Questions
Common questions
Which channels work best for dental clinics?
Instagram carries before-and-after results and clinician personality. Google Business Profile and local search are where high-intent patients actually convert — reviews and proximity dominate. Facebook still reaches the older demographic that buys implants and full-mouth work. Paid search works but is expensive and competitive on implant terms.
What content actually converts in this sector?
Treatment explainers that reduce fear, clinician introductions that build familiarity before the chair, transparent process and aftercare content, and before-and-after work where local regulation permits it. Patient stories outperform clinical detail by a wide margin.
What are the regulatory risks?
Before-and-after imagery is regulated differently in nearly every market and is restricted or banned in several. Health claims attract regulator attention faster than any other category. Never publish patient imagery without documented written consent, and never imply guaranteed outcomes.
What should we be measuring?
Consultation bookings and treatment-plan acceptance rate, not follower count. A clinic with 3,000 engaged local followers outperforms one with 30,000 scattered ones.
Where would you start with a dental clinics client?
With a dental client I start by auditing what the clinic publishes against what patients actually ask before booking. The gap is almost always fear-related — pain, cost, judgement — and almost never clinical. Closing that gap in the content usually moves consultation bookings before any spend changes.