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Dentistry on Merivale

Dentist · Merivale, 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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Dentistry on Merivale

Dentist · Merivale, Christchurch

Where you stand#151of 210 dentists
Overall health2.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours7.105Facebook page6.704Listings and social6.4

Where we can help

03Map positions4.102Reviews3.201Google listing2.207Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Dentistry on Merivale is a dental clinic in the Merivale suburb of Christchurch. It provides general dental care and patient-focused treatment, with staff noted in reviews for making anxious patients comfortable and taking time to explain options. The practice emphasises professionalism and a holistic view of oral health.

Dentistry on Merivale is a dental clinic located in Merivale, Christchurch, offering general dentistry to local patients. The practice presents itself as a neighbourhood provider where routine and restorative care are available.

Services mentioned by reviewers include examinations, X-rays and treatment planning, with staff who explain options and offer protective measures such as lead aprons during imaging. The clinic is represented in reviews by a named clinician, David, and a supportive team that handles appointments and clinical procedures.

Customers commonly report feeling listened to and made comfortable, particularly those with past dental anxiety. Review themes highlight calm, clear communication about treatment choices, professional demeanour from staff, and a friendly bedside manner that can include light humour. Several reviews note follow-up explanations of oral hygiene and its connection to wider health.

Locally, Dentistry on Merivale is described by patients as a practice where professional care and patient comfort are priorities. Customers seeking a Christchurch dental clinic that focuses on clear explanations, routine imaging, and a team-oriented approach may find these elements emphasised in the clinic's local reputation.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Dentistry on Merivale shows a low overall health on Google Business Listing with room for improvement. The profile already includes a listed phone number and full address, and the listing is claimed and open-for-business, which helps customers reach the clinic. The most important findings are the lack of a website link and a minimal description, along with no logo and limited photos.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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 three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Dentistry on Merivale
Dentistry on Merivale✓✓
4.2 ★★★★★ (15)
Dentist · Merivale
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website 1
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet2
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Dentistry on Merivale shows a below-average health score of 3.1 out of 10 in Google reviews, indicating room for improvement. The top findings are: steady gains in overall Google rating and ongoing engagement with reviews, plus momentum in total reviews. The business should build on these to raise trust and attract more patients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Dentistry on Merivale
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.2★★★★★15 reviews
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Jarn R.★★★★★ · a year ago

Good experience. Appointment was with David. He advised me on what my options are two years after having had a tooth extracted in South America. He took an X-ray and even offered me a lead apron to wear to protect my thyroid glands. He also...

Response from the owner2

Many thanks for the kind words. Dave

Google reviewsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Dentistry on Merivale shows below-average health in Google Maps performance, with a 2.9/10 overall health score. The strongest finding is local visibility in the suburb, where rankings place the clinic in the top 25% of Merivale searches. Opportunities lie in improving aggregate map visibility to climb out of the bracket.

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 more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "periodontist" in 1 suburb, seen in 2
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Periodontal Services4.9 ★ (18) · Dentist
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Merivale Dental Group5.0 ★ (61) · Dentist
3
Dentistry on Merivale24.2 ★ (15) · Dentist
4
Merivale Denture Clinic5.0 ★ (186) · Dentist
Map positionsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #124 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Dentistry on Merivale shows an average social and directory health, with strong Facebook presence and a solid LinkedIn listing. The key findings are the excellent Facebook profile trust and an up-to-date LinkedIn Company listing, while several missing profiles limit reach across Instagram, TikTok and local directories.

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/lumino-the-dentists-dentistry-on-merivale) found via: Google search results.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/dentistry-on-merivale-2) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Healthpointlumino-the-dentists-dentistry-on-merivaleDentistry on Merivale | Healthpoint✓
White Pagesdentistry-on-merivale-2Dentistry on Merivale | White Pages✓
Facebookdentistryonmerivale.co.nzDentistry on Merivale | Facebook✓
LinkedInmerivale-dental-group-limitedDentistry on Merivale | LinkedIn
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #77 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

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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facebook
dentistryonmerivale.co.nz✓
75 followers 1
We love your smile. Dr. Walsh, Vera, Shona, Lyn, & Wendy look forward to helping you with your denta3
FollowMessage
★ 2 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 dentistryonmerivale.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-355 8297✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #69 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Dentistry on Merivale shows a very low on-page SEO health score, indicating a weak baseline for technical factors on the homepage. The top opportunities point to no detected on-page score, missing meta description and title tag, missing favicon, and a content length under 1024 characters. Addressing these will improve visibility and click-through potential.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
Your websiteChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Dentistry on Merivale shows a very low health score for website traffic, with limited organic and paid activity. Key opportunities involve building organic value, publishing local content, and launching small targeted paid campaigns. Focus areas include increasing organic traffic value, improving top-100 keyword rankings, and starting measurable paid traffic. These steps can help attract more local patients.

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
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You are #122 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Dentistry on Merivale's opening hours align well with weekday demand, especially mid-morning and mid-afternoon on Tuesday and mid-morning Wednesday. However, the practice is closed during several popular Saturday hours where local search demand is notable. There are no low-demand open hours, so current weekday hours avoid obvious inefficiency. Adding limited Saturday coverage could capture missed patient demand without disrupting core weekday service.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Dentistry on Merivale
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #61 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#151of 210 Christchurch dentists
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Christchurch dentistsOverall · 210 businesses
You are #151 overall
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