Balboa Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#256.4/100
- Best for Expats#255.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#252.8/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#255.2/100
- Best Price Transparency#350.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#257.5/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
General and cosmetic practice led by Dr. Hussein Dhayni offering implants, orthodontics/Invisalign, sedation, sleep apnea and emergency care. Bilingual (English/Spanish) and publishes cleaning/new-patient price ranges.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 7 of 15 verifiable points (missing: filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed)
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-balboa-web] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Hussein Dhayni, DDS. [s-balboa-web] [s-balboa-rev] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Broad service list; individual specialty detail limited. [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Office photos and smile gallery. [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s-balboa-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Routine cleaning $95-$150; new-patient visit (cleaning, X-rays, exam) $150-$300. [s-balboa-web] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed $95-$150. [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Included in $150-$300 new-patient visit. [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
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) ~4.8 across ~368 Google reviews per aggregators. [s-balboa-rev] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Approximate; aggregator-reported. [s-balboa-rev] | 2.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [s-balboa-rev] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s-balboa-web] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp, Birdeye, YouTube, ZocDoc. [s-balboa-rev] | 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 [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces, Invisalign. [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Implant placement. [s-balboa-web] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s-balboa-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s-balboa-web] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s-balboa-web] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online booking via ZocDoc. [s-balboa-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s-balboa-web] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 9-6. [s-balboa-web] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist San Diego", "English speaking dentist San Diego", "dental implants San Diego", "emergency dentist San Diego", "San Diego dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist San Diego | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist San Diego Cited in Spanish-language dentist search (se habla espanol). [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants San Diego [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Diego | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: San Diego dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s-balboa-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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hussein Dhayni, DDS [s-balboa-web] [s-balboa-rev] | General / cosmetic dentistry | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist San Diego
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Diego
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: San Diego dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.balboadentistry.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1-858-277-5141 |
| https://www.facebook.com/ | |
| Address | 5222 Balboa Ave, Suite 72, San Diego, CA 92117 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s-balboa-web | https://www.balboadentistry.com/ | Name, address, phone, services, prices, Spanish, hours, photos. | 2026-07-12 |
| s-balboa-rev | https://reviews.birdeye.com/balboa-dentistry-san-diego-dentist-1769… | Rating, review count, dentist name. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:dentista San Diego espanol | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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