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The Local Dentist

Dental clinic · Mount Albert, 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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The Local Dentist

Dental clinic · Mount Albert, Central Auckland

Where you stand#150of 277 dentists
Overall health4.6/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.508Opening hours8.7

Where we can help

03Map positions5.905Facebook page4.707Google search and traffic4.101Google listing3.404Listings and social2.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

The Local Dentist is a dental clinic on New North Road in Mount Albert, Auckland. It offers dental care seven days a week, with free consultations for implants, crowns and bridges, and dentures. Review themes describe a friendly, professional team that helps patients feel comfortable during treatment, including when they are in pain.

The Local Dentist is a dental clinic at 986 New North Road in Mount Albert, Auckland. The clinic provides dental care seven days a week, with weekday and weekend opening hours from 8:30am to 5:30pm.

Its listed services include implant, crown and bridge, and denture consultations. The clinic also describes itself as offering a full range of dental services in a modern, comfortable and fully equipped setting. Patients can contact the practice by phone or email to make an appointment.

Review themes commonly mention friendly, professional care and a welcoming approach from the team. Patients describe feeling comfortable during appointments, including when attending with significant dental pain. Reviews also refer to regular dental treatment, cleaning and hygiene appointments, and support with alignment concerns and discomfort.

For local patients, The Local Dentist combines a Mount Albert location with seven-day opening and consultations for several restorative and replacement dental treatments. Its local profile is also shaped by repeated comments about approachable staff, clear attention to patient comfort and care that helps people feel more confident about visiting the dentist.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Local Dentist's Google Business Listing health is 3.4 out of 10, which is below average. The listing has important foundations in place, including its claimed status, business name, website link and phone number. The main gaps are a short description, no logo, limited photos and narrower category coverage, reducing the information available to customers comparing local dental clinics.

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
    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.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.9 ★★★★★ (170)
Dental clinic · Mount Albert
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From the business

Your local dental clinic in Mount Albert, Auckland.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The Local Dentist has a very high Google review health score of 9.5 out of 10. Its rating and review volume together provide strong credibility, with enough feedback for customers to take the score seriously. The main focus is maintaining this position by continuing to build review volume over time and keeping the near-complete response rate as a regular weekly habit.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
  • 2
    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
  • 3
    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Test 3.★★★★★ · 6 months ago

One of Auckland’s best dentists! After receiving treatment overseas, I struggled with alignment issues and discomfort for an entire month. Within just a minute of seeing Dr. [Riddhi Patel], she identified the problem and treated it perfectl...

Response from the owner2

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a positive experience and it’s rewarding to know we were able to meet your expectations. We truly appreciate you t...

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Shweta S.★★★★★ · 7 months ago

I just had my cleaning/hygiene appointment with Dr. Riddhi Patel and I’m so glad I chose her. She did an amazing job — my teeth literally shine like stars and I’m not shying away from smiling anymore! Her feedback on my dental health was v...

Response from the owner

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback Shweta! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a positive experience and it’s rewarding to know we were able to meet your expectations. We truly appreciat...

Google reviewsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Local Dentist has an above average Maps Search health score of 5.9 out of 10. It ranks strongly for several key Mount Albert searches, including teeth whitening at position one and dentists, implants and emergency dental services at position two. The main gap is wider Auckland visibility, where the clinic appears across fewer surrounding suburbs than many competitors.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
  • 2
    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.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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emergency dental service
1Top three for "emergency dental service" in 1 suburb, seen in 2
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White Cross Urgent Dental St Lukes4.0 ★ (46) · Dental clinic
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The Local Dentist24.9 ★ (170) · Dental clinic
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Accident & Emergency Dental Unit3.0 ★ (3) · Dental clinic
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Dental on Mount Albert5.0 ★ (37) · Dental clinic
Map positionsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #113 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Local Dentist has a low Citations & Social Presence health score of 2.4 out of 10. The main issue is that no active profiles were found on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, limiting where customers can find information or contact the clinic. Yellow and Neighbourly listings were also not found, leaving important local directory gaps that may send customers to other listed providers.

Strengths

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

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 3 of them.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Yelpmt-albert-orthodontic-clinic-aucklandThe Local Dentist | Yelp
Healthpointmt-albert-medical-centreFound through search, not linked from anything you own
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #210 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

The Local Dentist has no Facebook page that customers can find, leaving out a familiar place to confirm the clinic is real, see what it does and send a message. That is unusual in this market: 150 of 277 businesses have a page that can be found. The gap means customers may find no clear Facebook presence for the clinic before choosing where to seek care.

Strengths

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

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.
4.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #148 for your Facebook page
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Your website

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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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
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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

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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www.mtalbertdental.co.nzThe Dental Suite Mt Albert - Your Gentle, Affordable Auckland ...
www.thelocaldentist.co.nzThe Local Dentist

Opening Hours Monday – Friday Saturday – Sunday 8:30am – 5:30pm Contact Us Contact us 09 815 0447 … 986 New North Road Mount Albert Auckland 1025. We offer a ...

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31About 118 visits a month from search, across 10 searches
Google search and trafficCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #163 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

The Local Dentist's hours are well aimed, covering 74% of weekly customer traffic with no open time in quiet periods. On Sunday from 1pm to 4pm, customers find the clinic closed while the market is busy. The Local Dentist should open Sunday from 1pm to 4pm, letting customers arrive and be served when demand is highest.

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.
8.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
The Local Dentist
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday10am-2pm
SundayClosed
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Opening hoursCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #38 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#150of 277 Central Auckland dentists
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Central Auckland dentistsOverall · 277 businesses
You are #150 overall
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