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How we market dental clinics: from Google search to booked appointment
What we do at each step, from a Google search for implants or braces to a booked consult and the six-month check-up, and what your own team keeps.
By the Kren Agency team ·
As a dental marketing agency for private clinics in Lagos and Abuja, we take a patient from the first Google search for a treatment to a booked consultation, then bring them back for every six-month check-up. One team runs every step. Your team does the dentistry and the final follow-up that confirms each booking.
What does a dental marketing agency do for your bookings?
We answer to one number: consults booked. Likes and followers don't pay for a dental team.
We run seven levers for each clinic: website, leak closure, sales strategy, lead generation, booking and operations, follow-up automations and social media. You can read what each one covers on our clinic marketing services page.
We run them together for a simple reason. Buy one piece on its own and the gaps eat your money. More enquiries into a clinic that misses calls is paid-for loss. So every patient who finds you keeps moving until they are booked, and then comes back.
Step 1: Getting found for the treatments that pay
Implants, braces, aligners and whitening are researched for weeks. A patient searches, compares three clinics and asks "how much?" in three inboxes. The clinic that shows up and replies first usually wins the consult.
So we aim campaigns and local search at the treatments that pay, in the areas you serve. Think "braces in Lekki" or "dental implants in Abuja".
Your Google Business Profile carries a lot of that weight. Google says local results depend on relevance, distance and prominence, and that businesses with complete and accurate info are more likely to show up. It also says there is no way to pay for a better local ranking (Google Business Profile Help: tips to improve your local ranking). We make sure every treatment, your hours and your HMO list are clear on the profile. Our post on setting up a Google Business Profile for clinics covers the details.
Step 2: A website that looks ready to book them
Most clinic websites read like brochures. We build treatment pages for implants, braces and whitening, with your HMO list and a booking button where patients look first.
Each page answers the questions patients ask before they call: what the treatment involves, who it suits, who does it at your clinic and how to book a consultation. Our post on dental clinic website design shows what goes on those pages.
On social media, we plan dentist-led videos that explain implants, aligners and whitening. Every post points to one next step: ask, then book.
Step 3: Answering "How much?" while the patient is still keen
This is where most dental bookings slip away. A call rings out at the busiest hour. A price DM sits until tomorrow. A website form lands in an inbox nobody checks.
Leak closure comes first. We find the missed calls, unanswered "how much?" messages and forgotten forms, and fix them. We set up instant replies and missed-call text-backs. Your team takes it from there.
Then we work on the answer itself. A price question is a buying signal. With sales strategy, we shape consult offers, payment plans for braces and implants if your clinic offers them, and scripts that turn a price question into a booked consult.
Step 4: Protecting the long appointments
A missed implant consult or braces fitting is a long, valuable slot gone. Without confirmations and deposits, your most valuable time is the first to go empty.
Under booking and operations, we help you:
- Protect long slots for high-value treatments.
- Take deposits for high-value consults.
- Send confirmations and reminders before each visit.
- Fill quiet days first.
Step 5: Bringing patients back every six months
Check-ups and cleans are a dental clinic's steadiest income and the easiest to lose. No reminder, no return. And that patient's family never hears your name.
We set up appointment reminders, six-month recalls and review requests that run every day.
Recall also helps with HMO patients. Many never learn which private treatments you offer. A clear treatment list on your website and Google profile changes that.
What your team keeps, and the rules we work inside
Your team keeps the dentistry, the patient experience and the final follow-up. We never reply to your patients' messages. Patients want to speak with the clinic that will treat them.
Dental advertising has rules, and every lever runs inside them:
- No promised results and no exaggerated claims.
- No before-and-after photos without the patient's written consent.
- You approve every ad, page and message before it goes out.
Your part is about 30 minutes a month to approve what we publish. If you would rather start on your own, our post on dental marketing in Nigeria shows what to fix first. For the full picture of how we work with dental teams, see our dental clinic marketing page.
Questions clinic owners ask before hiring a dental marketing agency
Most of our patients come through HMOs. Is this for us?
Yes, if you want more private, cash-paying work alongside them. We aim campaigns at private treatments like implants, braces and whitening. We also make your HMO list clear on your website and Google profile, so your front desk spends less time on the same question.
Will you reply to our patients' messages?
No. We set up the automations: instant replies, booking links, reminders and recalls. Your team handles the final follow-up and confirms the appointment.
We already post on Instagram. Why isn't it bringing patients?
Posting builds awareness. Bookings need a path: a reason to act, a quick way to ask and someone getting back fast. We tie every post to that path and measure it by consults booked.
What happens on the strategy call?
We look at your clinic live: how you show up for dental searches nearby, what happens when a patient asks for a price, and the first three things we would fix. You see the plan before you pay anything.