Astradental Services
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 48.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1148.6/100
- Best for Expats#1345.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#944.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#649/100
- Best Price Transparency#1132.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1548.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#951.4/100
- 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 Site blocked automated access (403); no sedation info found elsewhere
Summary
Astradental Services is a dental clinic established in 2011 at Mpaka Plaza in Westlands, Nairobi, led by Dr. Lucy Mutara. The practice describes a team of seven dentists and offers preventive care, fillings, extractions including surgical, root canal treatment, crowns and bridges, dentures, implants, orthodontics, children's dentistry, oral sedation and whitening. It holds a 4.8 Google rating across roughly 676 reviews, making it one of the more-reviewed dental clinics in Nairobi.
Official website returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching on 2026-07-04; site-derived fields rely on indexed pages and directory listings.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist nairobi; mentioned for: english speaking dentist nairobi; mentioned for: dental implants nairobi; mentioned for: emergency dentist nairobi)
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 Team Members page on site; seven dentists incl. CEO Dr. Lucy Mutara per indexed content [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Contact page on site; phone/hours consistent across directories [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Address and map published | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published Prices on application per directory listing; only tooth jewellery price (KES 2,000) found [s2] | 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) as of 2026-08-25 [astradental-services-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [astradental-services-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [astradental-services-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s5] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms LinkedIn company page; listed on businesslist.co.ke, top-rated.online [s6] | 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 [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Simple and surgical tooth extraction; oral sedation available [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Children's dental care [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care 24/7 contact lines listed; categorized under emergency dental service on review aggregator [s2] [s3] | 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 non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language practice; English is standard in Kenyan healthcare [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 07:00-17:00, Sat 08:00-12:30 [s2] | 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 Nairobi", "English speaking dentist Nairobi", "dental implants Nairobi", "emergency dentist Nairobi", "Nairobi dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Nairobi dental clinic for expats [s7] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Many site subpages indexed despite site blocking automated fetchers [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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: 00***3 (KMPDC – Register of Licensed Private Health Facilities) (KMPDC facility register searched 2026-08-25 for 'Astradental Services' — matched 'ASTRADENTAL SERVICES', Dental Centre, Nairobi, ACTIVE; a second registration for a Mobile Clinic (01***6) also exists under the same name.) [astradental-services-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lucy Mutara [Llic] [astradental-services-doclic] | Founder & CEO | B4*1 (KMPDC – Register of Licensed Dental Practitioners) |
| Dr. Peterson Maina [Llic] [astradental-services-doclic] | — | B6*3 (KMPDC – Register of Licensed Dental Practitioners) |
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
- Information Transparency: Address and map 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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: 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
| Website | https://astradental.co.ke |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254 727 591579 |
| https://www.facebook.com/AstradentalServices/ | |
| Address | 1st Floor, Mpaka Plaza, Mpaka Road, Westlands, Nairobi |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://astradental.co.ke/ | Official site (indexed pages incl. contact-us, team-member; direct fetch returned HTTP 403) | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://www.businesslist.co.ke/company/111608/astradental-services | Address, phones, hours, services list, established 2011, Dr. Lucy Mutara; prices on application | 2026-07-04 |
| s3 | https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Nairobi/place/p/8395512/Astrade… | Google rating 4.80 with 676 reviews; address, phone; emergency dental service category | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://astradental.co.ke/team-member/ | Team Members page (indexed); dentist names per search snippets | 2026-07-04 |
| s5 | https://www.facebook.com/AstradentalServices/ | Facebook presence | 2026-07-04 |
| s6 | https://ke.linkedin.com/company/astradental-services | LinkedIn company page | 2026-07-04 |
| s7 | search:Nairobi dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results for this query only (of 5 scout queries) | 2026-07-04 |
| Llic | https://astradental.co.ke/about/ | Licensing & credentials check (clinic licence, dentists, licence numbers) | 2026-07-08 |
| astradental-services-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Astradental+Services+Limited+-+We… | Google rating 4.8 (683 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| astradental-services-lic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/healthFacilities/getLicensedPrivateHe… | Row: ASTRADENTAL SERVICES | 00***3 | DENTAL CENTRE | NAIROBI | ACTIVE | 2026-08-25 |
| astradental-services-doclic | https://registers.kmpdc.go.ke/localPractitioners/getLicensedDentalP… | Register row: 'Dr LUCY NJOKI MUTARA', BDS(Nairobi)1992, M.Med(Public Health)(Nairobi)2000, General Practice, status ACTIVE (matched by name/surname tokens; searched 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against KMPDC registers: clinic facility license found under 'Astradental Services'; both named dentists matched. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: address unchanged, not permanently closed (site itself returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, so 'website live' not independently confirmed by direct open); Google-listed phone (+254 727 591579) differs from stored landline (+254 20 2088043) — recorded as correction since clinic's own August owner-post lists 0703 500 819 / 0727 591 579 as current numbers; recorded Google review count increase 676->683 (rating steady 4.8) and pin coordinates. |
| 2026-07-08 | Added Licensing & Credentials (methodology v1.1): clinic licence and dentists/their licence numbers. |
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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