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Are Google Ads worth it for a dental practice? Ads work — but they're rented attention, dentistry is one of the priciest categories to advertise in, and they only pay off if the page they land on converts. Read → Your everyday service pages: the boring ones that quietly matter Most patients aren't searching for veneers — they're searching 'dentist for a filling' or 'root canal' near them. Your routine pages get the volume, and on most sites they're a grid of identical tiles. Read → Do you actually need a website, or is your Facebook page enough? A straight answer to a question most web agencies won't give you: when a Facebook page is fine, when it isn't, and the one free thing that beats both. Read → How to get more Google reviews without breaking the rules Reviews move your ranking and your patients' trust more than almost anything on your site. You are allowed to ask — the traps are all in how, and Google tightened them in 2026. Read → What SEO actually is for a dental practice (and what's a waste of money) SEO is the most over-sold service to small practices. For a dentist, what actually moves the needle is mostly free and you already own it — and the keyword tricks you've been pitched are dead or harmful. Read → Getting your practice listed in the right places Beyond Google, your name, address and phone should appear identically across the directories patients and AI tools check. Most practices have a scatter of old, inconsistent listings quietly working against them. Read → Social media or a website — where should a practice put its energy? They do different jobs, and confusing them is expensive. Social keeps you in mind; your website is where a patient decides. Here's how to split the effort. Read → Spelling, grammar, and the words Google shows about you The first words a patient reads about you aren't on your website — they're in your search result. Careless copy there, and on the page, quietly costs trust a healthcare practice can't spare. Read → The free Google listing that brings in more patients than your website For a patient on a phone, your Google listing — not your website — is the front door. Here's why it matters more, and the five-minute check to see where yours stands. Read →