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Royal Oak Dental Centre

Dental clinic · Royal Oak (Auckland), Central Auckland

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 277 Central Auckland dentists.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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Royal Oak Dental Centre

Dental clinic · Royal Oak (Auckland), Central Auckland

Where you stand#57of 277 dentists
Overall health8.0/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Royal Oak Dental Centre is a dentist in Royal Oak, Auckland, providing preventive care and dental treatments. The clinic describes its approach as patient-focused, using current technology and techniques. Customers commonly mention friendly, gentle staff, clear explanations of treatment options and a warm environment that helps make dental visits more comfortable.

Royal Oak Dental Centre is a dental clinic in Royal Oak, Auckland. It provides dental care for local patients, with an emphasis on prevention and treatment. The clinic describes its approach as modern and patient-focused, using current technology and techniques in its dentistry.

The centre offers a wide range of dental services designed to support healthy teeth and address dental treatment needs. Its team includes qualified dentistry professionals, with the clinic describing more than 60 years of combined experience across the team. Treatment explanations may include the use of X-ray images to help patients understand suggested care.

Customers commonly describe the team as professional, patient, skilful, friendly and gentle. Review themes also include clear explanations, a caring and empathetic manner, and a welcoming experience from reception through to the dental team. Some customers mention that staff help put nervous patients at ease and that treatment is comfortable.

Royal Oak Dental Centre combines local Auckland access with preventive and treatment-focused dental care. Its patient-focused approach, use of current dental technology and techniques, and emphasis on explaining treatment options distinguish it as a neighbourhood dental clinic for customers seeking a considerate experience.

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Your Google listing

Royal Oak Dental Centre's Google Business Listing health is below average at 3.9 out of 10. The listing has key foundations in place, including the business name, phone number, website link, claimed status and open-for-business status. The main gaps are a short description, no logo and limited category coverage, which may reduce visibility when customers compare local dental services.

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
    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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.9Room to grow
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Royal Oak Dental Centre✓✓
4.2 ★★★★★ (65)
Dental clinic · Royal Oak (Auckland)3
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Welcome to Royal Oak Dental Centre!

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Google listingCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Royal Oak Dental Centre has an Average Google review health score of 5.1 out of 10. The main concerns are a star rating below local expectations, lower rating confidence than half the market, and a response rate that leaves many reviews unanswered. Review volume is above the market midpoint, indicating an established listing, but maintaining that position will require a steady weekly review request.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
  • 2
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 3
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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Royal Oak Dental Centre
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4.2★★★★★65 reviews
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Rachel K.★★★★★ · 7 months ago

If you need some dental work, I'll help you narrow down your search... I've found an Auckland dentist who will take such excellent care of you... She listened to me carefully; Put my anxious thoughts at ease - Shared her expertise with me;...

Response from the owner3

Hi Rachel, Thank you for taking the time to write your kind review! Dr Swati will be pleased to hear that :) We hope to see you next time!

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Matt F.★★★★★ · 8 months ago

Went in for a check-up with Swati and found I needed a couple of fillings which was as quick and pleasant as getting fillings can be. All the staff I encountered were very friendly.

Response from the owner

Hi Matt, Thanks for your review!

Google reviewsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #136 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Royal Oak Dental Centre has a very high Maps Search Performance health score of 9.6 out of 10. It ranks first for all listed Royal Oak themes, including dentist, dental clinic, emergency dental service and several specialist searches. The main opportunity is to monitor surrounding suburbs quarterly, helping identify any decline in wider Auckland visibility early.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
9.6Strong
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1Top three for "dental hygienist" in 2 suburbs, seen in 9
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Royal Oak Dental Centre✓4.2 ★ (65) · Dental clinic
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Dental Hygiene Clinic5.0 ★ (17) · Dental clinic
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Three Kings Dental Centre4.6 ★ (42) · Dental clinic
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Royal Road Dental4.8 ★ (91) · Dental clinic
Map positionsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #12 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Royal Oak Dental Centre has a very high Citations & Social Presence health score of 9.1 out of 10. Its Facebook and Instagram profiles have strong trust associations, and its Healthpoint listing is visible. The main gaps are missing TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn and White Pages profiles, which leave potential customers with no information on those platforms.

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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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - 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/royal-oak-dental-centre-ltd) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly 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.
9.1Strong
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #27 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Royal Oak Dental Centre's Facebook page has a High health level at 8.0 out of 10. The page gives customers clear ways to make contact, with its own website link, phone number, email address and street address, and its chosen page address carries the business name. The main gaps are a short intro and the need to keep its existing audience and recommendations active through regular publishing.

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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    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
8.0Strong
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Royal Oak Dental Centre | Auckland✓
1.9K followers 2
Royal Oak Dental Centre has been in practice for over 30 years.1
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★ 8 reviews · recommended 3
🌐 royaloakdental.co.nz✓
☎ +64 9-625 7069✓
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Facebook pageCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #57 for your Facebook page
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Your website

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.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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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    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.
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    Pages linking to youMore pages link to you than half the businesses here, so search engines have a reasonable number of routes into your site.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than about half the businesses here, which means it has had time to collect the links and mentions a newer address has not.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Your websiteCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

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.
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    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.
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    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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royaloakdental.co.nzDental Care Clinic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand | Dentist

Royal Oak Dental have trained dentist in Auckland. Dental Royal Oak Dental PH 09 625 7069 Call Now. Our team are highly qualified dentistry professionals with ...

royaloakdental.co.nzAuckland Dentist | Dentist New Zealand | Contact Us

Royal Oak Dental Centre, Auckland, Address 792A Manukau Road Royal Oak, Auckland Phone Phone 09 625 7069. Hours Monday – Friday : 8:30am to 5:00pm Email Mail ...

About 592 visits a month from search, across 104 searches
Google search and trafficCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #78 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Royal Oak Dental Centre covers 68% of the week's customer traffic, with no open hours in quiet times, so its hours are well aimed and one Saturday gap remains. Saturday 9am to 3pm finds customers at a closed door while the market is busy. Open Saturday 9am to 1pm so customers can arrive and be served during the busiest part of that period.

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.
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Royal Oak Dental Centre
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #77 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#57of 277 Central Auckland dentists
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Central Auckland dentistsOverall · 277 businesses
You are #57 overall
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