasho Ilievski.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 4 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed)
- Communication & Service: 3 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: whatsApp / LINE available; english spoken; clear service explanations)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Macedonia; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Macedonia; mentioned for: dental implants Macedonia; mentioned for: emergency dentist Macedonia; mentioned for: Macedonia dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Corrected: the clinic's own site names and profiles its dentist [elite-dental-bitola-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [maps] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Corrected: a working English translation exists [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [maps] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
4 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-7] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
10.5 / 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) as of 2026-08-27 [maps] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [maps] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Most recent sampled review was about 4 months old. [maps] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews Listing is unclaimed; owner replies impossible [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram across 14 reviews: 12 five-star, 1 four-star and a single one-star, so no more than one low rating, and the readable reviews share no complaint theme. [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Not an all-five-star record: 12 five-star, 1 four-star and 1 one-star across 14 reviews; readable reviews run from 2018 to 2026 from accounts holding 2 to 572 reviews. [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [maps] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-6] [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-14] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Has a WhatClinic profile filled in by the clinic (photos, opening hours); no patient reviews there yet. [elite-dental-bitola-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
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 equipment section on the website. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-15] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-16] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-17] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-18] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
3 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-19] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | English spoken [s1] | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-20] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Clear service explanations [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-21] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-22] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
0 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Macedonia", "English speaking dentist Macedonia", "dental implants Macedonia", "emergency dentist Macedonia", "Macedonia dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Macedonia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Macedonia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Macedonia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Macedonia [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Macedonia dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website [elite-dental-bitola-deepen-23] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 0/1.5 |
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. Sasho Ilievski [elite-dental-bitola-deepen] | General dentistry | 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
- 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://elitedentalbitola.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +389 47 553 232 |
| https://www.facebook.com/EliteDentalBitola | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Lerinska 76, Bitola 1000, North Macedonia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://elitedentalbitola.com | Services are presented on one single-page-app view (#/uslugi), not as separate crawlable pages per procedure | 2026-09-17 |
| maps | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Elite+Dental+Bitola+Lerinska | Google rating 4.6 (14 reviews), address, phone, website confirmation, review content | 2026-08-27 |
| sq | search:best dentist Macedonia / English speaking dentist Macedonia / dental implants Macedonia / emergency dentist Macedonia / Macedonia dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-27/28: Google searches for the methodology's five fixed queries ("best dentist Macedonia", "English speaking dentist Macedonia", "dental implants Macedonia", "emergency dentist Macedonia", "Macedonia dental clinic for expats") were run live. The first four queries returned only results for Macedonia, Ohio, USA (a same-name US city) - no North Macedonia dental clinic appeared for any of them. The fifth query ("Macedonia dental clinic for expats") did return North Macedonia results. | 2026-08-28 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen | https://elitedentalbitola.com/zanas.html | About-us page names and profiles Dr. Sasho Ilievski with his own photo and biography, plus an assistant | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-2 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/en.json | The site's own English-language translation file provides full English text for menu, services and about-us content (e.g. "GENERAL DENTISTRY", "free examinations and consultations") | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-3 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/img/zanas/saso.jpg | About-us page photo shows Dr. Ilievski in the clinic's own treatment room, wearing Elite Dental-branded scrubs, with real dental equipment visible | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-4 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | General-dentistry list: "Work with Children" and "Filling and Treatment of Milk and Young Permanent Teeth in Children" | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2773717614345689347&hl=en | Google listing re-read 2026-09-17: 4.6 from 14 reviews; histogram 5-star 12 / 4-star 1 / 1-star 1; readable reviews dated 2018-04-17 to 2026-04-06 from accounts holding 2 to 572 reviews; the listing still shows a "Claim this business" unclaimed-listing signal | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-6 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Elite%20… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search for the clinic's name returned only unrelated hotels, no dental listing | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-7 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Site text (services, X-ray and consultation sections) read in full; only a free consultation and conditional free X-ray are mentioned, no price list or ranges for paid treatments | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-8 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Services text lists cleaning/polishing as a service with no price attached | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-9 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Services text lists fillings as a service with no price attached | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-10 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Prosthetics text lists several crown types with no price attached | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-11 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Site text mentions implants only in general marketing terms, no price given | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-12 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | General-dentistry list: "Free Exams and Consultations" | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-13 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Digital X-ray section: "Free for the Clinic's Regular/Registered Patients" | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-14 | https://elitedentalbitola.com | Site text and Google listing carry no TripAdvisor reference | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-15 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Dedicated X-ray section describes only a "digital X-ray device" (2D); no CBCT, cone beam or 3D imaging mentioned | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-16 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Full service list read (general dentistry, prosthetics, aesthetic dentistry, X-ray, laser therapy); orthodontics/braces are not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-17 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | General-dentistry list includes "Tooth Extraction" | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-18 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Full service list read; no emergency or same-day appointment service documented | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-19 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Contact details list phone, email and Skype only; no WhatsApp/LINE link | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-20 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Site offers an online "Book an exam"/"Ask a question" contact form with a desired-appointment-time field, and lists free exams and consultations | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-21 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Most services (general dentistry, prosthetics, aesthetics) are given as short bullet-point names rather than explained in plain language | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-22 | https://elitedentalbitola.com/translations/mk.json | Footer hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 12:00-20:00 (closes at the 19:00+ threshold) | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-deepen-23 | https://elitedentalbitola.com | The site is a client-rendered AngularJS single-page app; its raw HTML carries no JSON-LD or microdata | 2026-09-17 |
| elite-dental-bitola-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/north-macedonia/bitola/elite-de… | WhatClinic profile "ELITE DENTAL", Lerinska 76, Bitola 7000 (the clinic's address), read 2026-10-02: filled in by the clinic — 5 photos of the clinic, its opening hours; no patient reviews yet | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: the clinic has its own WhatClinic profile at its address, so "reviewed on other platforms" changed from unknown to yes. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read of the clinic's Google listing on 2026-09-17. Corrected: its 14 reviews carry a single one-star rating against 12 five-star ones, and the readable reviews stretch from 2018 to 2026 across accounts with long review histories, so neither a repeated complaint nor a sign of review manipulation stands. Both had previously been recorded as confirmed without a supporting observation. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website, read via its underlying translation data and view templates since it is a client-rendered single-page app, and its Google listing. Corrected: the site does name and profile its dentist (Dr. Sasho Ilievski) with his own photo, and does have a working English translation - both previously recorded as absent. Recorded: a genuine photo of the dentist in the clinic's own treatment room; free consultations and free X-rays for regular patients, but no priced treatment list; tooth extraction and pediatric filling/treatment documented, no orthodontics or emergency care; an online appointment-request form; no WhatsApp/LINE; evening hours three days a week; no structured data or separate per-service pages (a single-page app); no TripAdvisor listing. The Google listing is unclaimed, so review replies are not credited. Still unverified: work with international patients. |
| 2026-08-27 | Initial data collection and live verification, 2026-08-27/28: website content (rendered in a real browser), Google Maps rating/reviews, and AI/search visibility for the methodology's five fixed queries. |
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