The White Tusk
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 76.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #5 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
76.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#576.1/100
- Best for Expats#576.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#572.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#579.6/100
- Best Price Transparency#455.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#580.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#580.3/100
- 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: 20 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 2 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
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 [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dr. Vinita Tekchandani named with qualifications. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Genuine treatment-room photo on the Google listing [the-white-tusk-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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
2 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published Only a root-canal figure (from ₹7,000) is the clinic's own; the blog's cost table gives Bandra market rates [the-white-tusk-deepen-2] [the-white-tusk-deepen-13] [the-white-tusk-deepen-4] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Teeth cleaning page carries no price figure [the-white-tusk-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Dental fillings page carries no price figure [the-white-tusk-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Dental crown page carries no price figure [the-white-tusk-deepen-6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Dental implant page carries no price figure [the-white-tusk-deepen-14] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Site offers a complimentary appointment and free consultations for senior citizens [the-white-tusk-sedation] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Implant page describes X-ray imaging in planning but states no price [the-white-tusk-deepen-15] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
17 / 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) as of 2026-09-25 [the-white-tusk-deepen-24] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [the-white-tusk-deepen-25] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [the-white-tusk-deepen-16] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to every one of the reviews read [the-white-tusk-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram carries zero reviews at 1-2★ [the-white-tusk-deepen-17] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 9 Google reviews could be read for this listing (230 on the listing), fewer than the 10 needed to assess review patterns. [the-white-tusk-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no TripAdvisor link on the clinic site [the-white-tusk-deepen-7] [the-white-tusk-deepen-18] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Justdial, Trustpilot, HexaHealth. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Implant page describes X-ray imaging used in treatment planning [the-white-tusk-deepen-3] [the-white-tusk-deepen-15] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Dedicated orthodontist page on the clinic site, and 'Orthodontist' is a Google Business Profile category [the-white-tusk-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dedicated oral surgery page describing bone graft treatment [the-white-tusk-deepen-19] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated pediatric-dentist page on the clinic site, and 'Pediatric dentist' is a Google Business Profile category [the-white-tusk-deepen-20] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Contact page lists Sunday hours as emergency-only appointments [the-white-tusk-deepen-21] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Dental tourism page offers airport pickup and hotel recommendations. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp chat button with live number on every page checked [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Video consultation with a tentative treatment estimate offered before travel [the-white-tusk-deepen-11] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Service pages explain procedure steps, not just names [the-white-tusk-deepen-3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Closes 8pm Mon-Sat per Google Business Profile [the-white-tusk-deepen-22] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
8 / 10
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 Dentist entity in JSON-LD [the-white-tusk-deepen-23] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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.thewhitetusk.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +91 8108112511 |
| +918108112511 | |
| 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/ | WhatsApp chat button linking to api.whatsapp.com with +91 81081 12511 on the contact page and every other page of the site | 2026-09-25 |
| 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/ | Homepage 2026-09-25: "Free Consultations for Senior Citizens"; the site menu on every page offers "Book complimentry appointment" | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Owner reply to Margaud Chazeau (2026-09-08): "Dear Margaud, Thank you for this generous feedback... your teeth whitening and teeth cleaning experience"; all 5 most-relevant and 5 newest reviews carry dated replies | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-2 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/teeth-cleaning-treatment-in-mumbai/ | Teeth Cleaning Treatment in Mumbai page read in full: no currency figures | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-3 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-implant-treatment-bandra/ | "Planning: In this stage, Dentists will evaluate the Oral tissues, bone and gums... Then they will choose the Suitable implant treatment" — explains the process, not just the service name | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-4 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/blog/dental-treatment-costs-in-mumbai-… | Blog post: cost table "based on current market rates" for Bandra; the clinic's own figure is given only for root canal: "At The White Tusk, Bandra, RCT costs start at ₹7,000 onwards" | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-5 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-fillings-in-bandra-mumbai/ | Dental Fillings in Bandra Mumbai page read in full: no currency figures | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-6 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-crown/ | Dental Crown page read in full: no currency figures | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-7 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=The%20Wh… | TripAdvisor TypeAheadJson search for "The White Tusk Bandra": 12 results, none matching this clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-8 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/orthodontist-in-mumbai/ | Dedicated page "Orthodontist in Mumbai" on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-11 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-tourism/ | Dental Tourism page 2026-09-25: "Schedule a video consultation to discuss your dental issues and treatment queries with our Chief Dentist. Tentative treatment estimate can be provided based on video consultation." | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing photo strip: treatment room with dental chair, glass partition and wall-mounted equipment, consistent with the clinic's own premises | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-13 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-implant-treatment-bandra/ | Dental implant page read: no currency figures | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-14 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-implant-treatment-bandra/ | Dental Implant Treatment Bandra page read in full: no currency figures | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-15 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/dental-implant-treatment-bandra/ | "Dentists will evaluate the Oral tissues, bone and gums With the help of intra-oral scanners and X-ray imaging" — no price stated for the imaging | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-16 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: reviews sorted by newest, most recent dated 2026-09-08 | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-17 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25 histogram: 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 230 (230 total, no low ratings at all) | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-18 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/ | Clinic website (9 pages read) carries no link to tripadvisor.com | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-19 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/oral-surgery-in-bandra-mumbai/ | Page titled "Dental Surgeons in Bandra | Best Oral Surgeon in Mumbai": "provides exceptional surgical expertise in bone graft treatment of jaws and facial structures" | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-20 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/best-pediatric-dentist-in-bandra-mumbai/ | Dedicated page "Best Pediatric Dentist in Bandra Mumbai" on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-21 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/contact-us/ | Hours table: "Sunday: Open for Emergency Appointments Only" | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-22 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25 hours: Monday-Saturday 10 AM-8 PM, Sunday closed (the clinic's own site separately states Sunday is open for emergency appointments only) | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-23 | https://www.thewhitetusk.com/ | Homepage JSON-LD includes @type Dentist alongside Organization, PostalAddress and AggregateRating | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-24 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 5 from 230 reviews | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 230 reviews (was 228 on 2026-08-25) | 2026-09-25 |
| the-white-tusk-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11978351369818865255&hl=en | Google listing "The White Tusk Dental Clinic" (Dentist, Cosmetic dentist, Dental clinic), read 2026-10-05 in four review reads (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and two sets of the five most relevant, one in the local interface language): rated 5 from 230 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 230); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2025-04-19 to 2026-09-08, 9 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (service, booking, contact, dental-tourism and blog pages) and its Google listing and photos. Recorded: a genuine treatment-room photo on the Google listing; a complimentary appointment and free consultations for senior citizens; a video consultation with a tentative estimate for international patients; no published prices for cleaning, filling, crowns, implants or X-rays (the blog's cost table gives Bandra market rates; only root canal carries the clinic's own figure); X-ray imaging used in implant planning; orthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry and Sunday emergency appointments documented; no low ratings in the reviews; a working WhatsApp button; hours to 8pm Monday to Saturday (the Google listing shows Sunday closed, the site lists Sunday for emergencies only); a structured-data Dentist entity on the homepage; not listed on TripAdvisor; Google rating 5.0 from 230 reviews, newest 2026-09-08, with dated owner replies. Still unverified: whether the 3D imaging the clinic mentions is a cone-beam CT scanner. |
| 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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