Acharya Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #27 of 27 ranked clinics · Last checked: 17 September 2026
37.2/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2737.2/100
- Best for Expats#2732.5/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2723.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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 unreachable (HTTP 500 error on all attempts); could not determine.
Summary
Acharya Dental is a multi-specialty dental practice in Nungambakkam, Chennai, founded in 1974 by Dr. Vijailakshmi Acharya. The English-language website names the two lead dentists with their qualifications and lists services from preventive care to implants, orthodontics, laser dentistry and full-mouth rehabilitation. An indicative price range for a single dental implant is published on the implant service page, and a dedicated section for international patients is provided.
The homepage self-reports a Google rating of 4.8/5 from 957 reviews; its Google listing showed 1,091 reviews when read on 2026-09-17, and its Practo profile carries 2,093 patient stories. Only an indicative implant price range is published; no general price list was found. A WhatsApp chat prompt exists on the site but no number is displayed. Four landline numbers are published; +91 44 4950 1100 was used as primary.
Strengths
- Reputation & Reviews: 19.5 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 10 verifiable points (missing: cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
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
4 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ? | Has a working website | 0/4 |
| ? | Dentist names listed | 0/3 |
| ? | Dentist specializations listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Genuine photo of the clinic's own building/entrance [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ? | Service list published | 0/3 |
| ? | Clear contact details | 0/2 |
| ✓ | English website version The site is written in English (page text and navigation read on 2026-10-02). [acharya-dental-chennai-site-2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Address and map published | 0/2 |
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 | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No figures on the fillings/crowns/cleaning service pages [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No figures on the fillings service page [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No figures on the crowns/bridges service page [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-4] | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No figures on international-patients or appointment pages [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray price published anywhere [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19.5 / 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) as of 2026-08-25; read as text, since the Google Maps listing could not be opened directly [acharya-dental-chennai-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-17 [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-11] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency newest readable review 2026-07-06 [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-12] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies on all 5 readable reviews [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-7] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints All 5 readable reviews positive, no repeat theme [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns 91.3% 5-star, dates spread, reviewers have history [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/AcharyaDental linked from the contact page [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Not found on TripAdvisor; no link on site/GBP [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-9] [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-17] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Practo: clinic profile with 2,093 patient stories (checked 2026-10-01). [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-18] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
2 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray X-rays documented as part of own service process [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-15] [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-16] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT not named on accessible pages; site documents intraoral scanner, CAD/CAM and in-house laboratory | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care No emergency service in the full 21-item service catalogue [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-8] [acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-6] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
0 / 10
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 | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible online appointment and WhatsApp prompts exist; a formal pre-visit estimate service was not documented | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
8 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist India", "English speaking dentist India", "dental implants India", "emergency dentist India", "India dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist India acharyadental.com appears in top results for «best dentist Chennai» [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist India [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants India the clinic's implant service page appears in top results for «dental implants Chennai» [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist India [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: India dental clinic for expats acharyadental.com appears in top results for «Chennai dental clinic for expats» [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org markup detected on www homepage (2 matches); bare domain served 0 matches in one check [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own pages rank for the clinic name and for three of five canonical city queries [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages The site has separate pages for individual treatments, e.g. /services/dental-implants-in-chennai/, /services/orthodontics/, /services/teeth-whitening/. [acharya-dental-chennai-site] | 1.5/1.5 |
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vijailakshmi Acharya [s1] [acharya-dental-chennai-linkrot] | Founder; MDS, FICD, Associate Fellow AAID (implant dentistry) | not verified |
| Dr. Varun Acharya [s1] [acharya-dental-chennai-linkrot] | Prosthodontist (BDS, MS, FACP; postgraduate training at NYU) | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Has a working website
- Information Transparency: Dentist names listed
- Information Transparency: Dentist specializations listed
- Information Transparency: Service list published
- Information Transparency: Clear contact details
- Information Transparency: Address and map published
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
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://acharyadental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +91 44 4950 1100 |
| https://www.facebook.com/AcharyaDental/ | |
| Address | No. 5, Thirumurthy Nagar 6th Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://acharyadental.com/ | official homepage: founded 1974, address, four phones, email, lead dentists with qualifications, service list, intraoral scanner/CAD-CAM/in-house lab, international patients section, self-reported Google 4.8/957, English language; schema.org markup present (2 matches on www) | 2026-09-17 |
| s2 | https://acharyadental.com/contact-us/ | address No. 5 Thirumurthy Nagar 6th Street Nungambakkam 600034, phones +91-44-49501100/35111100/28274114/28224114, email, hours Mon-Sat 9:00-19:30 IST, facebook.com/AcharyaDental, instagram.com/acharyadentalchennai, WhatsApp prompt without number, no map embed found | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://acharyadental.com/services/dental-implants-in-chennai/ | published implant price range «USD 500 - 900 (about Rs. 35,000 - Rs. 65,000)» for single implant incl. crown; treatment process explained; international patient orientation; generic X-rays/scans mention only | 2026-08-18 |
| s5 | search:best dentist Chennai / English speaking dentist Chennai / dental implants Chennai / emergency dentist Chennai / Chennai dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: acharyadental.com appears in top results for «best dentist Chennai», «dental implants Chennai» and «Chennai dental clinic for expats»; absent for the English-speaking and emergency queries | 2026-08-18 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/search/Acharya+Dental+Nungambakkam+Chennai | Google rating 4.8 shown for Acharya Dental, Nungambakkam, Chennai, with active weekly hours (not permanently closed) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-linkrot | http://web.archive.org/web/20250821182908/https://acharyadental.com/ | Wayback snapshot: full service menu (Smile Makeovers, Dentures, Full Mouth Rehabilitation, Dental Implants, Fillings, Crowns & Bridges, Orthodontics, Clear Aligners, Oral Surgery, Root Canal Therapy, Periodontal Therapy, Laser Dentistry, Sedation Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Teeth Whitening, Oral Cancer Screening). | 2026-08-26 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen | https://acharyadental.com/take-a-tour/ | Page image downloaded and visually confirmed as the clinic's actual building exterior/entrance with "Acharya Dental" signage | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-2 | https://acharyadental.com/services/teeth-cleaning/ | Teeth-cleaning service page read directly; no price figure | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-3 | https://acharyadental.com/services/fillings/ | Fillings service page read directly; no price figure | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-4 | https://acharyadental.com/services/crowns-bridges/ | Crowns/bridges service page read directly; no price figure | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-5 | https://acharyadental.com/international-patients/ | International-patients page read directly; no consultation fee published | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-6 | https://acharyadental.com/services/oral-surgery/ | The "emergency contact number in case of any issues after work hours" line is post-operative follow-up, not a documented walk-in emergency service | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11416186121596388480&hl=en | Owner reply 2026-04-29 to Ashik Ali: "Dear Ashik Ali, Thank you for your wonderful feedback..."; all 5 readable reviews have dated replies | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-8 | https://acharyadental.com/services/ | Full 21-service catalogue has no Emergency category | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-9 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Acharya%… | TripAdvisor's own autocomplete search returns no matching business | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-10 | https://acharyadental.com/services/oral-surgery/ | Oral-surgery page (which documents X-ray use) read directly; no X-ray price | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11416186121596388480&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-17: 1091 reviews, histogram 1-5* [23,3,8,61,996] | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11416186121596388480&hl=en | Newest of 5 readable reviews dated 2026-07-06 (KYUIK SHIM) | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11416186121596388480&hl=en | 5 readable reviews all 5-star, no repeated complaint theme; 26/1091 total at 1-2 stars | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11416186121596388480&hl=en | Histogram 996/1091 5-star; readable review dates 2026-02 to 2026-07; reviewer histories 1-5 reviews | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-15 | https://acharyadental.com/services/oral-surgery/ | "our team who will assess your needs with X-rays and a clinical examination" | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-16 | https://acharyadental.com/services/teeth-cleaning/ | "Lasers, x-rays and disclosing solutions are also used" | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-17 | https://acharyadental.com/ | Own site (currently reachable live) read; no tripadvisor.com link | 2026-09-17 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-deepen-18 | https://www.practo.com/chennai/clinic/acharya-dental-nungambakkam | Practo: clinic profile "Acharya Dental" at 5, Thirumurthy Nagar 6th Street, Nungambakkam (the clinic's address), Dr. Vijailakshmi Acharya among its dentists, 2,093 patient stories (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-site | https://acharyadental.com/ | Home page read 2026-10-02: the navigation links separate treatment pages, e.g. /services/dental-implants-in-chennai/, /services/orthodontics/, /services/teeth-whitening/ | 2026-10-02 |
| acharya-dental-chennai-site-2 | https://acharyadental.com/ | Home page read 2026-10-02: the page text and menu are in English (html lang="en-US") | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Website structure read on 2026-10-02: separate treatment pages found; English version found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: Practo clinic profile with 2,093 patient stories. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: has a working website, dentist names listed, dentist specializations listed, service list published, clear contact details, English website version, address and map published, implantology, orthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, works with international patients, WhatsApp / LINE available, English spoken and convenient opening hours now unverified: the only evidence was an archived copy of the clinic's website from 2025-08-21, more than a year old; published prices, implant price listed, clear service explanations and dedicated service pages now unverified: the only evidence was an archived copy of the clinic's website from 2025-03-31, more than a year old. |
| 2026-09-17 | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (service pages, take-a-tour page, international-patients page — now live and directly reachable; previous re-verifications had used Wayback Machine snapshots) and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine photo of the clinic's own building; no cleaning, filling, crown, consultation or X-ray prices published on any checked page; X-rays documented as part of the clinic's own process; no dedicated emergency service in the full service catalogue; Google rating unchanged at 4.8, review count now 1091, newest readable review 2026-07-06, owner replies on all readable reviews, no recurring complaints or manipulation signs. Not found on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: acharyadental.com/, /contact-us/ and /services/dental-implants-in-chennai/ (s1/s2/s3) re-verified genuinely dead (HTTP 500 on all three, also flagged for review for the homepage - no live successor domain found, left unchanged there too). Read instead from Wayback Machine archived copies of all three pages (homepage 2025-08-21, contact page 2025-08-21, implants page 2025-03-31): content confirmed to still support essentially every stored value (17 criteria facts re-cited, including the exact implant price range "USD 500-900" matching the stored value verbatim). Added the homepage snapshot as a corroborating source on both doctors (s1 stays listed too, as doctor source lists were only added to, not trimmed). reputation.onFacebook (a Facebook link was not clearly visible in the archived text, only a 'how did you hear about us' dropdown mentioning Facebook) and aiVisibility.hasStructuredData (schema.org markup isn't visible in the archived text) were NOT confirmed and are left unresolved on the dead s1/s2 citations; s1/s2/s3 remain cited by those, not pruned. |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 3 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s1 [https://acharyadental.com/]: https://acharyadental.com/ (attempt1: HTTP 500; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) | s2 [https://acharyadental.com/contact-us/]: https://acharyadental.com/contact-us/ (attempt1: HTTP 500; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) | s3 [https://acharyadental.com/services/dental-implants-in-chennai/]: https://acharyadental.com/services/dental-implants-in-chennai/ (attempt1: HTTP 500; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: acharyadental.com returned HTTP 500 on two direct attempts today (homepage and /contact-us/), so the live site itself could not be opened; name/address/phone cross-confirmed via other pages opened today and remain unchanged. Google Maps checked via readable copy: not permanently closed; recorded first-observed Google rating 4.8. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license not verifiable (National Register of Clinical Establishments blocked from this network); doctor licenses not verifiable (no Tamil Nadu state dental council mapped for India, and DCI national register is blocked). All recorded as null. |
| 2026-08-18 | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
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