Hammaslääkäriasema Albin
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 77.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
77.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#677.2/100
- Best for Expats#574.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#674/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#571.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#587.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#574.3/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented The clinic's own page calls the service "kevytnukutus" — light sedation: individually dosed intravenous medicine that lowers the level of consciousness, 290 € for the first hour. It is not general anaesthesia and the patient is not documented as asleep and unaware. [s5]
Summary
Independent dental surgery on Hämeentie in Hakaniemi, founded in 1994 and, in its own words, not part of any national dental chain. Two named dentists, a full published price list, intravenous sedation for anxious patients, walk-in emergency slots within opening hours, and a Finnish/English site. A partner practice, Hambakliinik Albin, operates in Tallinn.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 4.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Finland; mentioned for: dental implants Finland; mentioned for: emergency dentist Finland; mentioned for: Finland dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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 Opened and read on 2026-09-07: real clinic content (opening hours, staff, services, price list, directions), not a placeholder. [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s3] [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed The staff page gives each dentist's degree, university and year plus an 'Erityisosaaminen' (special expertise) list: implants, aesthetic dentistry and bite rehabilitation for Satu Annika Aalto; dental sedation and bite rehabilitation for Kai Aalto. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The lead owner photograph on the place page, read in a browser on 2026-09-08, is the practice's own street frontage on Hämeentie: its glazed entrance and window, with the clinic's own poster for a named dentist and its telephone number displayed inside the window. That is the premises and its signage, so the criterion is met. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Landline, mobile for SMS, e-mail and street address repeated in the footer of every page; the phone and address match the Google place record. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address plus detailed metro, tram, bus and parking directions on the front page, with an embedded map. [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Standing price list ('Hinnasto') with roughly thirty procedures, each with the gross price, the Kela reimbursement and the patient's share. Not a promotion. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Hammaskiven poisto 155 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed 1-surface filling 95 €, 2-surface 135 €, 3-surface 189 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Kruunu / vaativa kruunu 750 / 800 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implantin poraaminen 1000 €, implanttikruunu 1000 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Tarkastus/tutkimus 80 €; Konsultaatio 80 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Röntgenkuva pieni 30 €, röntgenkuva koko leuka 98 €. [s2] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
14 / 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) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 118 five-star, 2 four-star, 0 three-star, 2 two-star and 20 one-star — sums to 142, matching the 142 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.380 reproduces the published 4.4. [gm1] [gmpb] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card held 142 and the listing has not moved since. [gm1] [gmpb] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-03 (listing read 2026-09-25). [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-gbp-2026-09-25] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers three of the eight of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Of 143 Google reviews, 22 are one- or two-star (15 %), but the lowest-rated read (2022-2025) show no common theme (a jaw-joint problem after treatment, a short scaling visit, ill-fitting crowns and booking service), so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. The histogram is ordinary for a long-established practice — a broad five-star body with a small but real one-star tail (118/2/0/2/20) rather than a wall — the visible dates run from four months to eight years, the reviewers range from a 64-review Local Guide to single-review accounts, and the two critical accounts stand unanswered. Nothing here reads as a curated or purchased record. [gmpb] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic links its own Facebook page from every page of its site. [fb1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Hammaslääkäriasema Albin Helsinki" and "Albin Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-tripadvisor] [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile on WhatClinic or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures and Bookimed list no Finnish clinics; no Yelp page was found under its name, nor a Finnish dentist-review site with reviews of its own. [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen] [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-2] [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-3] [hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray The front page describes intraoral ('pikkukuvat') and full-jaw OPTG imaging, all digital; both are priced in the price list. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) The clinic documents intraoral and panoramic radiography only; no cone-beam CT appears anywhere on the site or in the price list. [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Orthodontics is absent from the service menu and from the price list. [s1] [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dedicated page on oral surgery and gum disease: extractions including wisdom teeth, laser treatment of periodontal pockets, apicoectomy priced in the list. [s8] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Children's dentistry is not named on the service menu or in the price list. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dedicated emergency page: emergency patients taken within opening hours, same-day slots possible. [s6] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Documented by the clinic itself and re-read on 2026-09-07: the English page states the practice works in English, Russian and Arabic; the front page describes a partner practice, Hambakliinik Albin, in Tallinn that also treats patients coming from Finland, and publishes guidance on EU cross-border healthcare reimbursement with a link to eu-terveydenhoito.fi. [s4] [s1] | 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 The clinic publishes a landline, an SMS number and e-mail only; no WhatsApp or LINE channel. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s4] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible A 'Kustannusarvio' (cost estimate) page and a contact form; the price list prices an 80 € consultation that includes a plan and a cost estimate. [s1] [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s8] [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The clinic's Google Business Profile publishes the full week, read in a browser on 2026-09-08: Monday to Thursday 08:00–20:00, Friday 08:00–16:00, Saturday and Sunday closed. A 20:00 close on four weekdays is evening surgery published clearly, so the criterion is met on the clinic's own record as well as on its site. [s1] [gmpb] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
4.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Finland", "English speaking dentist Finland", "dental implants Finland", "emergency dentist Finland", "Finland dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Finland The canonical city query was run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear in the returned result list, which is held by national chains, city and wellbeing-county pages and directories. [bsq1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Finland The canonical city query was run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07 and the clinic's own domain appears in the returned result list. [bsq2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Finland The canonical city query was run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear in the returned result list, which is held by national chains, city and wellbeing-county pages and directories. [bsq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Finland The canonical city query was run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear in the returned result list, which is held by national chains, city and wellbeing-county pages and directories. [bsq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Finland dental clinic for expats The canonical city query was run in the AI-visibility pass on 2026-09-07; the clinic does not appear in the returned result list, which is held by national chains, city and wellbeing-county pages and directories. [bsq5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website The site emits schema.org JSON-LD, but only the generic WebPage / WebSite / BreadcrumbList graph a CMS plugin adds; there is no LocalBusiness, Dentist, MedicalBusiness or Organization entity describing the practice. Counted as a verified negative under the criterion's own wording ('LocalBusiness/Dentist markup or equivalent'). [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality The clinic's own domain holds the first result for its own name and four of the first twelve (English front page, company page, gallery, price list); the rest are business directories, its own social profiles and its Tallinn partner practice. [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for emergency care, gum disease and oral surgery, prosthetics/crowns/implants, aesthetic dentistry and sedation dentistry. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Hammaslääkäriasema Dent Å14.9 of 100View report →
- #2Hammasvahti47.6 of 100View report →
- #3Hammaslääkäriasema Helmiäinen52.3 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Satu Annika Aalto [s3] | Hammaslääketieteen lisensiaatti, University of Helsinki 1995; dental vocational training, Bristol University 1996; special expertise implants, aesthetic dentistry, bite rehabilitation | not verified |
| Kai Aalto [s3] | Hammaslääketieteen lisensiaatti, University of Helsinki 1994; hospital anaesthesiology 1998–2000; special expertise dental sedation, bite rehabilitation | not verified |
| Abdul Itani [s4] | Dentist; named on the clinic's English page as the Russian- and Arabic-speaking dentist. Re-confirmed on 2026-09-09: the Finnish /henkilokunta/ roster, read in full, still lists only Satu Annika Aalto and Kai Aalto, and the English /en/home/ page still carries the same sentence naming Itani ("We speak English as well as Finnish, Russian (Dr Abdul Itani), and Arabic (Dr Abdul Itani)"). The discrepancy stands as a disclosed fact rather than a stale reading on either side; kept in the roster rather than dropped, since the clinic's own English channel still names him today. | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- 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://www.albin.fi/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +358 9 774 5770 |
| https://www.facebook.com/Hammasl%C3%A4%C3%A4k%C3%A4riasema-Albin-114661801906209/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Hämeentie 7, 00530 Helsinki, Finland |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.albin.fi/ | Clinic's own front page: hours, directions, services, chain independence, digital radiography | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.albin.fi/hinnasto/ | Clinic's own standing price list | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.albin.fi/henkilokunta/ | Own site roster page names this dentist (read 2026-09-10): "sarvio Galleria Yhteystiedot Albin Tallinna 0400 676 170 09 7745770 Satu Annika Aalto Hammaslääkäri Koulutus Hammaslääketieteen lisensiaatti, Helsingin yliopisto 199" | 2026-09-10 |
| s4 | https://www.albin.fi/en/home/ | Clinic's own English page: treatment list, languages spoken | 2026-09-07 |
| s5 | https://www.albin.fi/hammashoito-nukutuksessa-sedaatiossa/ | Clinic's own page on intravenous sedation | 2026-09-07 |
| s6 | https://www.albin.fi/hammaslaakaripaivystys-helsinki/ | Clinic's own emergency dentistry page | 2026-09-07 |
| s8 | https://www.albin.fi/iensairaudet-ja-suukirurgia/ | Clinic's own page on gum disease and oral surgery | 2026-09-07 |
| gm1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJn7PxqdULkkYRxzIcD… | Live Google Maps place record: name, category Dentist, address, website, rating, coordinates | 2026-09-07 |
| fb1 | https://www.facebook.com/Hammasl%C3%A4%C3%A4k%C3%A4riasema-Albin-11… | Clinic's own Facebook page, linked from its site | 2026-09-07 |
| giq1 | search:"Hammaslääkäriasema Albin" Helsinki | Name-and-city search used to judge how well the clinic's own pages rank for its own name (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq1 | search:best dentist Helsinki | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq2 | search:English speaking dentist Helsinki | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq3 | search:dental implants Helsinki | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq4 | search:emergency dentist Helsinki | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| bsq5 | search:Helsinki dental clinic for expats | Canonical visibility query, AI-visibility pass (web search) | 2026-09-07 |
| gmpb | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@60.1815338,24.9552471,17z/data… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@60.1815338,24.9552471,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x46920bd5a9f1b39f:0xc64a319b0d1c32c7!8m2!3d60.1815338!4d24.9552471?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the full published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «Hammaslääkäriasema Albin», category Dentist, at Hämeentie 7, 00530 Helsinki · +358 9 774 5770 · albin.fi — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14288287309795963591&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.4 from 142 reviews; star histogram 1★ 20 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 118; newest review dated 2026-09-03; 2 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-08-12. | 2026-09-25 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/finland/helsinki | WhatClinic read 2026-10-02: the Helsinki catalogue (1 page, 4 clinics) and WhatClinic's Finland sitemap (8 Finnish profiles) list no profile for the clinic; direct addresses /dentists/finland/hammaslaeaekaeriasema-albin, /dentists/finland/albin return 404. | 2026-10-02 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-2 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/albin.fi | Trustpilot read 2026-10-02: no page for albin.fi ("Whoops! The page you're looking for could not be found"). | 2026-10-02 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-3 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/finland | Dental Departures read 2026-10-02: has no Finland location (its Finland page returns "not found" and its clinic search recognises neither Finland nor Helsinki); no profile for this clinic. | 2026-10-02 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-deepen-4 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinics-country.xml | Bookimed read 2026-10-02: Finland is not among its 53 clinic countries (no Finland page), and none of its 2,127 clinic pages is in Finland. | 2026-10-02 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Hammaslääkäriasema Albin Helsinki" (3 places, 4 attractions, 5 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Helsinki; 12 suggestions for "Albin Dental" (2 places, 4 attractions, 6 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Helsinki; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| hammaslaakariasema-albin-helsinki-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.albin.fi/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (5 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic or Trustpilot; Dental Departures and Bookimed do not cover Finland. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: no recurring complaints now unverified: 1–2★ ratings are 22 of 142 and the low reviews themselves were not read; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-03). |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: 2 doctor(s) previously no-match against the own-site roster confirmed by re-reading the clinic's staff/team page(s) (Satu Annika Aalto; Kai Aalto); no data other than sources/license-passthrough changed. |
| 2026-09-09 | Sedation criterion re-read against methodology 1.4.0, which counts only general anaesthesia or deep intravenous sedation where the patient is asleep and unaware. The clinic's own page calls the service "kevytnukutus" — light sedation: individually dosed intravenous medicine that lowers the level of consciousness, 290 € for the first hour. It is not general anaesthesia and the patient is not documented as asleep and unaware. The value moves from true to false: what this practice offers is published, and it is not sleep dentistry. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (118/2/0/2/20 = 142, weighted mean 4.380), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection: clinic website read page by page (front page, staff, price list, emergency, oral surgery, sedation, English version); Google Maps place record read for name, category, address, website, rating and coordinates. Review count, recency, owner replies and complaint patterns left unset — that read does not carry them. Clinic licence left unset: Soteri has no public search and the clinic publishes no registration number. Dentist licences left unchecked: JulkiTerhikki requires an interactive verification step. Both queued for a further check. |
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