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Orthotropics Christchurch

Dental clinic · Riccarton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 210 Christchurch dentists.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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Orthotropics Christchurch

Dental clinic · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#171of 210 dentists
Overall health1.9/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.01PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Where we can help

05Facebook page3.808Opening hours3.202Reviews1.304Listings and social1.301Google listing1.103Map positions1.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Orthotropics Christchurch is an orthodontic practice in Riccarton, Christchurch, run by specialist orthodontists. The practitioner-owned clinic offers tailored orthodontic care for families, with a friendly, family-focused team. They state they provide treatment options matched to each patient's bite and smile goals and emphasise compassionate, experienced staff who work directly with patients throughout treatment.

Orthotropics Christchurch is an orthodontic practice located in Riccarton, Christchurch, staffed by two specialist orthodontists. The practitioner-owned clinic describes itself as a friendly, local practice focused on helping patients achieve healthy, confident smiles.

The practice states it offers tailored orthodontic treatment rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. With two named specialists, Dr Russell Lovatt and Dr Chrissy Bailey, the clinic says it has expertise in all major methods and will tailor an approach to each patient's bite and desired outcome.

Customers can expect a family-oriented environment and a team the practice describes as well-trained, compassionate, and experienced. The website emphasises a friendly, practitioner-operated model, where the clinicians who provide treatment are also the owners and directly involved in patient care.

Locally, Orthotropics Christchurch positions itself as a practitioner-led orthodontic option in Riccarton, offering specialist-led care and treatment plans tailored to individual needs. The combination of specialist clinicians, a family-focused approach, and a claim of broad technique expertise is presented as the practice's distinguishing local character.

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Your Google listing

Orthotropics Christchurch shows a very low overall Google listing health, with clear gaps in critical fields. The health score highlights the need to claim the listing, add a website link, a descriptive summary, more photos, and a logo, which are essential for better customer visibility and trust.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.
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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Dental clinic · Riccarton
Open 5 days · late Thu ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Orthotropics Christchurch shows a very low health score for Google reviews, indicating limited feedback and weak public engagement. Key issues include a lack of established star rating, minimal review count and no owner responses, which can deter new customers. Immediate focus should be on collecting positive reviews, addressing negative feedback, and beginning proactive responses to all reviews.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Orthotropics Christchurch shows a very low overall Google Maps health score of 1.1 out of 10, indicating limited visibility across maps searches and a weak local presence in Christchurch. Top keywords show strength for pediatric and orthodontic searches in Riccarton and surrounding areas, suggesting the business ranks reasonably for niche terms but struggles in broader local visibility. Key work is needed to improve both aggregate and borough scores.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 9 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Christchurch Orthodontics4.8 ★ (21) · Dental clinic
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Pathway Dental4.9 ★ (292) · Dental clinic
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Ilam Orthodontics4.8 ★ (87) · Dental clinic
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Smilesville Dental4.7 ★ (197) · Dental clinic
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Map positionsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #188 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Orthotropics Christchurch shows a very low overall health score for social presence and local profiles, indicating limited visibility. The top opportunities focus on activating major platforms: Instagram and Facebook pages, plus a TikTok presence for younger audiences. A consistent Yellow and TikTok Directory listing would also improve trust and discoverability.

Strengths

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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/orthotropics+christchurch-18211026) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 2
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cylexorthotropics+christchurch-18211026Orthotropics Christchurch | Cylex✓
Infobelinvisalign_in_christchurchFound through search, not linked from anything you own
Yelpsmilesville-dental-christchurchFound through search, not linked from anything you own
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #183 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #130 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Orthotropics Christchurch shows a solid on-page SEO health, with an overall score of 7.0 out of 10. The most notable strengths are a valid favicon, a clear title tag, an H1 tag, a relevant meta description, and a page size under 256KB, all supporting fast load times and recognisable branding for local patients. A few adjustments could lift performance further.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 2
    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
  • 3
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Orthotropics Christchurch shows very low website traffic health. Overall health is 1.3 out of 10, indicating limited traffic, low organic visibility and minimal paid activity. The top opportunities focus on starting to build organic and paid traffic, with emphasis on content, on-page SEO and basic backlinks to begin ranking.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Orthotropics ChristchurchNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #122 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Orthotropics Christchurch's opening hours partly match local demand: many weekday mid-morning and mid-afternoon slots align with peak search times. Strong alignment appears on Tuesday 10-11am and 2-3pm, and Wednesday 11am. Missed opportunities occur Friday 2-3pm and several Saturday morning hours when the clinic is closed despite notable demand. No open hours fall in low-demand windows; consider small Friday or Saturday extensions to capture more patients.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Orthotropics Christchurch
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-5:30pm
Thursday8:30am-7pm
Friday8:30am-2pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Riccarton
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#171of 210 Christchurch dentists
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Christchurch dentistsOverall · 210 businesses
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