Patient Search Visibility Index
Modesto dental search market
96 practices analyzed across 25 high-intent patient searches and 9 standardized Maps locations.
What the data says
Sierra Dental Care currently has the strongest measured search visibility in Modesto.
Its composite visibility score is 38.8, compared with a market average of 4.3. This describes online discoverability for the measured searches—not care quality or patient outcomes.
Market diagnosis
organic search is the stronger discovery channel across this market.
- Practices appearing in measured results
- 89 of 96 (93%)
- Score needed for the top quarter
- 5.7
- Average high-intent searches in the top 10
- 2.8
Google Maps leader
Sierra Dental Care
47.8 channel score
Organic search leader
Modesto Modern Dentistry
27.8 channel score
Current leaders
Top 10 for online search visibility
Ranked only by measured Google Maps and organic discoverability. This is not a clinical-quality ranking.
- 1Sierra Dental CareMaps #1 · organic #2 · 15 top-10 searches38.8visibility score
- 2Modesto Smiles DentistryMaps #3 · organic #8 · 13 top-10 searches21.6visibility score
- 3Pelandale DentalMaps #5 · organic #5 · 11 top-10 searches20.4visibility score
- 4Aspen Dental - Modesto, CAMaps #2 · organic #42 · 10 top-10 searches20.3visibility score
- 5ProSmile Family Dental CareMaps #4 · organic #31 · 8 top-10 searches17.8visibility score
- 6Modesto Dentistry And ImplantsMaps #9 · organic #6 · 11 top-10 searches13.8visibility score
- 7Modesto Modern DentistryMaps #28 · organic #1 · 11 top-10 searches13.5visibility score
- 8Dr. Rosenbaum & AssociatesMaps #22 · organic #3 · 7 top-10 searches11.6visibility score
- 9Affordable Dentures & ImplantsMaps #7 · organic #25 · 2 top-10 searches10.5visibility score
- 10Zwahlen & Marshall Family DentistryMaps #32 · organic #4 · 12 top-10 searches9.9visibility score↑ 3
Search-by-search findings
Where the market is easiest—and hardest—to be found
Average visibility shows how much of each patient search the market’s practices capture. Longer bars indicate searches with stronger, more consistent local representation.
Special-needs dentist
35 organic appearancesWisdom teeth removal
31 organic appearancesPediatric dentist
30 organic appearancesTooth extraction
34 organic appearancesDental exam
32 organic appearancesSedation dentist
42 organic appearancesVeneers
43 organic appearancesCosmetic dentist
34 organic appearancesDentist
41 organic appearancesGum disease treatment
30 organic appearancesHow to read this report
Visibility is not quality.
The index measures how often and how prominently practices appear for standardized local patient searches. Reviews, clinical outcomes, American Dentists placement, and payment do not change the score.
Modesto visibility FAQ
Questions dentists ask about this report
Which dental practice has the strongest online visibility in Modesto?+
Sierra Dental Care ranks first in the current American Dentists Patient Search Visibility Index with a score of 38.8. The index measures Google Maps and organic discoverability; it is not a rating of clinical quality.
How many Modesto dental practices were measured?+
96 active practices were compared across 25 standardized high-intent patient searches. Maps searches used 9 fixed locations across the city.
Can a dentist pay to improve this ranking?+
No. Advertising, featured placement, claiming a profile, and subscription level do not alter the score, sampling locations, keyword weights, or entity matching.
What does the visibility score include?+
The composite score is 60% Google Maps visibility and 40% Google organic visibility. Ranking position, geographic coverage, keyword intent, and available search-demand evidence determine how much each result contributes.
Why might a well-known practice rank lower here?+
Reputation and search visibility are different measurements. A practice may be well regarded but appear less often for the standardized searches, rank strongly near its office but weakly across the city, or have a website that is difficult to attribute to one location.