The White Tusk
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 45.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1045.6/100
- Best for Expats#1140.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1136/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#832.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1144.7/100
- 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 Dentist holds a Nitrous Oxide Sedation Certification (2019); no general anaesthesia or deep/IV sedation documented. [the-white-tusk-sedation]
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.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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) as of 2026-08-25 [the-white-tusk-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [the-white-tusk-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | 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. 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vinita Tekchandani [s1] | Master's in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology | 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
- 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: 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/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| 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 |
| the-white-tusk-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+White+Tusk+Dental+Clinic/@19.… | Google rating 5.0 (228 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| the-white-tusk-sedation | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/ | Doctor certifications list: 'NITROUS OXIDE SEDATION CERTIFICATION — 2019'; no GA/deep sedation mentioned elsewhere on site. | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Maharashtra State Dental Council / Dental Council of India / National Register of Clinical Establishments: all mapped registries inaccessible (MSDC gated by Indian mobile+OTP+captcha; DCI and the National Register of Clinical Establishments connection-refused). No clinic or doctor license could be confirmed or refuted; recorded as null with access-blocked notes. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Dentist holds a Nitrous Oxide Sedation Certification (2019); no general anaesthesia or deep/IV sedation documented. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live (thewhitetusk.com; blocked Claude's automated fetch but loaded fine in-browser), address and phone unchanged, clinic open on Google; captured Google rating 5.0 (228 reviews) and place coordinates for the first time. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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