Start with Google Business Profile, then Apple Business Connect, Bing Places, Yelp and Facebook. Those five feed most map results and the voice assistants on patients’ phones. The 95 sites after them are data aggregators, dental and health directories, association locators that only take members, and national sites for the UK, Canada, Australia, India, the UAE and Singapore. Every row in the tables gives the site type, the price and who is allowed to list.
You will not need all 100, since most patient calls come from the first 15. The rest fill gaps, such as a provincial association locator in Canada or the NHS website in England, and they repeat your details on more independent sites. Write your master record before you open any sign-up form.
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Five Rules From Our Dental Listing Checks
- Type the practice name, address, phone, website and hours once, in one document, and paste from it every time.
- Do Google, Apple, Bing, Yelp and Facebook first. Data Axle and Foursquare come next because other sites copy their data.
- The ADA, AACD, AAO and AAE locators list members only. Invisalign lists trained providers who meet its case rules.
- Google allows one profile per location, and a dentist who sees patients can have a separate one. Duplicates are hidden from Search and Maps.
- Pay for a listing only when you can count the calls or bookings it sends.
How We Picked and Checked These 100 Listing Sites
We built the list from each platform’s own claim and help pages. Then we added dental association locators, insurance and financing locators, regulator registers and national health directories. The price column comes from the site’s sign-up page when it states one. When it does not, we used public directory lists.
For more than 40 of the sites, we opened the listing, claim or eligibility page, or a current how-to guide for it. Gated directories got the most time, since a wrong guess about membership wastes an afternoon. We cut repeats, such as country versions of one brand, and counted the final list with a script.
Inside each group, the sites patients use most come first. Niche directories sit lower because they reach fewer people.
Build One Master NAP Record Before You Submit Anything
NAP means name, address and phone number. Search engines compare these details across sites, and “Suite 200” on one site against “#200” on another is a small gap. An old phone number is a bigger one, because a patient ends up calling a line nobody answers.
Write the master record before you open a single directory. The front desk, your agency and your web developer all copy from that one file.
| Field | What to write | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|
| Practice name | The name on your signage and letterhead | Adding “Best Implant Dentist” or a city name |
| Street address | One format, used everywhere, with the suite number | Mixing “Ste,” “Suite” and “#” |
| Phone | A local number your team answers | A call center or a number you no longer control |
| Website | The exact home page or location page URL | Mixing http and https, or www and non-www |
| Hours | Regular patient-facing hours | Forgetting holiday hours |
| Categories | Dentist first, then specialties you actually offer | Picking a specialty the practice does not offer |
| Description | Two or three plain sentences about services | Keyword lists and promises of results |
Keep a tracking sheet with one row per site, with columns for site, login owner, date submitted, date live and profile URL. When you move or change numbers, that sheet is your to-do list. Put every login under a shared practice email, because a login tied to one person’s inbox leaves the practice when they do.
Put your main local number on directories and keep call-tracking numbers for ads. Google asks for a number “under the direct control of the business,” and it prefers a local number over a central call center line. Your website footer and structured data should show the same details. Our guide to dental schema markup shows how to write the Dentist type so it matches your listings.
The First 15 Listings to Finish, in Priority Order
We ordered this for a US practice, with map and voice assistant sources first. The aggregators that pass data to smaller sites come next, followed by the health directories patients use to compare dentists. Outside the US, move your national directory near the top, such as the NHS website in England or healthdirect in Australia.
1. Google Business Profile Controls the Map Pack
Google Business Profile decides how you show up in the map pack, Google Maps and many AI answers. Claim it, verify it and fill every field, including categories, services, hours, photos and the booking link. Google treats dentists as individual practitioners, so a dentist who sees patients can have a profile separate from the practice. Our guide on how to rank a dental practice on Google Maps covers the work after the profile goes live.
2. Apple Business Connect Sets Your iPhone Place Card
Apple Business Connect is free. It controls your place card in Apple Maps, Messages, Wallet, Siri and other apps. Apple verifies the business first, and after that you claim the location and add photos, a logo and action buttons. If the card is wrong, an iPhone user who asks Siri for a dentist gets your old details.
3. Bing Places for Business Imports From Google
Bing Places for Business is free and now sits at bing.com/forbusiness. Microsoft’s October 2025 update says Google imports now keep your name, hours and contact details more accurately. Clean up the Google profile first and Bing becomes mostly an import job.
4. Yelp Usually Has a Page Waiting to Be Claimed
Search Yelp for your practice before you create anything, because many dental offices already have a page. If yours shows as unclaimed, click “Claim This Free Business Page.” Yelp’s standard check is a phone call, so have someone at the front desk ready to pick up the practice line. Ads are a separate purchase and the free page works without them.
5. A Facebook Page Patients Message With Questions
A Facebook Page shows your address, hours, phone and reviews, and patients use it to send quick questions. Copy the name and address straight from your master record. Link the Page to your Instagram professional account so the two profiles carry the same details.
6. Data Axle Sends One Fix to Many Sites
Data Axle is a data aggregator. Its local listings page says the plan for 1 to 10 listings is free. Verified data goes out to search engines, online directories, in-car navigation systems, mobile apps and virtual assistants. Search for your business, click “Claim your business” and correct every field. Sites that copy Data Axle records pick up your corrections from there.
7. Foursquare Still Feeds Places Data to Partners
Foursquare shut its City Guide app in December 2024. Its sunset notice says listings stay discoverable in the Swarm app and still go out to large partners. Open the Foursquare Business tool, search for your venue, click Claim and fill in the verification form. The claim guide shows each screen.
8. Healthgrades Profiles Exist Before You Claim Them
Healthgrades often has a profile for each dentist before anyone at the practice touches it. Go to “Provider Log In,” choose “Claim Your Free Profile,” find the dentist and enter the practice details plus a state license number. Healthgrades reviews the claim before it goes live, and once you have access you can add a photo, the insurance plans you take and a short bio.
9. WebMD Care Covers WebMD and Vitals in One Profile
A basic WebMD Care profile is free, according to WebMD. It appears on WebMD and on the Vitals.com doctor directories, so one update fixes two well-known health sites. Featured profiles cost extra, and that choice can wait until the basic profile is correct.
10. ADA Find-a-Dentist or Your Specialty Academy
The ADA relaunched Find-a-Dentist in 2025, and ADA News confirms it lists ADA member dentists only. Each member has a basic profile in the My ADA portal, but it stays out of search results until you tick “Include in Find-a-Dentist.” Specialists should also finish their academy listing, such as the AAO for orthodontists or the AACD for cosmetic dentists. The entry rules for each are in the association section further down.
11. Nextdoor Business Pages for Neighborhood Referrals
Neighbors on Nextdoor ask each other which dentist to try. The free Business Page holds your contact details, photos and team, and it collects recommendations and posts. Nextdoor says business details can come from members, so claim the page before a neighbor’s version becomes the record.
12. Yellowpages.com Verifies by Phone Call
Yellowpages.com has a free basic listing. Create an account with a business email address, then verify through a phone call to the listed number. If a field is locked after approval, use “Suggest an Edit” or contact support.
13. Better Business Bureau Profile Without Accreditation
A BBB profile adds one more trusted record of your name and address. The BBB says businesses “do not have to be Accredited” to use its programs and services. Accreditation is a paid tier with the seal and other extras, so decide on it separately from the free profile.
14. TransUnion Digital Business Profile, Formerly Neustar Localeze
Localeze now runs under the TransUnion name. A listing on the Duda app store says verifying your profile is free and publishing needs a paid plan. The same page says the data reaches Google, Apple, Bing, Facebook, MapQuest, Nextdoor, YP.com and HERE Maps. We add it once Data Axle is done.
15. Insurance Network Directories, Starting With Delta Dental
Patients with dental benefits look up in-network dentists in their insurer’s directory, for example Delta Dental. You get into those directories through credentialing. There is no listing form to fill in. Keep your address, phone and new-patient status current with every network you join. Zocdoc‘s own billing page notes that bookings through partners such as insurance directories are free.
Search Engine and Map Profiles (Sites 1 to 11)
Patients rarely visit these as websites, but their data shows up when someone asks a phone for “dentist near me” or taps directions in the car. Many services read from them, so one wrong digit here repeats across all of them.
HERE and TomTom supply map data to car systems and apps. The HERE help page says owners can use “Suggest an edit” in WeGo, or add a new place through Map Creator or by email. TomTom takes business submissions through its Map Share form. Anyone can edit OpenStreetMap, so zoom in on your pin and drag it onto the building if it has drifted into the parking lot.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google Business Profile | Search and maps profile | Free | Practices with a staffed, signed location; public-facing dentists can have their own profile |
| 2 | Apple Business Connect | Apple Maps, Siri and Wallet place card | Free | Businesses that Apple verifies |
| 3 | Bing Places for Business | Bing search and maps | Free | Owners; Google profiles can be imported |
| 4 | Yelp | Reviews and local directory | Free; ads optional | Owners who verify, usually by phone |
| 5 | Facebook Page | Social profile with map, hours and reviews | Free | Any business |
| 6 | Nextdoor Business Page | Neighborhood network | Free; ads optional | Local businesses |
| 7 | Better Business Bureau (BBB) | Business profile and complaints | Profile open to all; accreditation is a paid tier | Any business |
| 8 | OpenStreetMap | Open map data | Free | Anyone can add or edit a place |
| 9 | HERE WeGo | Maps and in-car navigation | Free to suggest edits | Anyone, through “Suggest an edit” or Map Creator |
| 10 | TomTom | Maps and in-car navigation | Free and paid options | Owners, through the TomTom Map Share business form |
| 11 | Waze | Navigation app | Paid (Waze Ads) | Businesses that buy Waze Ads |
Data Aggregators and Registries That Feed Other Directories (Sites 12 to 16)
Aggregators sell or share business data with directories, map apps and search engines. A wrong record at the source can overwrite sites you already corrected. Patients never see these companies, and they still sit near the top of our order for that reason.
Two entries here are official registries that patients never browse. Dun & Bradstreet runs a free D-U-N-S Profile Manager for verified owners or officers of US private companies, and you can request updates to your legal name and address there. The NPPES NPI Registry is the public federal lookup for National Provider Identifiers, and each record shows a practice location, so update it after a move or the old address lingers.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Data Axle | Data aggregator | Free for 1 to 10 listings | Any business that claims its record |
| 13 | Foursquare | Places data provider | Free and paid options | Owners who claim and verify the venue |
| 14 | TransUnion Digital Business Profile (formerly Neustar Localeze) | Data aggregator | Free to verify; paid to publish | US businesses |
| 15 | Dun & Bradstreet | Company data and D-U-N-S records | Free D-U-N-S Profile Manager | Verified owners or officers of US private companies |
| 16 | NPPES NPI Registry | Federal provider registry | Free | US providers with a National Provider Identifier |
Dental Booking Sites, Dentist Directories and Specialty Locators (Sites 17 to 30)
Read the business model before you sign anything in this group. A free directory costs you an hour. A booking marketplace charges per patient, and whether that pays depends on your fees and the patients it sends.
Zocdoc is the best-known booking site. Its pricing page lists no upfront fees or subscriptions. You pay a one-time fee for each new patient connection, set by specialty and location and charged at booking. The fee stands even if the patient later cancels or does not show, though Zocdoc may waive some late cancellations. Bookings that come through its booking link on your own website or Google profile are free. Opencare shows its price as “Contact vendor” on Capterra, so ask for the full cost per patient before you start.
Dentagama, Doctor.com and the smaller dentist directories say on their sign-up pages whether a basic listing is free. They send far fewer patients than the big platforms, so we fill the free ones in one afternoon and skip any that demand a link back. The last four rows are specialty locators run by professional bodies, and each lists only its own members or board-certified dentists.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Zocdoc | Booking marketplace | No signup fee; fee per new-patient booking | Providers who sign up |
| 18 | 1-800-DENTIST | Patient referral service | Paid | Dentists who join its network |
| 19 | Opencare | Booking marketplace | Quote on request | Partner practices |
| 20 | Dentagama | Global dental directory | Free and paid options | Dental clinics in any country |
| 21 | Doctor.com | Provider directory | Free and paid options | US providers |
| 22 | Find a Top Doc | Provider directory | Free | US providers |
| 23 | AAPD Find a Pediatric Dentist | Pediatric dentist locator | Included with AAPD membership | American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry members |
| 24 | Dentists.com | Dentist directory | Paid | US dentists |
| 25 | Family Dental Directory | Dentist directory | Free and paid options | US dentists |
| 26 | EveryDentist | Dentist directory | Free | US and Canadian dentists |
| 27 | AAID Find an Implant Dentist | Implant dentist locator | Through AAID credentialing | AAID-credentialed implant dentists |
| 28 | American Board of Periodontology Locator | Board certification locator | Through board certification | Board-certified periodontists |
| 29 | ImplantDirectory | Implant dentist directory | Free | US dentists who place implants |
| 30 | AAP Find a Periodontist | Periodontist locator | Included with AAP membership | American Academy of Periodontology members |
Association and Brand Locators With Membership Rules (Sites 31 to 38)
Patients trust these locators because a known organization runs them. You cannot just sign up for most of them. Each has an entry rule, quoted here from the organization’s own pages.
- ADA Find-a-Dentist: ADA member dentists only. You must tick “Include in Find-a-Dentist” in My ADA, as ADA News explains.
- AACD: A member’s profile is “automatically populated” and switched on when the dentist joins, with room for photos, video and social links, per the AACD locator page.
- AAO: The locator “exclusively lists AAO members.” Student members can be listed once they prove they finished an orthodontic residency, according to the AAO.
- AAE: FindMyEndodontist.com connects patients with AAE member endodontists.
- Invisalign: The rules change by country. In Australia, the doctor locator lists trained providers who submitted at least 10 cases in the previous rolling 12 months. It can also rank results by recent case volume.
- InsureKidsNow: The CMS Dentist Locator lets families find dentists who see children and accept Medicaid or CHIP, general dentists included. Families search by state and plan, so your entry depends on which plans you accept.
CareCredit’s doctor locator shows each practice’s name, address, phone, website, specialties and accepted payment options. Check your entry once a year, because a new address in your practice software does not always reach the locator.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | ADA Find-a-Dentist | Association directory | Included with ADA membership | ADA member dentists who tick “Include in Find-a-Dentist” |
| 32 | AACD Find-a-Dentist | Cosmetic dentistry directory | Included with AACD membership | AACD members; profiles go live when they join |
| 33 | AAO Find an Orthodontist | Orthodontist directory | Included with AAO membership | AAO members, including student members after proof of residency |
| 34 | AAE Find an Endodontist | Endodontist directory | Included with AAE membership | AAE member endodontists |
| 35 | Invisalign Doctor Locator | Brand locator | Free for eligible providers | Invisalign-trained providers who meet case-volume rules |
| 36 | CareCredit Doctor Locator | Patient financing locator | Comes with CareCredit acceptance | Practices that accept CareCredit |
| 37 | InsureKidsNow Dentist Locator | Federal Medicaid and CHIP locator | Free | Dentists who see children in Medicaid or CHIP plans |
| 38 | Delta Dental Find a Dentist | Insurance network directory | Free for network dentists | Dentists contracted with a Delta Dental network |
Health Directories Patients Use to Compare Dentists (Sites 39 to 44)
Patients who type a dentist’s name into Google often land on these sites. Most already hold a profile for each dentist, and your job is to claim and correct what is there.
Claim Healthgrades and WebMD Care first, since the free WebMD profile also shows on Vitals. RateMDs covers six countries, Canada among them. Reviews on all of these sites fall under the same law as Google reviews. The FTC’s final rule on fake reviews bans buying fake reviews, paying for reviews of a set sentiment and suppressing negative ones. It also requires insiders to disclose their connection. Our dental Google reviews statistics show why a steady flow of real reviews beats a one-month burst.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Healthgrades | Health provider directory and reviews | Free claim; paid upgrades | Licensed providers (a state license number is required) |
| 40 | WebMD Care | Health provider directory | Free basic profile; paid featured profile | US practitioners and practices |
| 41 | Vitals | Health provider directory and reviews | Free basic profile, shared with WebMD Care | US practitioners and practices |
| 42 | RateMDs | Doctor and dentist reviews | Free and paid options | Providers in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa |
| 43 | Wellness.com | Health directory | Free and paid options | US providers |
| 44 | HealthProfs | Health professional directory | Free | US and Canadian providers |
General Business Directories for US Practices (Sites 45 to 59)
Few patients pick a dentist on these sites. Search engines still see your details repeated on many independent sites, and several of these directories pass data on to others.
We get through the free ones in one or two sittings, pasting from the master record. Skip featured-placement upsells unless the site shows real traffic in your city. Public directory lists show Cylex as paid, and we kept it because it runs many country versions. MapQuest is on TransUnion’s distribution list, so a clean TransUnion record covers much of what MapQuest shows.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Yellowpages.com | Business directory | Free basic listing | Owners who verify by phone |
| 46 | Manta | Small business directory | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 47 | MerchantCircle | Local business directory | Free | Any business |
| 48 | MapQuest | Maps and local search | Free | Businesses whose data reaches it through aggregators such as TransUnion |
| 49 | Hotfrog | Business directory | Free and paid options | Any business; country versions exist |
| 50 | Brownbook | Business directory | Free | Any business |
| 51 | Cylex | Business directory | Paid | Any business; country versions exist |
| 52 | ShowMeLocal | Business directory | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 53 | Storeboard | Business directory | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 54 | Kompass | Business directory | Free and paid options | Any business; country versions exist |
| 55 | Infobel | International business directory | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 56 | Cybo | Business directory | Free | Any business |
| 57 | EnrollBusiness | Business directory | Free | Any business; country versions exist |
| 58 | Yellow.place | Business directory | Free | Any business |
| 59 | Tupalo | Business directory | Free and paid options | Any business |
Review Platforms and Social Profiles That Count as Citations (Sites 60 to 67)
Any social profile that shows your address, phone or website counts as a citation. Use the same practice name on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and X. Fill in the full address and main phone number in each profile’s about section wherever the platform has a field for it.
Trustpilot and ProvenExpert suit practices that sell aligners, whitening or dental plans online. A single local office should collect Google, Healthgrades and Yelp reviews first. Never mention a patient’s treatment in a reply, since a plain thank-you keeps you inside privacy rules.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Trustpilot | Review platform | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 61 | ProvenExpert | Review platform | Free and paid options | Any business |
| 62 | Social profile | Free | Any business with a professional account | |
| 63 | Company page | Free | Any business | |
| 64 | YouTube | Video channel | Free | Any business |
| 65 | TikTok | Social profile | Free | Any business account |
| 66 | Social profile | Free | Any business account | |
| 67 | X (formerly Twitter) | Social profile | Free | Any account |
Listing Sites for Dental Practices Outside the US (Sites 68 to 100)
Google, Apple, Bing, Facebook and Yelp work in most of these countries, so do those first. Next comes the national health directory, which patients and health agencies treat as the official record of where you are.
UK Listings, Including the NHS Website and CQC
Practices with an NHS dental contract must keep their NHS website profile current. The NHS Business Services Authority says practices must confirm their profile information every quarter in NHS Profile Manager, including whether they accept new NHS patients. The deadlines are 30 June, 30 September, 31 December and 31 March. Missing one of those dates can breach contractual obligations. Dental practices registered with the Care Quality Commission in England also have a CQC location page with their address and inspection reports.
Yell moderators review every new listing and do not accept custom categories. Doctify says it is free to use for consultants and other registered healthcare professionals. My Private Dentist gives private dentists a free Basic profile, with a Premium plan at £39 a month.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | NHS website (nhs.uk) | Official NHS service finder | Free | NHS dental contractors, who must confirm details every quarter |
| 69 | Yell | Business directory | Free listing; paid ads optional | UK businesses; moderators review new listings |
| 70 | FreeIndex | Business directory | Free; paid Premium tier | UK businesses |
| 71 | Doctify | Provider reviews and booking | Free for registered professionals | Registered UK healthcare professionals |
| 72 | My Private Dentist | Private dentist directory | Free Basic profile; Premium £39 a month | UK private dentists |
| 73 | HealthHubble | Health directory | Free and paid options | UK providers |
| 74 | Care Quality Commission (CQC) | Regulator location pages | Free | Dental practices registered with the CQC in England |
Canadian Directories, Regulators and Provincial Dental Associations
Yellow Pages Canada and 411.ca each offer a free listing, and your provincial association locator comes after those. The BC Dental Association’s Find a Dentist search shows dentists accepting new patients and notes that “all information is self-selected by dentists.” In Ontario, the RCDSO public register lists every registered dentist, so check that your practice address there is current. Lumino Health, run by Sun Life, already holds many dentist profiles and invites providers to sign up for a free profile.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Yellow Pages Canada (yellowpages.ca) | Business directory | Free listing | Canadian businesses |
| 76 | 411.ca | Business directory | Free listing | Canadian businesses |
| 77 | Lumino Health (Sun Life) | Health provider directory | Free sign-up | Canadian providers, including dentists and denturists |
| 78 | RCDSO Find a Dentist | Ontario regulator’s public register | Free | Every dentist registered in Ontario |
| 79 | Find an ODA Dentist | Ontario Dental Association directory | Through ODA membership | Ontario Dental Association dentists |
| 80 | BCDA Find a Dentist | BC Dental Association directory | Through the BCDA | BC dentists; the BCDA says details are self-selected by dentists |
| 81 | Canadian Academy of Periodontology Member Directory | Specialist directory | Through CAP membership | CAP member periodontists |
Australian Health Directories and Dentist Finders
The National Health Services Directory powers healthdirect Service Finder. The Australian Dental Association tells practices to use “Suggest an edit” on their listing to change contact details, hours or services. HealthShare asks for an AHPRA number before you can claim a free profile. The publisher of dentist.com.au says it lists “every practice and every practitioner free of charge”, and updates go through a free Dental Community login.
HealthEngine sends bookings straight into practice software such as Dentally. Paediatric dentists who are active members of the Australian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry can opt in to its public listing.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | healthdirect Service Finder (NHSD) | National health services directory | Free | Health services, which must keep their own listing current |
| 83 | HealthEngine | Booking marketplace | Pricing on request | Practices that partner for online booking |
| 84 | HealthShare | Practitioner directory | Free claim | Practitioners with an AHPRA registration number |
| 85 | dentist.com.au | Dentist directory | Free | Every Australian practice and dental practitioner |
| 86 | Australian Dental Association Find a Dentist | Association directory | Through ADA membership | ADA member dentists |
| 87 | Australian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry listing | Specialist directory | Through membership | Active AAPD members who opt in |
| 88 | Yellow Pages Australia | Business directory | Free and paid options | Australian businesses |
Indian Doctor Discovery Platforms
Clinics in India list on doctor discovery apps as well as Google. Practo, Lybrate, Justdial, Sulekha, Medindia and Credihealth all let clinics create a free basic listing. The Practo Pro app lets doctors change hours, fees and treatments from a phone. Keep the clinic name identical on all six. If the area name is part of your registered name, include it everywhere.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Practo | Doctor discovery and booking | Free listing option; paid tools | Clinics and doctors in India |
| 90 | Lybrate | Doctor discovery and consults | Free listing option | Clinics and doctors in India |
| 91 | Justdial | Local search directory | Free listing option | Businesses in India |
| 92 | Sulekha | Local services directory | Free listing option | Businesses in India |
| 93 | Medindia | Health directory | Free listing option | Clinics and doctors in India |
| 94 | Credihealth | Health directory | Free listing option | Clinics and doctors in India |
UAE Health Directories and Map Apps
Zavis calls itself the UAE Open Healthcare Directory, and its dental section shows hundreds of licensed providers, each with a “Claim your listing” link. 2GIS says company data is published for free, and its team phones within three working days to check the details. On Okadoc, patients book dentists straight from the profile, and providers join through the “Okadoc for Doctors” program.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | Zavis | UAE healthcare directory | Claim link on each listing | Licensed UAE clinics |
| 96 | 2GIS | Map and business directory | Free; ads optional | Company representatives, or any user can suggest a company |
| 97 | Okadoc | Doctor booking platform | Provider program (Okadoc for Doctors) | Clinics and doctors that join |
Singapore Business Directories for Clinics
Yellow Pages Singapore runs an SME directory that asks for your ACRA-registered name and UEN before it lists you. Streetdirectory puts a “claim this listing” link on existing business pages. Yelu Singapore appears as a free option in a roundup of Singapore directories. Hotfrog has a Singapore version too, which we counted once in the US table.
| # | Site | Type | Free or paid | Who can list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Yellow Pages Singapore | SME business directory | Free and paid options | ACRA-registered businesses with a UEN |
| 99 | Streetdirectory | Map and business finder | Claim link on each listing | Owners of existing listings |
| 100 | Yelu Singapore | Business directory | Free | Singapore businesses |
Google’s Rules for Showing a Dental Practice on Maps
Google’s guidelines for representing your business set what your profile may contain, and a breach can get it suspended. Four of these rules come up in dental offices again and again.
- Use your real-world name. The name “should reflect your business’s real-world name,” matching signage and stationery. Taglines, phone numbers, location details and other extra words are not allowed.
- One profile per location. Google says “do not create more than one page for each location of your business.” Mailboxes and virtual offices are not eligible.
- Dentists count as individual practitioners. A dentist in a public-facing role who can be reached at the verified location during stated hours may have a profile. Support staff should not. One practitioner should not open separate profiles for separate specialties.
- Multi-dentist practices get a location profile. The practice has its own profile, separate from each dentist’s. A solo dentist in a branded practice shares one profile named “[brand]: [practitioner name].”
The phone number must reach the location, and premium-rate numbers are never allowed. A group with several offices needs a verified profile for every site, each at a real, staffed address. Our guide to multi-location dental SEO covers keeping names, pages and listings consistent across branches.
How to Find and Fix Duplicate Dental Listings
Most dental duplicates start with a dentist who left and kept a profile at your address, an old practice name nobody closed, or a staff member who opened a second listing. Google states that “you can have only one Business Profile for each business.” Its duplicate profiles page adds that a profile marked as a duplicate “won’t show on Google Search or Maps.”
- Search every variation. Look up your practice name, past names, each dentist’s name and your phone number on Google Maps, Apple Maps, Bing and Yelp. Log each duplicate in your tracking sheet.
- Request access before you create anything. If someone else verified the profile, request ownership. Google gives the current owner 3 days to respond, and you can appeal a denial.
- Remove your own duplicates carefully. Google lets you remove a duplicate you created without touching your verified listing. Content and managers on the removed profile are deleted with it.
- Merge where Google allows. Suggest a merge on Google Maps. Google reviews each merge, and your replies to reviews may be lost.
- Deal with departed dentists. A dentist who has left can move their own profile to a new location. If the profile stays at your address with old details, suggest an edit with the correct status.
- Edit the address when you relocate. Change the address on the existing profile. A new profile starts with zero reviews.
On other sites, use the “suggest an edit,” “report closed” or “claim” option. Then correct the source records in Data Axle and Foursquare so the duplicate does not come back. A rank tracker with local grids, like those in our review of the best SEO tools for dentists, shows whether a cleanup moved your map visibility.
Questions Practice Managers Ask About Dental Citations
How Many Citations Does a Dental Practice Need?
No fixed number exists, and correct details on the main sites count for far more than volume. Finish the first 15 in this list, then add the dental and health directories for your country and specialty.
When Should We Pay for a Dental Directory?
Pay only when you can track the patients a directory sends. Give each paid site its own tracking number or booking source. Compare the cost per new patient with your usual fees, and cancel anything that has not paid back within a few months.
Should Each Dentist Have a Separate Listing?
On Google, a dentist who sees patients directly can have a profile apart from the practice. Healthgrades and WebMD Care usually hold a personal profile for each dentist already. Claim those and link each one to the practice.
Do Citations Still Matter for AI Search?
Yes. AI answers about local practices draw on the same public business data that directories hold. Matching details across trusted directories is one of the tactics in our guide to AI SEO for dentists Matching details make it more likely those answers describe your practice correctly.
What If We Move or Change Our Phone Number?
Change your website and Google profile first, then move on to Apple, Bing, the aggregators and every site in your tracking sheet. Smaller directories update slowly, so recheck them after a month.
Can We Hire Someone to Build Our Listings?
Yes, and many dental SEO agencies include citation work in their plans. Keep every login in an account the practice owns. You can compare specialists on Dental SEO Agencies and check typical fees in our guide to dental SEO costs.
A 30-Day Listing Plan for Your Front Desk
Week one: write the master record, then finish Google, Apple, Bing, Yelp and Facebook. Week two: claim Data Axle, Foursquare, Healthgrades and WebMD Care, and fix your association and insurance listings. Week three goes to finding and cleaning up duplicates.
In week four, work through the general directories and your country list in two sittings. After that, put a quarterly reminder in the calendar to check the top 15. Listings rarely break all at once. Our explainer on why dental SEO takes time shows how this kind of upkeep adds up over months.