Bright Smile Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 28.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#628.3/100
- Best for Expats#630.5/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#232.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#818/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#531.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#532/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Restorative, preventive and cosmetic dental practice on St Jean Road, established 2013. No independent website; operates via a Facebook page not readable by automated fetch, plus multiple directory listings (WhatClinic, Yelo, StarOfService).
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Reputation & Reviews: 8.5 of 17.5 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 No independent website: the "Website address" field on the clinic's own verified directory profile points at its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pages/Bright-Smile-Dental), not at a site of its own. [y1] [y2] | 0/4 |
| ? | Dentist names listed Facebook content beyond the page title not reachable by automated fetch. See browser worklist. | 0/3 |
| ? | Dentist specializations listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ? | Service list published | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [y1] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version Not applicable and previously miscredited: this clinic has no website, so there is no English website version to score. The languages field in the directory is a spoken-language claim and is scored under communication.englishSpoken instead. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [y1] | 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06: 5 five-star, 1 four-star, 1 three-star, 2 two-star, 5 one-star. The buckets sum to 14, matching the 14 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 2.929 reproduces the published 2.9. [gmp1] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | 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 review visible is 11 months old, which proves the within-a-year bucket and no better. 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] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replied to two of the three visible reviews, including the one-star. 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 recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns A 2.9 on a spread histogram shows no sign of manipulation - there is no inflated five-star bucket and no cluster of similar wording. One oddity is recorded rather than flagged: the three-star review is not prose at all but a string of marketing hashtags ('#bright #smile #dental #quatre #bornes #Mauritius...'), which reads like promotional content posted into the review field; a single such entry is not a pattern. 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 [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms The Yelo company profile carries three written patient reviews averaging 4.0 (posted 2015, 2016 and 2016, with a public exchange under the two-star one) — a real third-party review presence, re-read 2026-09-04. [y2] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics The practice's own description on its verified Yelo profile lists "Orthodontic Crowding and Malocclusion Correction"; the profile is filed under the Orthodontists category. Listing last updated 2018-01-18. [y2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Profile description: "Minimum intervention dentistry for all age group (6yr child-Adult)". [y1] [y2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care The practice's own description on its verified Yelo profile states "WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY PATIENTS" and lists "Solutions for Dental Abcess and infections". Listing last updated 2018-01-18. [y2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [y1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The company profile publishes per-day hours: Mon-Sat 09:00-18:00 and Sunday 09:00-12:15 — Saturday and Sunday cover plus a 18:00 close. Listing last updated 2018-01-18. [y2] | 1.5/1.5 |
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: named and described in detail (Dr. Mayur, tooth implantation and teeth whitening reviews) in the answer for "best dentist Quatre Bornes", citing its WhatClinic.com listing. [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "English speaking dentist Quatre Bornes" (named results were Cabinet Dentaire, Enamel Dental Clinic, St Jean Dental Care). [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("dental implants, aesthetic & cosmetic dentistry...successful tooth implantation procedures") in the answer for "dental implants Quatre Bornes", citing its WhatClinic.com and Mauridoc.com listings. [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: named as offering "emergency services for all tooth problems" in the answer for "emergency dentist Quatre Bornes", citing its WhatClinic.com listing. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Mauritius dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described with address in the answer for "Quatre Bornes dental clinic for expats", citing its WhatClinic.com listing. [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 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
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist names listed
- Information Transparency: Dentist specializations listed
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Service list published
- Information Transparency: English website version
- 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: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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
| Phone | +230 4271606 |
|---|---|
| https://www.facebook.com/people/Bright-Smile-Dental/100054627751291/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 1st Floor, Sheik Building, St Jean Road (opp. Filling Total, Paloma bus stop), Quatre Bornes, 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://www.facebook.com/people/Bright-Smile-Dental/100054627751291/ | Clinic's Facebook page exists (title confirmed); content unreadable by automated fetch | 2026-09-04 |
| y1 | https://www.yelo.mu/category/dentists-mauritius/city:quatre-bornes | Address, phone, languages spoken, established year, verified-listing status | 2026-09-04 |
| y2 | https://www.yelo.mu/company/21050/bright-smile-dental | Bright Smile Dental — Yelo Mauritius company profile | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bright+Smile+Dental/@-20.2677739,… | Live Google Maps place page: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Quatre Bornes | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Quatre Bornes | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Quatre Bornes | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Quatre Bornes | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Quatre Bornes 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. The Yelo company profile (not just the category page) was opened: opening hours, orthodontics and emergency availability were published there and had been missed, and the three reviews behind the review-platform credit were read. The dentist attributed to this clinic ("Mayursinh Bharatsinh Parmar") was removed — the cited directory reviews name no dentist at all, so the attribution had no source; the lead moved to the browser worklist. The English-website credit was withdrawn as inapplicable. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Mauritius Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via Yelo directory listing and Facebook page existence; Facebook content and Google Maps live page pending browser follow-up. |
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