Zahnarztpraxis Dr. Dr. Schmitz-Koep
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 39.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #24 of 25 ranked clinics · Last checked: 1 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2439.4/100
- Best for Expats#2338.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#2432.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2329.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1543.5/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Zahnarztpraxis Dr. Dr. Schmitz-Koep (also branded 'Zahnärzte am Dom') is a small practice near Cologne Cathedral led by Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Norbert Schmitz-Koep with two associate dentists, offering implantology, invisible orthodontics, CAD/CAM restorations and sleep medicine in a multilingual setting. The German-only website publishes dedicated service pages but no price figures.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 5 of 13 verifiable points (missing: tripAdvisor presence)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Germany; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Germany; mentioned for: dental implants Germany; mentioned for: emergency dentist Germany; mentioned for: Germany 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
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. Norbert Schmitz-Koep, Dr. Heike Praum, Khashayar Sharafi. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Registry: Implantologie, Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde, Parodontologie (Schmitz-Koep); Endodontie (Praum). [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] [sm] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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) as of 2026-09-26; previously 3.5 [schmitz-koep-koeln-gbp-2026-09-26] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-26; previously 4 [schmitz-koep-koeln-gbp-2026-09-26] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-19 (listing read 2026-09-26). [schmitz-koep-koeln-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints One of 4 reviews states statutory-insurance patients are turned away; with only 4 reviews total this is a single data point, not a documented pattern, and declining to treat statutory-insurance patients is not itself a methodology red flag for a private practice. | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence Not established: the practice's website links no Facebook page, and the page address found under its name does not open (checked 2026-10-02). | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Zahnarztpraxis Dr. Dr. Schmitz-Koep Cologne" and "Schmitz-Koep Zahnarzt"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [schmitz-koep-koeln-tripadvisor] [schmitz-koep-koeln-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Jameda: rating 4.5 from 11 reviews. [schmitz-koep-koeln-deepen] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisible aligners. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Registry lists English, French, Turkish, Russian as spoken languages. [reg1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Germany", "English speaking dentist Germany", "dental implants Germany", "emergency dentist Germany", "Germany dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Germany [sqBest] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Germany [sqEng] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Germany [sqImp] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Germany [sqEmg] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Germany dental clinic for expats [sqExp] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD or microdata found in the HTML of the home page and 3 service pages. [schmitz-koep-koeln-site] [schmitz-koep-koeln-site-2] [schmitz-koep-koeln-site-3] [schmitz-koep-koeln-site-4] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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.
- #1KU64 Die Zahnspezialisten57.3 of 100View report → report in German
- #2Berlin Smile Zahnzentrum2.5 of 100View report → report in German
- #3The Urban Dentist0 of 100View report → report in German
Measured by Ansmeter, 9 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: Registered — Zahnärztekammer (ZÄK) Nordrhein Zahnarztsuche (practice address Am Hof 28, 50667 Köln) (ZÄK Nordrhein Zahnarztsuche (open, no captcha; opt-in publication). Ort=Köln search returned this practice directly: Inhaber Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Norbert Paul Maria Schmitz-Koep, Angestellte ZÄ Dr. med. dent. Heike Praum and Mohammed Zayed Alshehri, with specializations and 4 spoken languages. Checked 2026-09-01.) [reg1]
Dentists & register entries (KZV / dental chamber)
| Dentist | Specialization | Register entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Norbert Paul Maria Schmitz-Koep [s1] [reg1] | Implantologie, Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde, Parodontologie | not published | Confirmed on the public register of ZÄK Nordrhein, which publishes no licence number. |
| Dr. med. dent. Heike Praum [s1] [reg1] | Endodontie | not published | Confirmed on the public register of ZÄK Nordrhein, which publishes no licence number. |
| Khashayar Sharafi [s1] | — | 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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.schmitz-koep.de/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +49 221 2577514 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Am Hof 28, 50667 Köln |
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.schmitz-koep.de/ | Team, services, hours, contacts | 2026-09-01 |
| sm | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+Practice+Dr.+Dr.+Schmitz-K… | Google rating 3.5 (4 reviews) as of 2026-09-01, address, geo | 2026-09-01 |
| reg1 | https://www.zahnaerztekammernordrhein.de/zahnarztsuche/?ort=K%C3%B6ln | ZÄK Nordrhein Zahnarztsuche, Ort=Köln — practice record matched with team, specializations, languages | 2026-09-01 |
| sqBest | search:best dentist Cologne | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| sqEng | search:English speaking dentist Cologne | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| sqImp | search:dental implants Cologne | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| sqEmg | search:emergency dentist Cologne | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| sqExp | search:Cologne dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4420600947556822306&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 3.8 from 5 reviews; star histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 3; newest review dated 2026-09-19. | 2026-09-26 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-deepen | https://www.jameda.de/norbert-schmitz-koep/zahnarzt/koeln | Jameda: profile of Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Norbert Schmitz-Koep, practice at Am Hof 28, Köln, rating 4.5 from 11 reviews (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-site | https://www.schmitz-koep.de/ | Home page HTML read 2026-10-02: no application/ld+json block; no microdata | 2026-10-02 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-site-2 | https://www.schmitz-koep.de/zahnimplantate/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: no application/ld+json block; no microdata | 2026-10-02 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-site-3 | https://www.schmitz-koep.de/veneers/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: no application/ld+json block; no microdata | 2026-10-02 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-site-4 | https://www.schmitz-koep.de/leistungen/ | Service page HTML read 2026-10-02: no application/ld+json block; no microdata | 2026-10-02 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Zahnarztpraxis Dr. Dr. Schmitz-Koep Cologne" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Cologne; 12 suggestions for "Schmitz-Koep Zahnarzt" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Cologne; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| schmitz-koep-koeln-tripadvisor-2 | https://www.schmitz-koep.de/ | 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 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: no business structured data found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: Jameda (dentist profile, rating 4.5 from 11 reviews). |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: active Facebook presence now unverified: no Facebook search is on record, so the absence of a page is not established; Google rating 3.8 (was 3.5) and review count 5 (was 4) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-19). |
| 2026-09-01 | Initial research |
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