Dentist.mu
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 18 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
46.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1046.7/100
- Best for Expats#947.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#838.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#835/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#853.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#849.5/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#246.7/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Wisdom teeth removal explicitly offered "under Local or General Anesthesia". [s1]
Summary
"Dentist.mu" is a shared marketing site for three independently located dentists; this card covers its Curepipe location, Dr. R. Kamal Sookoowareea at Belvedere Building, College Lane (the site's other two dentists are based in Beau Bassin and Vacoas and are not included here).
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)
- Medical Infrastructure: 5.5 of 13 verifiable points (missing: on-site X-ray; cBCT (3D imaging); orthodontics; emergency care)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Mauritius; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mauritius; mentioned for: dental implants Mauritius; mentioned for: emergency dentist Mauritius; mentioned for: Mauritius dental clinic for expats; google indexing quality; dedicated service pages)
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
18 / 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 R Kamal Sookoowareea" named with the Curepipe address, alongside two other dentists at other locations. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Team section gives name, address and phone only; no title/qualification/specialization shown for any of the three dentists. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Photos uploaded by the practice to its Google listing show its own treatment room and reception area [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published CEREC, Paediatric Dentistry, Cosmetic Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Implants (Ankylos system), Wisdom Teeth Removal, Root Canal Therapy, Crowns/Onlays/Ceramic Restorations, Dentures. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published Detailed services/technology described (incl. a downloadable Ankylos implant brochure) but no price figures shown. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Whole website read, every page in its sitemaps; no price figure for any procedure [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
10.5 / 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: 17 of 18 reviews five-star, one one-star [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume As of 2026-09-25 [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Newest Google review dated 2026-04-20 (as of 2026-09-25) [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 9 reviews were read (3 from the last 24 months) and none has an owner reply, but fewer than 10 reviews from the last 24 months could be read, too few to record that the owner does not reply. [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No repeated complaint theme appears in the visible sample. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram shape, spread of wording and dates, and reviewer-account variety show no sign of manipulation. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence Facebook searches by its brand name with the city, by its brand name with the country and by its phone number found no page of the clinic [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-5] [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search finds no listing, and the clinic's website links to none [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-2] [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Yelo Mauritius under Dr Kamal R Sookoowareea with the clinic's address, number and website, 5.0 from 1 review (checked 2026-10-01). [dentistmu-curepipe-platforms] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
5.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✗ | On-site X-ray Whole website read; X-ray imaging is not mentioned (the equipment described is the CEREC system) [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) Whole website read; no CBCT or cone-beam imaging mentioned [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Ankylos implant system (Dentsply). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Full service list read on the website; no orthodontics or braces [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom teeth removal under local or general anaesthesia. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Website service list and pages read; no emergency or same-day appointments mentioned [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No WhatsApp or Line contact anywhere on the website [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Contact form on site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday 6:30-11 AM on the Google Business Profile [dentistmu-curepipe-deepen] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Mauritius", "English speaking dentist Mauritius", "dental implants Mauritius", "emergency dentist Mauritius", "Mauritius dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mauritius Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Curepipe" (named results were My Dentistree and Modern Dental Care Mauritius). [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mauritius Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "English speaking dentist Curepipe" (named results were Leedent Ltd and My Dentistree). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mauritius Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Curepipe" (named results were My Dentistree and Modern Dental Care Mauritius). [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mauritius Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Curepipe"; the answer lists only unnamed addresses/phone numbers, no clinic names matched. [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Mauritius dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "Curepipe dental clinic for expats" (named results were Dental Wellness Clinic, My Dentistree, Leedent Ltd, Modern Dental Care). [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Refuted the earlier "no structured data" reading: the home page carries two application/ld+json blocks — a Yoast schema @graph (WebPage/WebSite/Organization) and a hand-written Organization block with contactPoint entries for the three practice phone numbers. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality dentist.mu homepage appears only once, at position 9 of 10, behind a competitor's site (mydentistree.com) and multiple directories (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages One service does have its own URL (/cerec/, HTTP 200 on 2026-09-04, title "Cerec - Dentist.mu"); every other treatment — implants, paediatric, cosmetic, preventive, root canal, crowns, dentures — exists only as an anchor on the single-page home page, so there is no individual page per key service. [s1] [s2] | 0/1.5 |
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 & Dental Council register
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- 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://dentist.mu/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +230 670 9857 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Belvedere Building, College Lane, Curepipe, Mauritius |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dentist.mu/ | Whole site read 2026-09-25 through its sitemaps (home, /cerec/, /about-us/implants/, /about-us/cerec/, team and dentist pages; the /pricing-table/ pages hold only theme placeholder packages at $10-40/month with dummy text). Services listed: CEREC, paediatric, cosmetic and preventive dentistry, implants, wisdom-teeth removal, root canal therapy, crowns/onlays, dentures. No price figure for any procedure; no X-ray, radiography or CBCT wording (the equipment described is the CEREC CAD/CAM system); no orthodontics, emergency or same-day wording; no WhatsApp, Line or TripAdvisor link in the page HTML | 2026-09-25 |
| reg1 | https://dentalcouncil.mu/registered-practitioners/ | Dental Council of Mauritius published list of registered dental practitioners (undated, name-only, no registration numbers) — read 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://dentist.mu/cerec/ | Cerec — Dentist.mu | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr+R+Kamal+Sookoowareea/@-20.3178… | Live Google Maps place page: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Curepipe | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Curepipe | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Curepipe | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Curepipe | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Curepipe dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:"Dentist.mu" Curepipe | dentist.mu homepage appears only once, at position 9 of 10, behind a competitor's site (mydentistree.com) and multiple directories | 2026-09-07 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8666589587536038813&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-25: 4.8 from 18 reviews (5★ 17 / 4★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 1★ 1); newest review dated 2026-04-20; hours Mon and Wed 8 AM-6 PM, Tue, Thu and Fri 8 AM-5 PM, Sat 6:30-11 AM, Sun closed; photos uploaded by the practice in October 2021 show its own treatment room and reception area | 2026-09-25 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Sookoowa… | TripAdvisor's own search returned zero results for "Sookoowareea" and for "Dentist.mu" on 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-25 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-5 | https://www.facebook.com/ | Facebook searches on 2026-09-30 by its brand name with the city, by its brand name with the country and by its phone number: no page of the clinic | 2026-09-30 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-6 | https://dentist.mu/ | Home page read 2026-09-30: no link to a Facebook page of the clinic | 2026-09-30 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-platforms | https://www.yelo.mu/company/22067/dr-kamal-r-sookoowareea | Yelo Mauritius verified listing "Dr Kamal R Sookoowareea" (dentists, Curepipe): Belvedere Building, College Lane, Curepipe, +230 670 9857 and website www.dentist.mu, the clinic's address, number and site; 5.0 from 1 review (read 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| dentistmu-curepipe-deepen-3 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8666589587536038813&hl=en | Google listing "Dr R Kamal Sookoowareea" (Dental clinic), read 2026-10-05 in three review orders (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and the five most relevant): rated 4.8 from 18 reviews (1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 17); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2019-02-27 to 2026-04-20, 0 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Other platforms set to yes: Yelo Mauritius has a verified listing for Dr Kamal R Sookoowareea at the clinic's address, 5.0 from 1 review (checked 2026-10-01). |
| 2026-09-30 | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its brand name with the city, by its brand name with the country and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic, and its website links none. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: only 3 reviews were checked for owner replies. |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the whole website (every page in its sitemaps) and the Google listing. Recorded: no price figures for any procedure (the site's "pricing" pages are unused template placeholders); no X-ray, CBCT, orthodontics, emergency service or WhatsApp documented; Saturday morning hours; the practice's own photos of its treatment room and reception; newest review from April 2026; Google 4.8 from 18 reviews. Not found on TripAdvisor, WhatClinic or Mauritius Life. Still unverified: a Facebook page. |
| 2026-09-06 | Checked by hand in a browser: Google Maps place page read live for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading and pin coordinates; clinic Facebook pages opened where needed; the five canonical visibility queries re-run as browser SERPs. |
| 2026-09-04 | Adversarial verification pass: every cited URL re-opened on 2026-09-04. Structured-data finding corrected from false to true after re-reading the page source; the separate /cerec/ page found and recorded. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Mauritius Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via the clinic's own website (dentist.mu) and the Dental Council of Mauritius 2026 register. Google Maps live page and geo pending browser follow-up. |
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