Blanche Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 19 ranked clinics · Last checked: 5 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1361.1/100
- Best for Expats#1458/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1455.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1241.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1561.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#1363/100
- 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
Multi-branch practice (Lekki, Ikota, Ikeja plus an Abuja location) offering general dentistry, orthodontics, implants, children’s dentistry and veneers, open Saturdays; listed in the federal facility registry with a registration number and a Licensed status.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16.5 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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
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 Only "Dr. Timi" is named, heading a team of unnamed in-house and visiting specialists. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed No specialization stated for Dr. Timi or any other team member. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Google listing photo strip shows a real patient with braces [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 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 [s1] | 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 2026-09-05: 75 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star. The buckets sum to 77, matching the 77 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.935 reproduces the published 4.9. [gmp1] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-05 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replied to all three visible reviews. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints No repeated complaint theme appears in the visible sample. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page, in Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not 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 Google's relevance order; a newest-first list was not available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Page 'Blanche Dental', 3.1K followers, 4 reviews, address 2b Adebisi Popoola Crescent off Victoria Arobieke Street, Lekki Phase One matches the card. Most recent post 2 days before the check. Two side findings: the page links blanchehealth.com, a second domain the card does not carry, and its cover image announces an Abuja branch now open. [fbp1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Blanche Dental Clinic Lagos" and "Blanche"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-02). [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-3] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-4] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-5] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, BusinessList Nigeria or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-6] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-7] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-8] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-9] [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-10] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray X-rays listed under general dentistry. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Listed as a dental implants provider on the clinic's claimed Google Business Profile [blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Services page lists "Children Dentistry" as a treatment ("for children, we follow special precautions ... during teeth cleaning, check-ups and other treatment") and the site carries dedicated /dental-clinic-for-kids/ and /dental-clinic-for-adults-kids-in-nigeria/ pages. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Nigeria", "English speaking dentist Nigeria", "dental implants Nigeria", "emergency dentist Nigeria", "Nigeria dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Nigeria Google first page for "best dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Nigeria Google first page for "English speaking dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq2] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Nigeria Google first page for "dental implants Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic appears in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Nigeria Google first page for "emergency dentist Lagos" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Nigeria dental clinic for expats Google first page for "Lagos dental clinic for expats" read in the browser on 2026-09-05 (method: browser SERP 2026-09-05, hl=en). The clinic does not appear in the organic results, local pack or AI overview. [bsq5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website application/ld+json present. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain blanchedentalclinic.com holds 3 of 10 results (homepage, contact, a dentures service page) and the clinic's parallel blanchehealth.com a fourth, first appearing at position 3 behind only an X profile and Facebook (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Per-treatment pages: /full-dental-implants, /dental-clinic-for-orthodontic-dentistry, /dental-clinic-for-kids/, /cosmetics-and-aesthetic-dentistry/ alongside the combined /services/ page (internal link inventory, 2026-09-04). [s3] | 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: RC 1006389 — National Health Facility Registry (federal), Registered / Licensed (Searched the federal National Health Facility Registry (open, unauthenticated endpoint backend.hfr.fmohconnect.gov.ng/api/facilities-hospitals-search3 - no key, cookie or browser needed) on 2026-09-04 with 2 independent name variants (facility_name=blanche, facility_name=dental) and read every row each query returned. Matched: "Blanche Dental Clinic", Lagos State, Eti-Osa LGA (the LGA containing Lekki Phase 1), national facility code 24/08/1/2/2/0077, registration_no RC 1006389, registration status Registered, licence status Licensed, 3 dentists on staff. Note that "RC 1006389" is the corporate-registration number the facility filed with NHFR, not an NHFR-issued licence number; the register’s own identifier for the facility is the code 24/08/1/2/2/0077. NHFR is a national facility census rather than a licensing register (its own documentation says it is "not licensing per se"), so absence from it is recorded as an unverified null and never as a verified negative. Neither state-level accreditor relevant to this cohort exposes a public search: Lagos HEFAMAA is operator-login-only and FCT PHERMC's cited domain phermc.moonligthing.com is NXDOMAIN against an external resolver (both re-confirmed 2026-09-04). Verified 2026-09-04.) [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
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
- 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
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://blanchedentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 09011999176 |
| https://www.facebook.com/blanchedental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 2B Adebisi Popoola Crescent, off Victoria Arobieke Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://blanchedentalclinic.com/ | Address, phones (Lekki/Ikota/Ikeja/Abuja/general), hours, services, structured data | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://blanchedentalclinic.com/about | Dr. Timi named as head of team | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://blanchedentalclinic.com/services/ | Treatment list including children’s dentistry and implants | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://backend.hfr.fmohconnect.gov.ng/api/facilities-hospitals-sea… | National Health Facility Registry: "Blanche Dental Clinic" row, Eti-Osa, Lagos — registration_no RC 1006389, Registered/Licensed, 3 dentists | 2026-09-04 |
| mdcn1 | https://portal.mdcn.gov.ng/confirm-doctor-status | MDCN public verification portal: folio-number-only, no by-name search (structural null for every named dentist below) | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist Lagos Nigeria clinic | AI/search visibility scout | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blanche+Dental+Clinic/@6.4444987,… | Live Google Maps place page: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, pin coordinates | 2026-09-05 |
| fbp1 | https://www.facebook.com/blanchedental | Clinic Facebook page read live in the browser: existence, identity, follower count, review count, most recent post | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq1 | search:best dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - best dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq2 | search:English speaking dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - English speaking dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq3 | search:dental implants Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - dental implants Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq4 | search:emergency dentist Lagos | Browser SERP visibility check - emergency dentist Lagos | 2026-09-05 |
| bsq5 | search:Lagos dental clinic for expats | Browser SERP visibility check - Lagos dental clinic for expats | 2026-09-05 |
| giq1 | search:"Blanche Dental Clinic" Lagos | own domain blanchedentalclinic.com holds 3 of 10 results (homepage, contact, a dentures service page) and the clinic's parallel blanchehealth.com a fourth, first appearing at position 3 behind only an X profile and Facebook | 2026-09-07 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13611125982975273284&hl=en | Photo strip read 2026-09-24: a close-up of a patient's teeth with orthodontic brackets, and a treatment room with staff and patient present | 2026-09-24 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13611125982975273284&hl=en | Claimed Google Business Profile categories: "Dental clinic, Dental hygienist, Dental implants provider, Dentist, Teeth whitening service" | 2026-09-24 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-3 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Blanche%… | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Blanche Dental Clinic Lagos" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-4 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Blanche | TripAdvisor's own search, queried for "Blanche" and read 2026-10-02: no listing for the clinic among its results, only unrelated hotels, attractions and places | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-5 | https://blanchedentalclinic.com/ | The clinic's website, read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-6 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/nigeria | WhatClinic: its Nigeria dentist page reads "No information on Dentists in Nigeria", and none of the 22,054 dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps is in Nigeria — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-7 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/nigeria | Dental Departures: its Nigeria page returns "not found" and its clinic search lists no clinic in Nigeria — no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-8 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=nigeria/ | Bookimed: its Nigeria clinic page has been removed ("410 — Page removed"), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap is in Nigeria (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-9 | https://www.businesslist.com.ng/category/dentists | BusinessList Nigeria: its dentist category (161 listings declared; all 9 pages read, 156 listings) has no listing with this clinic's name, address or phone (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| blanche-dental-clinic-lagos-deepen-10 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/blanchedentalclinic.com | Trustpilot: no company page for blanchedentalclinic.com ("Whoops! … could not be found", checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Other-platform presence checked 2026-10-02: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, BusinessList Nigeria or Trustpilot; no TripAdvisor listing. |
| 2026-09-24 | Re-read on 2026-09-24 and 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing (photos, categories, reviews). The clinic's own website (blanchedentalclinic.com) returned a server error on both days and could not be read. Recorded from the Google listing: genuine patient photos; a claimed profile listing "Dental implants provider" among its categories, documenting in-house implant surgery. Not found in TripAdvisor's search. Still unverified: prices, CBCT/3D imaging, emergency care, WhatsApp contact, online booking and work with international patients - all of these depend on the clinic's own website. |
| 2026-09-05 | Checked by hand in a browser: Google Maps place page read live for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading and pin coordinates; the clinic Facebook page opened for reputation.onFacebook; the five canonical visibility queries re-run as browser SERPs. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Nigeria Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified via blanchedentalclinic.com, the National Health Facility Registry, and the MDCN public verification portal. |
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