Tender Care Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 39.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 22 ranked clinics · Last checked: 4 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1339.1/100
- Best for Expats#1738.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1437/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1725.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1840.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#1242.6/100
Summary
Tender Care Dental Clinic is a dental practice in Lavington, Nairobi, at the end of Argwings Kodhek Road near Valley Arcade, registered in 2013. Its published scope covers general and restorative dentistry, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, implantology and orthodontics, and the practice describes serving a large international clientele. It holds a 4.9 Google rating across roughly 335 reviews.
Official website was unreachable during direct checks on 2026-07-04 (connection refused), though its pages remain indexed in search; site-derived fields rely on indexed descriptions and directory listings.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist nairobi; mentioned for: dental implants nairobi; mentioned for: emergency dentist nairobi; mentioned for: nairobi dental clinic for expats)
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 Domain live in search index with current pages; unreachable to automated fetch on 2026-07-04 [s1] [s3] | 4/4 |
| ? | Dentist names listed An 'Our Team' page exists but names could not be verified while site was unreachable | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s3] [s5] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s3] [s5] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clear contact details | 0/2 |
| ✓ | English website version Site content is in English per indexed pages [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 Could not check site directly | 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) [s4] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s4] | 2.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Review excerpts dated as recently as December 2025 [s4] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints One negative review found; recurrence not established | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s6] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on businesslist.co.ke, doctor254.com, Wanderlog [s2] [s3] | 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 [s3] [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s3] [s5] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s3] [s5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Practice describes 'a large international clientele' in indexed site description [s1] | 2/2 |
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 Open six days incl. Saturday morning (Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri 08:00-17:00; Wed, Sat 08:00-13:00) [s5] | 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] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nairobi [s7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Nairobi dental clinic for expats [s7] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality Multiple site pages (about-us, our-team) indexed in web search [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
Red Flags
- low Complaints about upselling / pushed treatment (-2 pts) — One Google review from December 2025 (via Wanderlog) alleges a dentist recommended procedures worth over KES 1,000,000 without adequate explanation; isolated case among predominantly positive reviews. [s4]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist names listed
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Clear contact details
- Information Transparency: Address and map published
- 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: 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: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- 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://tendercaredental.org |
|---|---|
| Phone | +254 723 885960 |
| https://www.facebook.com/TenderCareDentalKe | |
| Address | End of Argwings Kodhek Road, near Valley Arcade, Lavington, 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://tendercaredental.org/ | Official site (indexed pages/description; direct fetch refused connection on check date) | 2026-07-04 |
| s2 | https://www.businesslist.co.ke/company/103978/tender-care-dental | Address, phone numbers, registration year 2013 | 2026-07-04 |
| s3 | https://www.doctor254.com/kenya/nairobi/dental-clinic/tender-care-d… | Address, phone, website; service scope per directory | 2026-07-04 |
| s4 | https://wanderlog.com/place/details/11129877/tender-care-dental-cli… | Google rating 4.9 with 335 reviews, coordinates, review excerpts incl. Dec 2025 complaint | 2026-07-04 |
| s5 | https://www.dentists10.com/KE/Nairobi/101286568389892/Tender-Care-D… | Opening hours, services list, Facebook page link | 2026-07-04 |
| s6 | https://www.facebook.com/TenderCareDentalKe | Facebook presence | 2026-07-04 |
| s7 | search:English speaking dentist Nairobi | AI/search visibility check 2026-07-04: appears in top results for this query only (of 5 scout queries) | 2026-07-04 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | Initial data collection. |
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