Maksident Vrshkovski
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
61.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#461.1/100
- Best for Expats#459.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#455/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#543/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#364.7/100
- 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
Specialist maxillofacial and oral surgery / implantology practice in Bitola (Maksident Vrshkovski Dental & Implant Studio), founded by Dr. Zlatko Vrshkovski and joined by Dr. Petar Vrshkovski; strong Google rating (4.8, 36 reviews). Google Maps additionally lists a mobile contact number, +389 76 242 246.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 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)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-6] | 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
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-7] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
15.5 / 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 2026-09-17 [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-26] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-17 [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-26] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-11 (listing read 2026-09-26). [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replied to all five readable reviews, including ones dated 2025-07-15 and 2026-01-21. [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints no recurring complaints [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-15] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns no signs of manipulation [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-16] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-17] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-4] [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-18] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Has its own WhatClinic profile (1 patient review, 5.0). [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
10 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-19] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-20] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Maxillofacial and oral surgery, piezosurgery. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-21] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-22] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-23] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Website contact/inquiry form. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-24] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3 / 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 [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-25] | 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. Zlatko Vrshkovski [s1] | Maxillofacial Surgeon, DMD (founder) | not verified |
| Dr. Petar Vrshkovski [s1] | Oral Surgeon, DMD | 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
- 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://vrshkovski.com.mk |
|---|---|
| Phone | +389 47 237 447 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Karposh 14, 7000 Bitola, 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://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Services are explained in plain language on their own pages, e.g. "What are, actually, dental implants? Every tooth consists of crown and root..." and an explanation of piezosurgery and zirconia crowns | 2026-09-17 |
| maps | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Maksident+Vrshkovski+Bitola | Google rating 4.9 (34 reviews), address confirmation, alternate mobile phone | 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 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: all 5 readable reviews have a dated owner reply, e.g. to Emilija Markovacheva (2025-07-15) and Petar Popovski (2026-01-21) | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-2 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/mk/%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d… | Dedicated "Dental tourism" page: "many foreign nationals visit our clinic" and describes a remote-consultation workflow (patients send X-rays/scans by email, receive a treatment plan and price, then book) plus hotel recommendations for visiting patients | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-3 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/mk/%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b3%d0%b5%d… | X-ray page: "in certain cases, besides X-ray images, a 3D scan is needed, giving a three-dimensional image of the whole face," used especially for implant treatment planning | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-4 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Maksiden… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search for the clinic's name returned only unrelated hotels, no dental listing | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-5 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk | Structured-data scan found schema.org Organization markup on all 39 pages read | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-6 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Google listing photo shows two of the clinic's own surgeons performing a procedure in an operating room with real equipment, not stock imagery | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-7 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/mk/%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d… | Full site read (services, about-us, dental tourism pages); the dental-tourism page explicitly says pricing is quoted individually after the clinic reviews each patient's X-ray/scan, not published as a list | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-8 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and pages read; no price for cleaning/polishing published | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-9 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and pages read; no price for composite fillings published | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-10 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and pages read; no price for crowns/zirconia published | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-11 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and pages read; no implant price published | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-12 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and pages read; no consultation price or free-consultation statement published | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-13 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/mk/%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b3%d0%b5%d… | Dedicated X-ray page explains the equipment and when 3D scans are needed but gives no price | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Histogram 2 one-star / 34 five-star (5.6% low ratings, below the 10% threshold); the 5 readable reviews show no repeated complaint theme | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-16 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Reviews are spread from 2017 to 2026 with varied reviewer account histories (1 to 10 reviews each); histogram is not a 100% 5-star spike | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-17 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Site links to the clinic's own Facebook page, facebook.com/maksident.vrshkovski | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-18 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk | Full site read (39 pages) found no TripAdvisor reference | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-19 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/mk/%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b3%d0%b5%d… | Dedicated X-ray page names a "Gendex" digital X-ray unit with a low-radiation sensor | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-20 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu read (implantology, maxillofacial/oral surgery, restorative and prosthetic dentistry, preventive dentistry); orthodontics is not among them | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-21 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu read; no pediatric dentistry service listed | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-22 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Full service menu and dental-tourism page read; no emergency or same-day appointment service documented | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-23 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Contact section and full site checked; only phone and email are offered, no WhatsApp/LINE link | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-24 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: Monday and Wednesday 10 AM-7 PM (closes at the 19:00+ threshold) | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-25 | https://vrshkovski.com.mk/en/about-us/ | Individual pages exist for each specific procedure (implants, mini implants, sinus lift, bone augmentation, apicoectomy, piezosurgery, zirconia crowns, dentures, etc.), not one generic list | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-deepen-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 4.8 from 36 reviews; histogram 5-star 34 / 1-star 2; newest readable review 2026-01-21 | 2026-09-17 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1524586064009020576&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.8 from 36 reviews; star histogram 1★ 2 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 34; newest review dated 2026-09-11; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-11. | 2026-09-26 |
| maksident-vrshkovski-bitola-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/north-macedonia/bitola/maksiden… | WhatClinic clinic profile "Maksident Vrshkovski - Dental Studio", Karposh 14, Bitola 7000: 1 review, rating 5.0 (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-11). |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's bilingual website (about-us, full service menu, X-ray and dental-tourism pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine surgical-team photo on the Google listing; a named digital X-ray unit plus documented 3D/CBCT scanning for implant planning; no orthodontics, pediatric or emergency service across the full menu; a dedicated dental-tourism page documenting work with foreign patients (remote treatment planning, an owner reply thanking a patient who "visits us all the way from Spain"); no prices published (pricing is individualized after assessment); a Facebook page but no WhatsApp/LINE; plain-language service explanations; evening hours on two weekdays; schema.org Organization markup and dedicated per-procedure pages; the clinic replies to all readable reviews, with no recurring complaints or signs of manipulation; no TripAdvisor listing; newest readable review about 8 months old. Corrected: the Google rating and review count now read 4.8 from 36 reviews. |
| 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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