Where the numbers come from

The three kinds of source

• Regulators and laws. Dubai's health insurance law and its implementing bylaw on the Dubai Legislation Portal, the Dubai Health Authority's insurance FAQ and advertising standard, and the circulars of Qatar's Department of Healthcare Professions.
• Insurers' published plan tables. For what Dubai's minimum plan pays toward dental care, we use the Tables of Benefits that insurers publish for their minimum-plan products. The authority's own benefit circulars are issued to insurers for regulatory use and are not meant for publication, so we do not quote them.
• A price publisher. Most prices come from Zavis, a UAE doctor directory. Its city pages say the ranges are based on the DOH Mandatory Tariff (Shafafiya) methodology, DHA DRG parameters and market-observed data, data as of March 2026. These are modelled estimates, not clinic price lists and not a regulator's tariff, and we say so wherever they appear. Where the same publisher gives two different figures for one treatment, we show both.

What we will not publish

• A figure we cannot link to a source. Gaps stay gaps: there are no Doha or Kuwait City prices today.
• Clinic names, ratings, rankings or recommendations of any kind.
• Before-and-after images, patient photographs or testimonials.
• Brand names for implants or aligners.
• Any claim about what a treatment will do for you. That is for your dentist.

The standards we hold ourselves to

This site is not a health facility and holds no health authority licence. It still publishes health information in markets where health advertising is regulated, so we borrow three lines from Dubai's standard, which applies to all DHA licensed facilities and professionals: no absolute or exaggerated claims, since "the best", "safest", "100%" and "immediate results" must not be used; no claims that one provider is better than another (no claims of superiority over other providers); and openness about money, because paid relationships must be disclosed.

How figures stay current

Every figure has an expiry date. Before each update we run a check that lists anything past it, and a second check that opens every source link. An expired figure is re-verified at its source or removed. Insurer tables and prices expire sooner than laws, because they change sooner.

How the site is paid for

This site may show advertising. Ads never change our figures, and no advertiser can buy a mention. Separately, the operator offers website services to dental clinics; that work has no bearing on the prices here. The site does not pass patient requests to clinics and takes no payment for patient introductions.

Medical review

The guides deal with prices, insurance and regulation rather than clinical choices, and nothing here is medical advice. They have not yet been reviewed by a licensed dentist. When that happens, the reviewer's name, licensing authority and licence number will appear on each guide. The editorial policy sets out how guides are written and corrected, and the medical disclaimer explains the limits of what this site can tell you.

Who runs the site

Operator details are published here before this site launches, together with an address for corrections.