Dental Esthetic International
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
57.6/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#357.6/100
- Best for Expats#356.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#254.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#160.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#336.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#361.3/100
- 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) — Not verified
Summary
Solo cosmetic/implant/periodontal practice of Dr. Philippe Paronneau ("Dental Esthetic International LTD", French-language site). The clinic's own site names the dentist, lists services and shows a WhatsApp contact option, but the review widget embedded on the homepage is frozen (reviews dated 2020-2021, page footer copyright 2020) and was not used as a live rating source.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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
16 / 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 Philippe PARONNEAU, chirurgien-dentiste à Maurice et à la Réunion" named and profiled on the homepage. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Esthetic/holistic dentistry, implantology, periodontology; qualifications and hospital background described in detail. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Real clinic photos Settled by rendering the site on 2026-09-06. The seven WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-05 files, which the verifier could not judge from their names, are not photographs of this clinic at all: they are photographs of printed pages from a French dental trade magazine, run as a slider. The spread profiles "DR PHILIPPE PARONNEAU, VIRY-CHATILLON (91)" under the headline "Il concoit le cabinet 2.0 du 21e siecle" and carries that French practice's team photograph and a price list in euros. Viry-Chatillon is in Essonne, France - the dentist's career before Mauritius, legitimately presented as press, but not this practice. Beyond the cuttings the site serves dentist-01.png (generic artwork) and one small Docteur.jpg portrait at 277x299. No photograph of the Grand Baie premises appears anywhere, so a reader cannot see the clinic. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Site content is entirely in French; no English-language version found. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 No price figure appears on the home page or on any of /dental/, /esthetic-2/, /about/ or /contact/ — all read on 2026-09-04. Services are named but never costed. [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] | 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
15 / 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) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06: 77 five-star, 0 four-star, 0 three-star, 1 two-star, 3 one-star. The buckets sum to 81, matching the 81 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.815 reproduces the published 4.8. [gmp1] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency The newest review visible is 4 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 one of the three visible reviews - the critical one. 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 One of the three visible reviews is critical: a 4-month-old one-star about the manner of whoever answered the telephone when the reviewer tried to book. It has an owner reply. A single grievance about a phone call, over an 81-review base, is not a repeated theme. 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 The site's header and footer link a Facebook page of its own (facebook.com/pages/category/Cosmetic-Dentist/Dental-Esthetic-International-112250963533204) and an Instagram account; the pages themselves are not readable without a browser. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray The /dental/ page publishes a "Radiographies numériques" section — "la radiographie numérique permet de détecter des caries dans des endroits peu visibles à l'oeil nu" — and a second "Radiographies Dentaires" block; the /contact/ page states the first visit includes "la prise de radiographies". [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics "Soins orthodontiques" listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery The practice describes itself as doing "des interventions chirurgicales", implant placement ("La pose d'un implant dentaire... chez Dental Esthetic International") and "chirurgie peu invasive"; the dentist's stated field is oral surgery ("service de Chirurgie Buccale" at l'Hôtel Dieu). [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry "Soins Enfants" listed under family dental care. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care The /esthetic-2/ page publishes a "Soins d'urgence" section: "Vous avez un problème de dents... et besoin de soins dentaires en urgence ? Pour la prise en charge des Urgences dentaires..."; the /contact/ page adds "Les rendez-vous peuvent être disponibles le jour même". [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online appointment request and email contact form. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The /contact/ page publishes per-day hours: Mon 08:00-17:00, Tue 08:00-18:00, Wed 08:00-17:00, Thu 08:00-18:00, Fri 08:00-17:00, Sat 08:00-13:30 — Saturday cover plus two evenings to 18:00. (The home page's summary line "Lundi-Samedi 8am-5pm" contradicts this; see red flags.) [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
6.5 / 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 WebSearch 2026-09-06: named explicitly ("Dr. Paronneau - Dental Esthetic International") in the answer for "best dentist Grand Baie", citing its dentiste.mu profile. [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described with address and hours in the answer for "English speaking dentist Grand Baie", citing its dentiste.mu profile. [sq2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("offers dental implants among their comprehensive dental care services") in the answer for "dental implants Grand Baie", citing its dentiste.mu profile. [sq3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mauritius WebSearch 2026-09-06: named with address, hours, and contact email in the answer for "emergency dentist Grand Baie"; its own site dentalestheticinternational.com appeared directly among results. [sq4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Mauritius dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described in the answer for "Grand Baie dental clinic for expats", citing its dentiste.mu profile. [sq5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Page includes application/ld+json schema.org markup. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Refuted the earlier "single-page site" reading: /dental/, /esthetic-2/, /about/, /contact/ and /booking-form/ are separate URLs, all HTTP 200 on 2026-09-04. They are two broad category pages plus site furniture, however, not an individual page per key service. [s1] [s2] [s3] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Philippe Paronneau [s1] [reg1] | Chirurgien-dentiste (esthétique, implantologie, parodontologie) | Registered (temporary) — 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).
- low Contradictory public information (-1 pts) — The clinic publishes two different opening schedules on its own site: the home, About and Esthetic pages say "Lundi-Samedi 8am-5pm", while the Contact page gives Mon/Wed/Fri 08:00-17:00, Tue/Thu 08:00-18:00 and Sat 08:00-13:30. The Contact page also labels two links "Options de paiement" and "Régler votre solde" that both point at a telephone number (+230 5942 4247) different from the practice number given everywhere else, and the About page still carries "Lorem ipsum" placeholder text. [s1] [s4]
Red-flag penalty applied: -3 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- 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: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://dentalestheticinternational.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +230 5890 3507 |
| +230 5890 3507 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Cosmetic-Dentist/Dental-Esthetic-International-112250963533204 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Chemin du Vieux Moulin Cassé, Grand Baie, 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://dentalestheticinternational.com/ | Named dentist, services, address, WhatsApp/contact, structured data, embedded (stale) review widget | 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://dentalestheticinternational.com/dental/ | Dental — Dental Esthetic International LTD | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://dentalestheticinternational.com/esthetic-2/ | Esthetic — Dental Esthetic International LTD | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://dentalestheticinternational.com/contact/ | Contact — Dental Esthetic International LTD | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr.+Paronneau+-+Dental+Esthetic+I… | Live Google Maps place page: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Grand Baie | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist Grand Baie | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants Grand Baie | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist Grand Baie | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| sq5 | search:Grand Baie 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. Four sub-pages of the clinic's own site read in full (class "home page is not the site"): X-ray, emergency care and surgery were all published there and had been missed; the site is multi-page, not single-page; per-day opening hours found on the Contact page and found to contradict the home page. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Mauritius Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via the clinic's own website (dentalestheticinternational.com) and the Dental Council of Mauritius 2026 register; embedded review widget identified as stale (2020-2021) and excluded from the Google rating field. Live Google Maps page and geo pending browser follow-up. |
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