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Dental marketing for clinics in regional Australia
We help dental clinics in regional towns get found by people nearby, trusted before the first visit, and booked. Every page, post and ad is checked against Ahpra and TGA advertising rules before it goes out.
Regional clinics
A regional clinic is not a city clinic.
In a capital city a dental clinic competes with dozens of others within a short drive. In a regional town there may be only a few, and patients often travel in from smaller towns around it. People tend to know each other, and a clinic's reputation moves by word of mouth.
That changes the marketing. A regional clinic does not need to shout. It needs to be easy to find when someone nearby searches, accurate everywhere it appears, and clear enough that a person who has never visited feels confident to book.
It also means a mistake is more visible. An out-of-date phone number, wrong holiday hours or a claim that breaks the advertising rules is noticed in a small community. Careful, steady work suits a regional clinic far better than loud campaigns.
The path
From their search to your door.
Four moments decide whether a patient reaches your clinic. Our work covers each one.
They search
Someone nearby types a search for a dentist, an urgent problem or a treatment. Search engine optimisation (SEO) puts your pages in front of them, and Google and Meta ads can cover the searches you do not yet rank for.
They look you over
They check your hours, photos and reviews on your Google Business Profile, then open your website on a phone. They may look at your Facebook or Instagram page too, which is where social media management comes in.
They get in touch
They tap to call, book online or send a message. Every one of those paths has to work, including after hours, which is the job AI voice and text agents are built for.
They come back
A clinic grows on patients who return and tell others. Steady, useful posts keep you familiar, and tracking and reporting shows which work is bringing people in.
Services
What we do for a dental clinic.
Fully tailored. No packages and no menus.
- Website design and management
- Built for phones first, with every treatment page written for patients in plain language, then kept up to date and looked after.
- Search engine optimisation (SEO)
- Pages structured and written so people nearby find your clinic on Google, with rankings checked every month.
- Google Business Profile
- Correct details, regular posts, and a steady routine for asking patients for reviews.
- Social media management
- Planned content for Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, with warm, general replies to comments.
- Google and Meta ads
- Small, measured campaigns judged on bookings, not on clicks.
- Tracking and reporting
- One clean setup, so your website, ads and reports all show the same numbers.
- AI voice and text agents
- Built for each clinic. An agent can answer calls and messages and book straight into a calendar. Whether it can book into your practice system depends on that system, so we check first. Callers are told they are speaking with an AI, it gives no clinical advice, and urgent calls go to a person.
- Advertising rule checks
- Website copy, posts and ads read against Ahpra and TGA advertising rules.
By treatment
Marketing each treatment properly.
Each page covers how patients search, what we build, and where the advertising rules apply.
- Dental implant marketing
- How a regional dental clinic can market dental implants: clear pages, local search and measured ads, written inside Ahpra advertising rules.
- Clear aligner and orthodontic marketing
- Marketing clear aligners and orthodontic treatment for regional dental clinics, with titles, claims and product names checked against Ahpra and TGA rules.
- Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening marketing
- Marketing cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening for regional clinics: honest pages, careful images and offers that meet Ahpra advertising rules.
- Emergency dental marketing
- How a regional dental clinic gets found for emergency searches: accurate hours, a clear emergency page, urgent-search ads and after-hours call handling.
- Children's dentistry marketing
- Marketing children's dentistry for regional clinics: reassuring pages for parents, careful use of the word free, and content that meets Ahpra rules.
- Marketing a new dental clinic
- Opening a dental clinic in a regional town? What to set up before the doors open: website, Google Business Profile, tracking, social pages and launch offers.
The rules
Marketing that stays inside the rules.
Dental advertising in Australia is covered by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. Section 133 says a regulated health service must not be advertised in a way that is false, misleading or deceptive; offers a gift, discount or inducement without stating its terms and conditions; uses testimonials; creates an unreasonable expectation of beneficial treatment; or encourages unnecessary use of health services.
Those five points reach further than most clinic owners expect. They cover the website, the Google Business Profile, social media pages and paid ads. They shape how reviews are handled, how before and after photos are shown, and how an offer is worded. Ahpra's advertising guidelines place responsibility on whoever controls the advertising, which for a clinic's own pages is the clinic.
Where a clinic also offers cosmetic injectables, the TGA's guidance applies as well: advertising for a health service must not refer to prescription medicines, directly or indirectly.
We read every line against the published rules before it goes out, and we show you the source for anything we change. See advertising rule checks for how that works.
This page is general information, not legal advice. Ahpra and the TGA publish the rules, and their own guidance is the place to check your situation.
Method
We work the way a careful clinician does.
01 · Examine
The practice check
We look at your website, Google Business Profile, ads, reviews, social media and the clinics around you.
02 · Diagnose
A plain-English report
What is working, what is losing you patients, and what looks risky under Ahpra advertising rules.
03 · Plan
Your treatment plan
A plan written for your clinic, covering the first 90 days of ongoing monthly work. You agree what is included before anything starts.
04 · Recall
Monthly care, then we look again
A short report every month and a fuller review every 90 days. Every figure shows its source and date.
Who we are
Open about where we work.
Molar & Main is a marketing agency for dental and health clinics across regional Australia, led by Tanzeel Ahmed with his wife. Our team works from Karachi, Pakistan, on Australian business hours. We would rather earn your trust than pretend to be down the road.
It began with one phone call: people very close to us were opening a new dental clinic in a small regional town in Australia and asked for help with the marketing. Read the story.
You reach us by WhatsApp message or call, or by email, and we reply within one business day, weekends excepted.
- Ahpra advertising rules for dental websites
- A plain-English guide to the Ahpra advertising rules that apply to a dental clinic's website, with each point linked to the official source.
- Google reviews for dentists
- Can a dentist ask for Google reviews, reply to them or share them? A plain-English guide to Ahpra's testimonial rules and Google's review policy.
- Before and after photos in dental advertising
- When can a dental clinic use before and after photos on its website and social media? A plain-English guide based on Ahpra's advertising guidance.
- Advertising cosmetic injectables
- How dental and health clinics can advertise cosmetic injectable services under TGA rules: what not to name, and what the guidance says is acceptable.
Questions
What dental clinic owners ask.
How is marketing a regional dental clinic different from a city one?
A regional clinic usually serves its own town and the smaller towns around it, so the work is about being found and trusted by people nearby, not about competing with every clinic in a capital city. Local search, an accurate Google Business Profile and a website that answers real questions matter more than a large advertising budget.
Which towns do you work with?
Any regional town in Australia. We work remotely from Karachi, Pakistan, on Australian business hours, and we meet every clinic on a video call before any work begins.
Do you work with new dental clinics?
Yes. Molar & Main began with a new dental clinic in a small regional town in Australia, starting from zero. A new clinic needs its website, Google Business Profile and tracking set up correctly from the first day.
Do you only work with dentists?
Dentists are our main focus. We also work with general practice, physiotherapy, podiatry, optometry, psychology and other allied health clinics, because the same Ahpra advertising rules apply to all registered health professions.
How much do your services cost?
It depends on what your clinic needs, so we do not publish a price list. Your first practice check is free. After it, we write a plan for your clinic, with the work and the monthly fee set out clearly. You see the full cost and agree to it before anything starts.
We are not the cheapest option, and we do not try to be. Our aim is simple: the work should be worth more to your clinic than it costs. Every month you get the numbers, with their sources, so you can judge that for yourself.
The best way to find out is to ask for a practice check and tell us what you need.
Is the practice check free?
Yes, your first one is. It is a full look at every place a patient can find your clinic: website, Google Business Profile, ads, reviews and social media. If you become a client, later checks stay free. If you come back for another check without having used our services, that one is charged, because each check is a complete, in-depth audit.
Do you offer packages?
No. We start with a practice check, then write a plan for your clinic covering the first 90 days. You agree what is included before anything starts.
Who owns the website and the accounts?
The clinic does. The website, the domain and every account belong to the clinic. We only ever hold manager access.
Next step
Start with a practice check.
Tell us about your clinic and where you think it stands. Your first practice check is free. We reply within one business day, weekends excepted, and we meet every clinic on a video call before any work begins.