TerraDent
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#155.9/100
- Best for Expats#255.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#157.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#167.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#254.5/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
TerraDent is a private dental clinic in the Botanica district of Chișinău, operating Monday to Friday until 20:00 and on Saturdays. The clinic publishes a detailed price list in MDL and EUR covering consultations, prophylaxis, fillings, crowns, and implants from multiple systems. The team of three named dentists is led by Dr. Victor Chelari, an implantologist, supported by a dental surgeon and an orthopedic specialist. The clinic received the Notorium Brand Award for well-known dental clinic in the Republic for four consecutive years (2022–2025).
The clinic self-describes as having a 4.9-star rating from 500+ reviews but Google Maps was not directly accessible for verification; rating and count reported as null. A secondary phone for Dr. Chelari (+373 69 468 858) appears in search snippets. WhatsApp uses the main reception number. No IDNO or operating licence number is published on the website. No dedicated price page for orthodontics was found.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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 3 dentists named: Dr. Victor Chelari (implantologist/chief physician), Dr. Valentin Cotorobai (dental surgeon), Dr. Alexandru Pavlov (orthopedic specialist) [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed implantologist, dental surgeon, orthopedic specialist listed per team page [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published implantology, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, dental prosthetics, orthodontics, dental prophylaxis [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phone, email, WhatsApp, Facebook linked from homepage; address confirmed in sector Botanica [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version English version at terradent.md/en/ [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published 7 Strada Trandafirilor, Botanica district; street address consistent across official site and search snippets [s1] [s3] | 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 detailed price list at terradent.md/preturi/ in MDL and EUR [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed scaling + professional cleaning 1,100 MDL; premium package 1,500 MDL [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed composite filling from 900 MDL (Te Plus) to 1,100 MDL (Estelite Asteria) [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed metal-ceramic 160 EUR; full zirconium 250 EUR; individual zirconium 350 EUR [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed JD Evolution Plus (Italy) 200 EUR; MegaGen (Korea) 270 EUR; BREDENT (Germany) 350 EUR [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed regular consultation 0 MDL (free); orthodontic consultation 300 MDL [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed single retroalveolar 70 MDL; OPG panoramic 250 MDL; 3D tomography 650 MDL [s4] | 2/2 |
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) clinic claims 4.9 stars from 500+ reviews on website but Google Maps not accessible for independent verification | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence active Facebook page facebook.com/TerraDent.md with patient video testimonials [s3] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray retroalveolar and panoramic (OPG) x-rays priced on official price list [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D tomography priced at 650 MDL on official price list [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology implantology listed as core service; three implant systems priced [s1] [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics orthodontics listed as a service category; orthodontic consultation priced [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery oral surgery listed; extraction and wisdom tooth extraction priced [s1] [s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry pediatric dentistry not listed on service pages or price list | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care no emergency service documented; hours end 20:00 Mon-Fri | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English-language website version published; WhatsApp contact available [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp available at the main phone +373 60 920 101 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English website version available; international patient communication not independently reviewed [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations each service category has a dedicated page on the English site [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 09:00-20:00; Sat 09:00-14:00 [s1] | 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 Moldova", "English speaking dentist Moldova", "dental implants Moldova", "emergency dentist Moldova", "Moldova dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Moldova clinic appears in top results for the five canonical city queries [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Moldova [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Moldova [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Moldova [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Moldova dental clinic for expats [s5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality terradent.md ranks first for clinic name and appears in Chisinau dental queries [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages separate pages for implantology, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, prosthetics, orthodontics, prophylaxis [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Victor Chelari [s2] | Implantologist, Chief Physician | not published |
| Dr. Valentin Cotorobai [s2] | Dental Surgeon | not published |
| Dr. Alexandru Pavlov [s2] | Dental Orthopedic Specialist | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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://terradent.md/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +373 60 920 101 |
| +373 60 920 101 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/TerraDent.md/ | |
| Address | 7 Strada Trandafirilor, Chișinău, Moldova (sector Botanica) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://terradent.md/en/ | official English homepage: name, address 7 Strada Trandafirilor Botanica, phone +373 60 920 101, WhatsApp, email [email protected], hours Mon-Fri 09-20 Sat 09-14, service categories (implantology, cosmetic, surgery, prosthetics, orthodontics, prophylaxis), Notorium Brand Award 2022-2025 | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://terradent.md/en/team/ | team page: Dr. Victor Chelari (implantologist, chief physician, 10+ years), Dr. Valentin Cotorobai (dental surgeon, graduate of Nicolae Testemițanu SUPM), Dr. Alexandru Pavlov (dental orthopedic specialist, graduate of Nicolae Testemițanu SUPM) | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | search:TerraDent Chisinau Moldova address reviews Facebook | address confirmation: Str. Trandafirilor 7, Botanica, opposite restaurant MiPiace; Facebook page facebook.com/TerraDent.md with patient video testimonials; good indexing for clinic-name searches; secondary phone snippet 069 468 858 | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | https://terradent.md/preturi/ | price list: consultation free; orthodontic consult 300 MDL; retroalveolar x-ray 70 MDL; OPG 250 MDL; 3D tomography 650 MDL; professional cleaning 1,100 MDL; composite filling 900-1,100 MDL; metal-ceramic crown 160 EUR; zirconium crown 250-350 EUR; implants JD Evolution Plus 200 EUR / MegaGen 270 EUR / BREDENT 350 EUR; extraction 900 MDL; wisdom tooth 3,500 MDL | 2026-08-18 |
| s5 | search:the five canonical city queries (the five canonical city queries) | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: TerraDent appears in best-dentist-Chisinau results; not surfaced in the other four queries | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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