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Fox Dental Care

Dentist · Rangiora North East, 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
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Fox Dental Care

Dentist · Rangiora North East, Christchurch

Where you stand#125of 210 dentists
Overall health4.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours7.903Map positions6.407Google search and traffic6.102Reviews6.0

Where we can help

01Google listing4.405Facebook page3.804Listings and social2.206Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Fox Dental Care is a Rangiora dental clinic offering general and restorative dentistry from its Kippenberger Avenue practice. Services include fillings, crowns, extractions, root canals, partial dentures and implant restoration. The practice aims to provide a warm, approachable environment, welcomes new patients and notes DHB-funded care for high school students up to 18.

Fox Dental Care is a dental clinic in Rangiora, located on Kippenberger Avenue. The practice presents itself as a friendly, local dentist and advertises that it is taking new patients. The team includes several dentists and offers an accessible clinic for routine and restorative care.

Services listed by the practice include general fillings, crowns, extractions, root canal treatment, partial and complete dentures, implant restoration and tooth whitening kits. The practice also states it will refer patients to specialists when intensive treatment is required and provides guidance for dental emergencies.

Customers commonly describe the clinic as welcoming and calming, with staff who put nervous patients at ease. Reviews highlight gentle, kind treatment and prompt service, and mention friendly, professional reception and dental teams. Patients report positive experiences through whole treatment processes, including full denture care and tooth removal when needed.

Locally, Fox Dental Care positions itself as a community-focused Rangiora dentist offering a broad mix of general and restorative services, DHB-funded treatment for high school students and a patient-friendly approach such as allowing headphones during appointments. The practice notes emergency pathways and specialist referrals to support patients beyond routine care.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Fox Dental Care shows solid basic presence on Google Business with a health score of 4.4 out of 10. Primary strengths include claimed status, a listed title, a website link, a phone number and open-for-business status. The most important opportunities are adding a logo and expanding photos, with description improvements continuing to help rise toward the local midpoint.

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 three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.7 ★★★★★ (54)
Dentist · Rangiora North East
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From the business

Rangiora Dentist - We provide dental care in Rangiora including fillings, crowns, extractions, implant restoration, partial dentures, root canals and more. We aim to create a warm and approachable environment to support patients through dental treatment.

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Google listingChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Fox Dental Care shows an above-average Google review health score with room to strengthen engagement and confidence. The business already sustains a solid rating and healthy review volume, and response activity is growing. Continued engagement and maintaining rating confidence will help push toward the top quartile.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    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
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Fox Dental Care
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4.7★★★★★54 reviews
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
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Kate★★★ · a year ago

Vic on reception was wonderful every time and the highlight of the visit. We saw Alicia for my son, I'm sure she's a good dentist but I found her very highly strung. She freaked out about everything and sent us to the hospital. Which caused...

Response from the owner1

Dear Kate, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re truly sorry to hear about your experience at your son’s appointment. We take all feedback seriously and discuss it with our tea...

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Illisna L.★★★★★ · a year ago

I don't usually go out of my way to leave a review but both me and my husband received incredible service. We kept on saying how amazed we were by the level of care we received. The receptionist is lovely and friendly and you feel so welcom...

Response from the owner

Thank Illisna you for your kind words! We’re so glad you felt welcome and well cared for. Your review means a lot to us! We look forward to seeing you again in future!

Google reviewsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Fox Dental Care shows a healthy overall Google Maps health score of 7.2 out of 10, indicating solid visibility with room to improve. Top findings show strong rankings for dental hygienist and radiology services in Rangiora across multiple areas, including north and south suburbs, and solid positions for pediatric dentistry. The key opportunity is to push aggregate Maps visibility higher while maintaining suburb presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "dental hygienist" in 4 suburbs, seen in 4
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G&E Dental Rangiora5.0 ★ (2) · Dentist
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Lumino The Dentists Rangiora4.2 ★ (46) · Dentist
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Fox Dental Care24.7 ★ (54) · Dentist
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Smooch Dental Spa4.9 ★ (93) · Dentist
Map positionsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #77 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Fox Dental Care shows a low health score in Citations & Social Presence, indicating limited active profiles across key platforms. The most notable finding is the completed Yellow Directory listing, which helps visibility. Insufficient social presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and directory listings limits reach among local customers.

Strengths

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    Healthpoint ListingWe can see your Healthpoint Listing listing (https://healthpoint.co.nz/fox-dental-care) found via: Google search results.
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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Fox-Dental-Care-100003) 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 5 of them.
2.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Healthpointfox-dental-careFox Dental Care | Healthpoint✓
ServiceFinderFox-Dental-Care-100003Fox Dental Care | ServiceFinder✓
Yellow/rangiora/dentistsFox Dental Care | Yellow
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #165 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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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Fox Dental Care shows a mixed on-page SEO health with an overall score of 4.4 out of 10. Strengths include relevant meta description, a clean page size under 256KB, an SEO-friendly URL, and HTTPS content. Key opportunities focus on improving on-page SEO scores, adjusting the meta description length, tweaking the title tag length, adding a favicon, and ensuring an H1 tag exists.

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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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.
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    Secure content linksThe links on your site point at secure versions of your pages, so nobody is sent through an unnecessary redirect on the way in.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Fox Dental Care's website health sits around average, with a 5.7/10. Traffic shows mixed signals: organic traffic value and ranking progress are mid-range, while paid activity is not yet measurable. The main takeaway is the opportunity to grow paid presence and improve content-driven organic visibility to support more local clients in Rangiora.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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21No ads from you on any search
www.goodstreetdental.co.nzGood Street Dental / Rangiora, New Zealand
lumino.co.nzDentist Rangiora
www.foxdentalcare.co.nzFox Dental Care

We offer a range of services including root canals, extractions, dentures, general fillings, crowns, tooth whitening kits and more! Read more

rangioradental.co.nzRangiora Dentist - Welcome to Rangiora Dental Centre
3About 284 visits a month from search, across 38 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #83 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Fox Dental Care's opening hours show pockets of strong alignment with local demand but notable gaps at weekend and late-week peaks. Most well-aligned slots fall on Tuesday and Wednesday mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Missed opportunities occur on Friday late afternoon and several Saturday morning and midday hours when demand is high but the clinic is closed. No low-demand open hours were identified.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
7.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Fox Dental Care
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Friday · Rangiora North East
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Opening hoursChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #44 for opening hours
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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#125of 210 Christchurch dentists
9:41
Christchurch dentistsOverall · 210 businesses
You are #125 overall
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