Bona Specialist Dental and Implant Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 52.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #17 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
52.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1752.8/100
- Best for Expats#1852.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1750.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1459.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1736.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1856.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#1658.2/100
- 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
Established 1990, CAD-CAM/Cerec implant and restorative specialist practice with a separate Port Harcourt branch; the Lagos clinic is led by clinical director Dr. Sumita Sen under chief consultant Dr. Eddie Egesi, and is registered in the federal facility registry.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 6 of 20 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; no recurring complaints; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Nigeria; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nigeria; mentioned for: dental implants Nigeria; mentioned for: emergency dentist Nigeria; mentioned for: Nigeria 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
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 Dr. Eddie Egesi (chief consultant, company-wide) and Dr. Sumita Sen (clinical director, Lagos branch specifically) are named. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Eddie Egesi: implantologist. Dr. Sumita Sen: clinical director (no separate clinical specialization stated). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-domain staff headshot named for the Lagos office [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Both branch addresses, branch phone numbers and branch e-mail addresses are published in the "Get In Touch With Us" block of the clinic’s own home page (re-read 2026-09-04). The previously cited /contact/ URL does not exist on this site — it returns HTTP 404 and is absent from the site navigation (Home, About Us, Our Services, Blog, Book Appointment, Photo Gallery); the citation was moved to the page that actually carries the contact block. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address published in the home-page contact block. No embedded map anywhere on the site. [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 Services page (implants, crowns, orthodontics, oral surgery, Sirona CBCT imaging) describes treatments with no figures. [s3] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No price figures on the services or booking pages [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No price figures found for fillings [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No price figures found for crowns [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No price figures found for implants [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No consultation fee found on the site [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No price figures found for imaging/X-rays [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
6 / 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-05: 8 five-star, 0 four-star, 1 three-star, 0 two-star, 3 one-star. The buckets sum to 12, matching the 12 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 3.833 reproduces the published 3.8. [gmp1] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-05 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is 1 year old, which proves the within-a-year bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 1.5/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews The Google listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"), so no owner replies to reviews (read 2026-09-26). [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Two of the three reviews visible in Google relevance order name the same thing - staff conduct. A 1-year-old review says the person who answered the phone was very rude to a simple question and calls it unprofessional; a 2-year-old review describes a senior female dentist as arrogant and rude, 'very unprofessional'. Neither has an owner reply. Histogram 8/0/1/0/3 over 12: a quarter of all ratings are one-star. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram shape, spread of wording and dates, and reviewer-account variety show no sign of manipulation. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Page 'Bona Specialist Dental Clinic', 785 followers, 1 review, links bonaspecialistdental.com. Most recent post 18 April, about four and a half months before the check. The only address it publishes is Plot 80A FHA Estate, along Peter Odili Road, Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt - corroborating the Port Harcourt Maps address and giving no Lagos address at all. [fbp1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no TripAdvisor link on the clinic's own site [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-3] [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-7] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, BusinessList Nigeria or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02); BusinessList lists only its Port Harcourt clinic. [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-8] [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-9] [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-10] [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-11] [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-12] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Services page names the Sirona 2D/3D Orthophos SL unit ("sharp 2D panoramic images ... Direct conversion sensor") and, separately, "digital periapical x-ray" — read on the page 2026-09-04. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Sirona 2D/3D CT scan technology explicitly described. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Emergency services listed as available. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No wa.me/WhatsApp or LINE link in the raw HTML of the home, about, services and booking pages [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Dedicated online booking widget with selectable appointment types [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Services page explains each procedure in detail rather than just naming it [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours published on the Google listing [bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Nigeria", "English speaking dentist Nigeria", "dental implants Nigeria", "emergency dentist Nigeria", "Nigeria dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Nigeria Google first page for "best dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nigeria Google first page for "English speaking dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nigeria Google first page for "dental implants Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nigeria Google first page for "emergency dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Nigeria dental clinic for expats Google first page for "Lagos dental clinic for expats" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No application/ld+json and no schema.org microdata anywhere in the served HTML of the home, about-us or services pages (checked 2026-09-04). [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain bonaspecialistdental.com takes the top result plus its blog index (2 of 12), ahead of five Instagram posts, Facebook and HMO provider directories; the pages that rank are the brand's, not Lagos-branch specific (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages All treatments are described on one combined /our-services/ page; the site has no per-treatment URLs (full internal link inventory taken from the home page 2026-09-04). [s3] | 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: 1810469 — National Health Facility Registry (federal), Registered / Licensed (Searched the federal National Health Facility Registry (open, unauthenticated endpoint backend.hfr.fmohconnect.gov.ng/api/facilities-hospitals-search3 - no key, cookie or browser needed) on 2026-09-04 with 2 independent name variants (facility_name=bona, facility_name=dental) and read every row each query returned. Matched: "Bona Specialist Dental and Implant Centre", Lagos State, Eti-Osa LGA (the LGA containing Victoria Island), national facility code 24/08/1/2/2/0163, registration_no 1810469, registration status Registered, licence status Licensed, 2 dentists on staff. NHFR is a national facility census rather than a licensing register (its own documentation says it is "not licensing per se"), so absence from it is recorded as an unverified null and never as a verified negative. Neither state-level accreditor relevant to this cohort exposes a public search: Lagos HEFAMAA is operator-login-only and FCT PHERMC's cited domain phermc.moonligthing.com is NXDOMAIN against an external resolver (both re-confirmed 2026-09-04). Verified 2026-09-04.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Eddie Egesi [s1] [mdcn1] | Chief Consultant / Implantologist | not verified |
| Dr. Sumita Sen [s1] [mdcn1] | Clinical Director, Lagos branch | 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
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://bonaspecialistdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +234 703 203 0974 |
| https://facebook.com/bonadentalclinic | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 4th Floor, Eleganza Biro Plaza, Plot 634 Adeyemo Alakija/Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/ | Home page raw HTML searched for wa.me, api.whatsapp.com, whatsapp://, line.me: none found; only a phone number is listed | 2026-09-24 |
| s3 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/our-services/ | Each service has a multi-sentence description, e.g. "Oral Surgery - We provide a full scope of maxillofacial surgeries which includes simple tooth extraction, surgical tooth extraction, wisdom tooth extraction, repairs of jaw fracture..." | 2026-09-24 |
| reg1 | https://backend.hfr.fmohconnect.gov.ng/api/facilities-hospitals-sea… | National Health Facility Registry: "Bona Specialist Dental and Implant Centre" row, Eti-Osa, Lagos — registration_no 1810469, Registered/Licensed, 2 dentists | 2026-09-04 |
| mdcn1 | https://portal.mdcn.gov.ng/confirm-doctor-status | MDCN public verification portal: folio-number-only, no by-name search (structural null for every named dentist below) | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bona+Dental+Clinic/@6.4359087,3.4… | Live Google Maps place page: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, pin coordinates | 2026-09-05 |
| fbp1 | https://www.facebook.com/bonadentalclinic | Clinic Facebook page read live in the browser: existence, identity, follower count, review count, most recent post | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq1 | search:best dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - best dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq2 | search:English speaking dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - English speaking dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq3 | search:dental implants Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - dental implants Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq4 | search:emergency dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - emergency dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq5 | search:Lagos dental clinic for expats | Browser SERP visibility check - Lagos dental clinic for expats | 2026-09-05 |
| giq1 | search:"Bona Specialist Dental" Lagos | own domain bonaspecialistdental.com takes the top result plus its blog index (2 of 12), ahead of five Instagram posts, Facebook and HMO provider directories; the pages that rank are the brand's, not Lagos-branch specific | 2026-09-07 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Margare… | Self-hosted staff photo file named "Margaret_Lagos_Office.jpg": genuine headshot of a named staff member at the Lagos branch | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-2 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/book-appointment/ | The page embeds a scheduling widget (Simply Schedule Appointments) whose appointment types are "Lagos Clinic" and "Port Harcourt Clinic", booked by date and time slot | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-3 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Bona%20S… | TripAdvisor search for "Bona Specialist Dental and Implant Center" (2026-09-24, re-checked 2026-09-25): the results are unrelated hotels and attractions, no dental clinic in Nigeria | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-5 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9328172329943569524&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours read 2026-09-24: Saturday 9 AM-1 PM (weekday hours close by 5 PM) | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-4 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/our-services/ | All pages in the site's sitemap read (home, /our-services/, /about-us/, /book-appointment/, /photo-gallery/ and three blog posts) - no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-6 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/book-appointment/ | All pages in the site's sitemap read (home, /our-services/, /about-us/, /book-appointment/, /photo-gallery/ and three blog posts) - no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-7 | https://bonaspecialistdental.com/ | Clinic site pages read: no link to tripadvisor.com | 2026-09-24 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9328172329943569524&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 3.8 from 12 reviews; star histogram 1★ 3 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 8; newest review dated 2026-06-17; the listing is unclaimed (it offers "Claim this business"). | 2026-09-26 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-8 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/nigeria | WhatClinic: its Nigeria dentist page reads "No information on Dentists in Nigeria", and none of the 22,054 dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps is in Nigeria — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-9 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/nigeria | Dental Departures: its Nigeria page returns "not found" and its clinic search lists no clinic in Nigeria — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-10 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=nigeria/ | Bookimed: its Nigeria clinic page has been removed ("410 — Page removed"), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is in Nigeria (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-11 | https://www.businesslist.com.ng/category/dentists | BusinessList Nigeria: its dentist category (161 listings declared; all 9 pages read, 156 listings) has no listing with this clinic's name, address or phone; its one Bona entry is the Port Harcourt clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| bona-specialist-dental-lagos-deepen-12 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bonaspecialistdental.com | Trustpilot: no company page for bonaspecialistdental.com ("Whoops! … could not be found", checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Other-platform presence checked 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, BusinessList Nigeria or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no owner replies to reviews: the Google listing is unclaimed. |
| 2026-09-24 | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (services, about, book-appointment pages and staff photos) and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine, named staff photo hosted on the clinic's own domain; no prices published for any service, though each is explained in detail (whitening, implants, orthodontics, root canal, dentures, oral surgery, imaging); an online booking widget offers selectable appointment types; no WhatsApp/LINE contact found; Saturday opening hours. Not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: work with international patients (a listed credential is an international professional membership, not a statement about treating patients from abroad). |
| 2026-09-05 | Checked by hand in a browser: Google Maps place page read live for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading and pin coordinates; the clinic Facebook page opened for reputation.onFacebook; the five canonical visibility queries re-run as browser SERPs. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Nigeria Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via bonaspecialistdental.com, the National Health Facility Registry, and the MDCN public verification portal. |
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