The White Tusk
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 28.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1028.1/100
- Best for Expats#1123.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1119.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#916.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1128.2/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
Dental studio in Bandra West (launched 2022) led by Dr. Vinita Tekchandani (Master's in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology). Offers implants and dentures and markets dental tourism services for international patients including airport pickup and hotel assistance.
Primary website could not be fetched directly; details drawn from search results and directory listings.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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. Vinita Tekchandani named with qualifications. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ? | Prices or price ranges published | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
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) Justdial shows 5.0 (230 reviews); Trustpilot ~4 stars; no verified Google Business figure captured. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Justdial, Trustpilot, HexaHealth. [s2] | 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] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Dental tourism page offers airport pickup and hotel recommendations. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Mumbai", "English speaking dentist Mumbai", "dental implants Mumbai", "emergency dentist Mumbai", "Mumbai dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mumbai [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mumbai [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mumbai [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mumbai [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Mumbai dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vinita Tekchandani [s1] | Master's in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.thewhitetusk.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +91 8108112511 |
| https://www.facebook.com/whitetuskdental/ | |
| Address | Plot No. 450, Ground Floor, Hemkund Villa, 14th Road, Opposite Monkey Bar, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050 |
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.thewhitetusk.com/contact-us/ | Address, phone, dentist, services, dental tourism (via search snippets) | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.justdial.com/Mumbai/The-White-Tusk-Opposite-Monkey-Bar-… | Directory rating 5.0 (230 reviews) | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:Mumbai dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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