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Bush Dental

Dentist · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

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

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Bush Dental

Dentist · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#97of 210 dentists
Overall health5.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.202Reviews8.505Facebook page8.204Listings and social6.703Map positions6.501Google listing6.3

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Bush Dental is a dental practice in Bishopdale, Christchurch, offering dentist and hygienist services. The clinic focuses on routine dentistry, extractions and dentures with a friendly, efficient team. Customers report quick booking availability, reasonable pricing and professional care from named clinicians. Bush Dental aims to provide accessible, straightforward dental treatment for local patients.

Bush Dental is a dental practice located in Bishopdale, Christchurch, providing dentist and hygienist services. The clinic describes itself as offering routine dentistry alongside treatment that has included extractions and dentures. It operates from a local neighbourhood setting and serves patients across Bishopdale and nearby Christchurch suburbs.

Services at Bush Dental include general dental care and hygiene appointments, with mentions in feedback of extractions and denture work. The practice highlights accessible appointment times and a team led by clinicians who are named in reviews. Pricing is described by customers as reasonable, and the clinic handles typical dental needs for adults and families.

Customer feedback emphasises a friendly and efficient staff, with several reviews noting quick, professional service and useful short-notice appointments. Patients describe feeling well cared for through more complex treatment journeys, and several reviews acknowledge kind, reassuring clinicians. The practice receives consistently positive ratings for patient experience and outcomes.

Locally, Bush Dental distinguishes itself by combining straightforward, affordable general dentistry with rapid appointment access and a team noted for friendly patient interactions. For Bishopdale residents looking for routine care, extractions or denture work, the clinic presents itself as a neighbourhood dental option focused on professional, accessible service.

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Your Google listing

Bush Dental shows solid listing basics with a health score of 5.5 out of 10. The key strengths are a claimed listing with a working phone number and a website link, plus verified status and an open-for-business indicator. The main opportunity lies in refining the listing description to rise above the lower quartile, while listings photos remain competitive.

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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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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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.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.6 ★★★★★ (121)
Dentist · Northcote-Papanui
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Dentists and Hygienist

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Bush Dental shows a high overall health score for Google reviews, at 7.8 out of 10, indicating strong performance with room to progress. The most important findings are strong rating confidence and good engagement, with a solid top-quartile position for total reviews. Continued focus on service quality can push average ratings higher and sustain customer trust.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 2
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
  • 3
    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Bush Dental
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4.6★★★★★121 reviews
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Christine P.★★★★★ · 4 months ago

Great Dentist, so pleased to find them.

Response from the owner3

Thank you so much Christine for your lovely words. We appreciate your lovely feedback. Look forward to seeing you again next time. Kind regards Team Bush Dental.

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Ben R.★★★★★ · 4 months ago

Best dentist I've found in NZ. Very quick, professional service. Inexpensive and dealt to my needs with no issues. Also managed to book in an appointment only two days ahead, which is much sooner than anyone else I looked at. Will be return...

Response from the owner

Thank you for your lovely review, Ben. Dr Haritha and the team at Bush Dental are so pleased that you found our service quick, professional and accessible. We strive to make dental care straight forwa...

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Bush Dental shows a healthy level of visibility on Google Maps with an overall health score of 4.6 out of 10. The business ranks well for several specialist keywords in bishopdale, including cosmetic dentist and dental clinic, indicating strong local relevance. Opportunities lie in expanding aggregate and borough visibility to push beyond the current bottom bracket.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
  • 2
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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cosmetic dentist
2Top three for "cosmetic dentist" in 5 suburbs, seen in 13
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Northcote Dental Clinic5.0 ★ (27) · Dentist
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Studio Dental5.0 ★ (224) · Dentist
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Smile Design5.0 ★ (45) · Dentist
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Bush Dental14.6 ★ (121) · Dentist
Map positionsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #75 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Bush Dental shows an above-average overall health score with solid social and directory presence, but gaps remain in several profiles. The strongest item is a very high-trust Facebook presence, while GrabOne is listed but needs ongoing accuracy. The business should build a more consistent multi-channel footprint to improve trust and discovery among local customers.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Healthpoint ListingWe can see your Healthpoint Listing listing (https://healthpoint.co.nz/bush-dental) found via: Google search results.
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    Yelp ListingWe can see your Yelp Listing listing (https://yelp.com/bush-dental-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Healthpointbush-dentalBush Dental | Healthpoint✓
Yelpbush-dental-christchurchBush Dental | Yelp✓
Cylexbush+dental-17922643Bush Dental | Cylex
Dentist NZbush-dentalBush Dental | Dentist NZ
GrabOnepartners/bush-dentalBush Dental | GrabOne
FacebookbushdentalchristchurchBush Dental | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #70 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
  • 2
    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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847 followers 1
We pride ourselves in providing high quality affordable dental care in a calming, peaceful and pain-2
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★ 6 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 3-352 6233✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #39 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Bush Dental's on-page SEO health sits at 3.6 out of 10, signaling below-average performance and clear improvement needs. The most impactful findings are the absence of a detected on-page SEO score and missing meta description and title tag on the homepage, which limit search visibility and click-through potential.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Bush Dental shows a below-average website traffic health, with room to grow in both organic and paid channels. The strongest concern is the near-zero organically earned traffic value and no organic keywords in the top 100, suggesting content and SEO gaps. Paid activity is also not clearly defined, indicating initial steps are needed.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    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
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No ads from you on any search
christchurchdentists.nzBush Dental Dentists Christchurch: Home

400 Greers Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053. Phone 03 352 6233 … 400 Greers Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053. Opening Hours Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm ...

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Google search and trafficChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #122 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Bush Dental's opening hours match several high-demand weekday slots but miss key weekend and early-morning searches. Most strong alignment occurs on Tuesdays and Wednesday late mornings and afternoons, with no low-demand open hours reported. However, closure on several Saturday morning hours and Tuesday 8 am leaves missed patient demand. Adjustments to a small number of weekend or early-week hours could capture more bookings without large extra weekly hours.

Strengths

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    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Bush Dental
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Hours ✓
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Thursday · Northcote-Papanui
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Opening hoursChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #17 for opening hours
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#97of 210 Christchurch dentists
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Christchurch dentistsOverall · 210 businesses
You are #97 overall
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