Sabah Dental Surgery
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #20 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
58.9/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2058.9/100
- Best for Expats#2056.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1852.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1940.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#2060.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#1759.5/100
- 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 Minimal site; no anaesthesia/sedation info found.
Summary
Sabah Dental Surgery is a private clinic established in 1986 by Datuk Dr Majid Ali Chiragdin at Wisma Yakim in central Kota Kinabalu, with a second branch opened in 2018 at Aeropod Tanjung Aru near the international airport. Three dentists are named on the official site, including a registered specialist in restorative dentistry. Services span general, preventive, cosmetic, and specialist dentistry including implants, orthodontics, and root canal treatment. No price list is published.
Two contact emails appear across sources: [email protected] (official site) and [email protected] (HokuCare/third-party). Facebook page has approximately 1,597 likes. The Aeropod branch is managed by Dr Mohamad Ziyad. No clinic licence number or MDC registration numbers are published on the website or found via public registry search.
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)
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 Three dentists named: Datuk Dr Majid Ali Chiragdin (BDS, DDPHRCS London, Founder), Dr Fauzi Bin Majid (BDS VMU, MClinDent Conservative Dentistry UM, F(Endo) RCSEng, Specialist in Restorative Dentistry), Dr Mohamad Ziyad Bin Abdonasrah (DDS USM) [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dr Fauzi listed as Specialist in Restorative Dentistry with endodontic fellowship [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Self-hosted named photos of the clinic sign and its three named dentists [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published general, preventive, children, restorative, cosmetic, root canal, implants, crowns and bridges, orthodontics, minor oral surgery [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phones +6088-215 535 and +6011-3572 8566, an e-mail address and WhatsApp on the clinic's website; the mobile number also on its Google listing. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version website is in English [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Lot No 5, First Floor, Wisma Yakim, Kota Kinabalu, with an embedded map on the clinic's website and a map pin on its Google listing. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-2] | 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 Homepage, team and dental-tourism pages read; no prices anywhere [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-3] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed General Dentistry described with no price [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Fillings mentioned under General Dentistry with no price [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Crowns & Bridge described with no price [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Dental Implants described with no price [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-7] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed Crowns & Bridge section notes a consultation is required, but states no fee [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray service or price published [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
11.5 / 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 [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-17 [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency newest readable review dated 2025-12-23 [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-10] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints All 15 Google reviews are five-star (read on 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01), so there is no complaint to recur. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-2] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns All 15 Google reviews are five-star, but they are spread from 2019 to 2025 at about two a year, come from accounts with 1 to 43 reviews and describe specific treatments and dentists by name; no burst. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-2] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page "Sabah Dental Surgery | Kota Kinabalu" (about 1,700 followers), read on 2026-10-01. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No profile found on TripAdvisor: its own search does not return this clinic, and the clinic's website does not link one (checked 2026-10-01). [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-5] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Hospital Examiner under its own name and under its principal dentist at the clinic's address, both with the clinic's phone; no patient reviews there yet. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-platforms] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-platforms-2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray X-ray equipment not explicitly documented on official website in accessible content | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology dental implants listed among services [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics braces and clear aligners listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery minor oral surgery listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry children's dentistry listed [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care No emergency/urgent-care wording found [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-11] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients The clinic's English-language website has a dental-tourism page addressed to patients travelling from Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-7] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp link listed on website (wa.me link) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English website; dentists trained at UK and Malaysian universities [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✗ | Pre-visit consultation possible Contact page has a general appointment-booking form only, no online estimate feature [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-12] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations service categories described on website [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-2pm; closed Sundays; no evening hours [s1] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
6.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Malaysia", "English speaking dentist Malaysia", "dental implants Malaysia", "emergency dentist Malaysia", "Malaysia dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Malaysia clinic appears in search results for the five canonical city queries [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Malaysia [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Malaysia [s3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Malaysia [s3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Malaysia dental clinic for expats [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Organization schema found among JSON-LD types [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality official domain sabahdental.com ranks for clinic-name searches; multiple third-party aggregators index the listing [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages All 8 services are described on the single homepage, no individual service pages [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-14] | 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. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datuk Dr Majid Ali Chiragdin [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-lic] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-mdc-reg] | — | 1170 | Registration number in the public register of Malaysia’s Dental Council, which lists the dentist as a dental surgeon (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr Fauzi Bin Majid [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-lic] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-mdc-reg] | — | RES00061 | Registration number in the public register of Malaysia’s Dental Council, which lists the dentist as a registered dental specialist (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr Mohamad Ziyad Bin Abdonasrah [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-lic] [sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-mdc-reg] | — | 7254 | Registration number in the public register of Malaysia’s Dental Council, which lists the dentist as a dental surgeon (checked 30 September 2026). |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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://sabahdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +60 88-215535 |
| +60 11-35728566 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/sabahdentalsurgery | |
| Address | Lot No 5, First Floor, Wisma Yakim, Jalan Tun Razak, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://sabahdental.com/ | official website: clinic name, KK City address, phones +60 88-215535 and +60 11-35728566, email, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, service list, three dentists with qualifications, opening hours Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Sat 8am-2pm | 2026-09-17 |
| s2 | search:Sabah Dental Surgery Kota Kinabalu reviews Facebook rating registry | reputation checks via the five canonical city queries: Facebook page confirmed (approximately 1,597 likes); listed on denTEL, HokuCare, Toothsay; no Google rating surfaced via readable copies; no complaint patterns; no TripAdvisor listing; no licence numbers found in public MDC/MOH search | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | search:best dentist Kota Kinabalu / English speaking dentist Kota Kinabalu / dental implants Kota Kinabalu / emergency dentist Kota Kinabalu / Kota Kinabalu dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-08-18: Sabah Dental Surgery appears in results for the canonical city query; not prominently featured for implant-specific or emergency-dentist queries | 2026-08-18 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-lic | https://mhps.moh.gov.my/SEARCH/index.php/site/productlist/c31bAc82F… | MDC register: MOHAMAD ZIYAD BIN ABDONASRAH (7254), Dental Surgeon, KLINIK PERGIGIAN PAKAR RESTORATIF SABAH DENTAL SURGERY, Wisma Yakim, Kota Kinabalu. Searched: Practitioner Name 'MOHAMAD ZIYAD', State=Sabah, 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13772173221222439613&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 5.0 from 15 reviews; histogram all 5★ | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-2 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Self-hosted images "Sabah-Dental-Surgery-sign" and named doctor photos "Dr-Majid-3", "Dr-Fauzi", "Dr-Ziyad", not from a stock-image domain | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-3 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Full homepage read (13 services listed with descriptions); site-wide read (7 pages) found zero money strings | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-4 | https://sabahdental.com/ | "General Dentistry - ...tartar/calculus removal and dental fillings..." described, no RM figure | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-5 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Same General Dentistry paragraph, no RM figure | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-6 | https://sabahdental.com/ | "Crowns & Bridge - Zirconia, emax..." described, no RM figure | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-7 | https://sabahdental.com/ | "Dental Implants..." described, no RM figure | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-8 | https://sabahdental.com/ | "Consultation is required for diagnosis..." - no fee figure stated | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-9 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Full homepage read, only a vague "Modern Equipment" teaser, no X-ray item or price | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13772173221222439613&hl=en | Most recent of 5 readable reviews: Captain Reggie, 2025-12-23 | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-11 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Full homepage read, no emergency/urgent-care mention | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-12 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Appointment form asks for Name/Email/Phone/Date/Time/Message; no photo-submission or online-estimate feature | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-13 | https://sabahdental.com/ | Site-wide read (7 pages): JSON-LD types include Organization, WebSite, Article, Person | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-deepen-14 | https://sabahdental.com/ | The site read found only /our-team/, /home/blogs/, /home/dental-tourism/, /home/branches/ as subpages; all treatments are described on the homepage itself | 2026-09-17 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-mdc-reg | https://mhps.moh.gov.my/SEARCH/index.php/site/productlist/c31bAc82F… | Malaysian Dental Council public register (Search For Practitioner by registration number, State = Sabah): 1170: Majid Ali Chiragdin, dental surgeon; RES00061: Fauzi Bin Majid, restorative dentistry; 7254: Mohamad Ziyad Bin Abdonasrah, dental surgeon. | 2026-09-30 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9 | https://sabahdental.com/ | The clinic's website, homepage read 2026-10-01: in English; Lot No 5, First Floor, Wisma Yakim, Kota Kinabalu; phones +6088-215 535 and +6011-3572 8566, e-mail [email protected], WhatsApp, with an embedded map; a "Dental tourism" section; no link to or mention of TripAdvisor | 2026-10-01 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13772173221222439613&hl=en | Google listing "Sabah Dental Surgery", read 2026-09-30; category Dental clinic; No 5, 1st Floor, Wisma Yakim, Jln Tun Razak, Pusat Bandar Kota Kinabalu, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; phone +60 11-3572 8566; website sabahdental.com; 5 from 15 reviews (15 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star and 0 one-star); map pin in Kota Kinabalu city centre | 2026-09-30 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13772173221222439613&hl=en | Google listing "Sabah Dental Surgery", newest reviews read 2026-10-01: all five-star, dated 2023-12-27 to 2025-12-23, from accounts with 1 to 43 reviews, naming dentists (Dr Fauzi Majid, Dr Ziyad, Dr Karen) and treatments | 2026-10-01 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-4 | https://www.facebook.com/sabahdentalsurgery | The clinic's Facebook page, read 2026-10-01: page "Sabah Dental Surgery | Kota Kinabalu", category General Dentist, 1,718 followers | 2026-10-01 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-5 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Sabah%20… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Sabah Dental Surgery", run 2026-10-01, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Tangalle Dental Surgery, Tangalle, Sri Lanka; Sabah, Semporna, Malaysia; Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester, New Hampshire) | 2026-10-01 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-i9-7 | https://sabahdental.com/home/dental-tourism/ | The clinic's "Dental Tourism @ Sabah Dental Surgery" page, read 2026-10-01: "Creating Vibrant Smiles while on holiday", addressed to patients who travel from Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand for treatment | 2026-10-01 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-platforms | https://hospitalexaminer.com/countries/malaysia/sabah/sabah-dental-… | Hospital Examiner page "Sabah Dental Surgery", Jalan Tun Razak, Kota Kinabalu, phone +60 88-215 535 (the clinic's phone): its own rating block "0.0 out of 5 stars (based on 0 reviews)" and a "Submit Review" form (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| sabah-dental-surgery-kota-kinabalu-platforms-2 | https://hospitalexaminer.com/countries/malaysia/sabah/dr-majid-ali-… | Hospital Examiner page "Dr Majid Ali Chiragdin" (the clinic's principal dentist), No. 5, 1st Floor, Wisma Yakim, Jalan Tun Razak, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, phone +60 88-215 535 (the clinic's address and phone): no reviews yet, with a "Submit Review" form (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (homepage, services and dental-tourism sections) and its Google listing. Recorded: named photos of the clinic sign and three dentists; no prices published for any treatment; no emergency service or specific imaging equipment documented; all services on one page rather than dedicated pages; Google 5.0 from 15 reviews. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; site also lists a secondary mobile number (+6011-3572 8566). Google Maps did not load on 2026-08-25, so no rating/review/coordinate data could be captured this time. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Malaysian Dental Council register (mhps.moh.gov.my): all 3 named doctors confirmed as currently MDC-registered at the clinic's own premise (registered under a longer specialty-prefixed name); no distinct clinic license number is published. |
| 2026-08-25 | Removed manual red flag(s) no_clinic_license, no_doctor_credentials: they asserted unpublished licensing while the underlying data was unverified (null means "not checked", not "not published"). See methodology v1.3.0. |
| 2026-08-18 | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
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