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G&E Dental

Dental clinic · Hornby-Islington, 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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G&E Dental

Dental clinic · Hornby-Islington, Christchurch

Where you stand#64of 210 dentists
Overall health7.0/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

G&E Dental is a general and emergency dental clinic in Hornby, Christchurch. They provide routine dental care alongside same-day emergency treatment, and the practice is noted for responsive, helpful staff who focus on easing pain and getting patients seen promptly in urgent situations.

G&E Dental is a general and emergency dental clinic based in the Hornby suburb of Christchurch. The practice states it offers both routine dental care and urgent treatment for patients needing immediate attention.

Services focus on general dentistry and emergency interventions. The clinic provides examinations, extractions when required, and pain-relief treatment for acute dental problems. The team describes themselves as able to respond to same-day emergency requests alongside booked general appointments.

Customers commonly report helpful, friendly staff and clinicians who act promptly in urgent situations. Reviews highlight instances where the clinic treated severe pain and provided quick relief, including emergency extractions and same-day care for travellers and locals. Responses from the practice to reviewers note appreciation for being able to help in emergencies.

Located in Hornby, G&E Dental is distinguished locally by its combination of standard dental services with an emphasis on accessible emergency treatment and a staff focus on patient comfort. Customers seeking both routine care and prompt attention for dental pain are likely to find a practical, straightforward option in this Christchurch clinic.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

G&E Dental shows a solid profile health with a 5.8/10, indicating above-average presence but room to improve. The strongest current finding is that essential details are claimed and visible, including a listed phone number and website link, with the listing rightly marked as open for business. The most impactful opportunity lies in refining the listing description while 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 three 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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.9Room to grow
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4.6 ★★★★★ (485)
Dental clinic · Hornby-Islington3
Open 6 days · late Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

General and Emergency Dentists

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Google listingChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

G&E Dental shows an above-average health score with strong customer engagement and solid social proof. The standout finding is that the listing has a top 10% total reviews, reinforcing trust among local patients, while the response rate is improving and remains above many peers.

Strengths

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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

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
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.4Strong
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4.6★★★★★485 reviews ✓
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Satya V.★★★★★ · a month ago

Response from the owner2

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Patricia B.★★★★ · a month ago

Response from the owner

Thanks Patricia

Google reviewsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #34 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

G&E Dental shows a strong overall health score for Google Maps search visibility, with room to build more local reach. Key findings show top performance for cosmetic and emergency dental keywords in Hornby-Islington and surrounding areas, indicating solid local relevance. The business should continue refining its Google Business Profile to push into higher local brackets.

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 nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
  • 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.
8.3Strong
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1Top three for "emergency dental service" in 3 suburbs, seen in 45
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After Hours Dental2.3 ★ (3) · Dental clinic
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Hornby Dental Centre3.9 ★ (53) · Dental clinic
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G&E Dental24.6 ★ (485) · Dental clinic
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Church Corner Dental Surgery4.8 ★ (134) · Dental clinic
Map positionsChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #36 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

G&E Dental shows a mixed health picture for Citations & Social Presence, with a mid-range health score of 5.1 out of 10. The strongest current asset is a very high-trust Facebook profile, while gaps exist on Instagram, TikTok, GrabOne and Neighbourly listings that limit discoverability and trust across 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/g-e-dental-christchurch) 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 5 of them.
5.2Room to grow
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Healthpointg-e-dental-christchurchG&E Dental | Healthpoint✓
FacebookgedentalG&E Dental | Facebook✓
Family Company Studiog-e-dentalG&E Dental | Family Company Studio
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #102 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
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
  • 3
    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.9Room to grow
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gedental✓
864 followers 3
General and Emergency Dentists in Christchurch(Hornby), Rolleston and Ashburton.2
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★ 3 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 gedental.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-347 4703✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #86 for your Facebook page
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Your website

G&E Dental's on-page SEO health is below average, with a score of 2.9 out of 10. The homepage shows critical gaps in technical setup, including missing meta description, missing title tag, and no detected on-page SEO baseline. Addressing these fundamentals is essential before broader optimisations can yield meaningful gains for local search visibility.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.

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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    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.
  • 3
    Page titleThere is no headline set on your home page, so the clickable blue line in a search result falls back to your domain name or a scrap of code.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

G&E Dental shows a very healthy website traffic profile, with organic performance leading the pack. The strongest finding is organic traffic value and total that place the business in the top local performance band, indicating solid visibility and patient reach.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.hornbydental.co.nzHornby Dental Centre | Dentistry For Everyone
www.healthpoint.co.nzHornby Dental Centre
www.gedental.nzTop-Rated Dentist in Christchurch | G & E DENTAL - Family ...

G & E DENTAL CHRISTCHURCH 369 Main South Road Hornby, Christchurch P: (03) 347 4703 · [email protected]. OPEN 6 DAYS Mon, Wed, Thur, Sat: 9am - 5pm. Tue ... Read more

www.healthnz.govt.nzCommunity dental service — Canterbury and South ...
About 6,405 visits a month from search, across 154 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #20 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

G&E Dental's published hours largely match local demand, with most high-demand windows covered and no low-demand open hours. Strong alignment occurs midweek-especially Tuesday and Wednesday late mornings and mid-afternoon. Missed opportunities are early mornings around 8am on multiple weekdays (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri) when searches are notable but the clinic is closed. Consider short early-morning openings or a targeted early-shift trial on busier weekdays to capture urgent cases.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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G&E Dental
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Hours 1
Monday9am-7pm
Tuesday9am-7pm
Wednesday9am-7pm
Thursday9am-7pm
Friday9am-7pm
Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Monday · Hornby-Islington
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Opening hoursChristchurch dentists · 210 businesses
You are #120 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#64of 210 Christchurch dentists
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Christchurch dentistsOverall · 210 businesses
You are #64 overall
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