Dentist.mu
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 38.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #5 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#538.6/100
- Best for Expats#538/100
- Best for Dental Implants#532/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#427.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#442.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#440.5/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#238.6/100
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, outside this rating's assigned cities and not included here).
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 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; 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
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 | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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
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 | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06: 17 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star. The buckets sum to 18, matching the 18 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.778 reproduces the published 4.8. [gmp1] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 0.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency The newest of the three reviews Google renders is 2 years old, so no recency bucket is proven; left unknown rather than guessed at 'older'. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews No owner reply appears under any visible review. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 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 its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is 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 its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
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 Ankylos implant system (Dentsply). [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom teeth removal under local or general anaesthesia. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
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 Mauritius", "English speaking dentist Mauritius", "dental implants Mauritius", "emergency dentist Mauritius", "Mauritius dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mauritius WebSearch 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 WebSearch 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 WebSearch 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 WebSearch 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 WebSearch 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 | 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 & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Raj Kamal Sookoowareea [s1] [reg1] | — | Registered — DCM list, no reg. no. published (read 2026-09-04) |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://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/ | Services, team (three dentists with per-location addresses), contact form | 2026-09-04 |
| 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 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Combined browser pass (agent I-2, africa-south + Indian Ocean): 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 the worklist asked; the five canonical visibility queries re-run as browser SERPs. |
| 2026-09-04 | Adversarial verification pass (agent D-mauritius): every cited URL re-opened on 2026-09-04. See scratch/wave4/verify/mauritius.md. 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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