How we list dental practices

This page explains how every listing on dentistbelfast.com is produced, so you can judge how far to rely on it.

1. Discovery

We collected dental practices from Google Maps searches covering Belfast and surrounding areas, then merged duplicate listings of the same place. This gave 216 distinct places.

2. Exclusions

15 places were excluded, leaving 201 included records: 6 because Google categorises them as something other than a dental clinic (for example a laboratory or a school), 5 after a manual check showed they are not dental practices, and 4 that Google marks as permanently closed. A practice marked permanently closed is always excluded. 0 practices Google marks as temporarily closed stay listed with a notice.

3. Individual dentist listings

Google lists some individual dentists separately from their practice. Where one shares an address with a practice, we show the dentist on the practice page instead of creating a separate page (15 listings). One individual listing with no address is not shown.

4. Where a practice is placed

A practice is placed in an area by the postcode district or town in its own listed address. We do not place a practice in an area because a search near that area returned it. We have not yet checked each practice's map coordinates against an official boundary.

5. What we show for each practice

• Address, phone, opening hours: from Google Maps. Hours are shown only when Google gives a complete week. 144 of 156 listings have hours and 152 have a phone number.
• Treatments: from the practice's own website where we could read it (102 listings), or from the practice's Google category or attributes. Text from a website shared by several branches is labelled as the group's and is not counted for an individual branch.
• NHS status: shown only when the practice's own website states it (39 listings), labelled "as stated on the practice website". It is not proof the practice is accepting new NHS patients. Ask the practice.
• Fees: shown only when the practice states them on its own website (26 listings), in the practice's words. We never estimate prices.
• Google rating: the rating and number of Google reviews, with the date we checked. We do not hold or quote review text.
• Google review topics: Google shows short topic labels on some listings. We hold them but do not show them yet, because we have not finished checking which labels are fair to show. They are not reviews.
• Team: names and roles exactly as the practice states them on its website. We remove registration numbers and do not verify qualifications.

6. What we do not do

We do not verify practices, hold registration details, accept reviews from visitors, or rank practices. Lists are alphabetical. We do not sort or filter lists by Google rating.

6a. Listings we do not give a page

A practice gets its own page only when we hold at least three pieces of real information about it (for example a phone number, a full week of opening hours, a Google rating, a website, treatments listed on its own website, or access details). Places with less appear as a plain-text line on their area page, with no page of their own (23 places). We also left out 6 Google listings that are not dental practices, such as a dental laboratory and teeth-whitening businesses. We do not list or describe non-dental treatments such as injectables or skin treatments, even where a dental practice also offers them.

7. How fresh is the data

Listings were last checked between September 2026 and October 2026. Each listing shows its own date. Hours, phones and closures change, so call the practice to confirm.

8. Corrections

Spot a mistake? Report an error. Run a practice? Claim your listing. See also the editorial policy and disclaimer.