Orthodontic marketing

Orthodontic Marketing That Turns Consults Into Treatment Starts

More booked consultations, more of them saying yes, and a pipeline of braces and aligner starts you can plan around.

The Digital Elites runs SEO, Google Ads, websites and content for orthodontic practices. Parents and adults rarely decide on the first visit: they compare consult offers, monthly payments and reviews, then ask their general dentist who to see.

Tell us your locations, your braces-to-aligner mix and how many new starts a month your chairs can handle.

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How patients choose

Four Patients, Four Very Different Decisions

A parent whose dentist said "get it checked", an adult pricing Invisalign, a referral from the dentist down the road and a family that came in for a consult then went quiet are not the same enquiry. Each needs its own page and follow-up.

Teen and child

The Parent Told to "Get It Checked"

Their dentist mentioned crowding, so they search "orthodontist near me" and "braces cost" on the drive home.

A clear free-consult offer, a parent-friendly page on when to start and real monthly payment examples win the booking.

Adult aligner

The Adult Weighing Invisalign

They've seen mail-order aligner ads and want to know why an orthodontist costs more and whether it's worth it.

An aligner page that explains supervision, refinements and retainers, with your price range and financing up front.

Referral

The Referral From the Dentist Next Door

General dentists send patients to the orthodontist they trust and find easy to work with, year after year.

A referral page, a simple online referral form and a regular note to referring offices keep you top of mind.

Pending start

The Consult That Never Started

They had the consult, took the treatment plan home and stopped answering. Every practice has a list of these.

A timed sequence of texts and emails with financing options and a booking link brings pending patients back to start.

Visibility to booked work

Address the Gaps Between Visibility and Booked Work

Orthodontic marketing usually measures consults booked. The money is in consults that turn into starts, and in starts that turn into referrals.

Ads Paying for DIY Aligner Shoppers

"Cheap aligners", "at-home teeth straightening" and mail-order kit searches soak up orthodontic ad budgets.

Negative keywords for mail-order brands and DIY terms, bids focused on consult and cost searches, and a radius drawn around your real patient base.

Consult No-Shows Nobody Chases

A free consult is easy to book and easy to skip, and an empty consult slot costs you a doctor's hour.

Text and email reminders 48 hours and 2 hours out, a one-tap reschedule link and a same-day follow-up for every no-show.

Pricing Hidden Until the Consult

Parents and adults leave when they can't find a cost range, insurance coverage or a monthly payment figure.

A cost page with typical ranges, your in-house payment plans, how orthodontic insurance maximums work and what the free consult includes.

No Link Between Ad Spend and Starts

Most practices know their consult count but not which channel produced the patients who actually started.

Tracked numbers, tagged forms and start data from your practice software in one monthly report: cost per consult and cost per start.

From Search to Treatment Start

  1. Show up for the right searchBraces, aligner, cost and consult searches from families inside your real drive time.
  2. Land on a page built for itAn Invisalign ad goes to the aligner page with pricing and payment plans, not your home page.
  3. Book the free consultOnline consult booking, tap-to-call and a short form asking only what your treatment coordinator needs.
  4. Follow up until they startConsult reminders, a pending-patient sequence and start data fed back to the campaigns.

What Your Reporting Should Show

  • Consult bookings and calls by channel
  • Cost per booked consult and cost per treatment start
  • Consult show rate and no-shows recovered
  • Braces vs aligner enquiries, teen vs adult
  • Pending patients started (where your practice software shares the data)

Start tracking depends on your practice software and how your team records outcomes. We confirm what is possible before we quote.

Services

Orthodontic Marketing Services, Picked to Fit Your Practice

Choose a focused service or a coordinated engagement. Your proposal defines the channels, deliverables and responsibilities included.

  • Orthodontic SEO and Google Business Profile

    Own the map pack for "orthodontist near me" and rank for braces and aligner searches in your town.

    • Business Profile built out: orthodontist category, services, office photos and review responses
    • Pages for braces, Invisalign, early treatment for kids, adult orthodontics and retainers
    • Location pages for each office and the school districts your families come from
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  • Google Ads for Orthodontists

    Paid search that buys consults from parents and adults ready to start, not DIY aligner shoppers.

    • Separate campaigns for teen braces, adult aligners and free-consult offers
    • Negative keywords for mail-order aligner brands, reviewed monthly
    • Call tracking on every ad so you know what each consult cost
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  • Orthodontic Website Design

    A site that answers cost, timeline and braces-or-aligners before the parent has to call.

    • Cost and financing page with payment plan examples and insurance explained
    • Online consult booking or a HIPAA-aware request form tied to your practice software
    • A referring-dentist page with an online referral form
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  • Reviews, Content and Video

    Parents read reviews from other parents. We make asking for them part of every debond.

    • Review requests sent at debond and at key milestones, with responses handled
    • Articles on early treatment age, aligners vs braces and what happens after treatment
    • Short videos of your doctor, your treatment coordinator and a first-visit walkthrough
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  • Consult Reminders and Pending Follow-Up

    Fill every consult slot and keep pending patients from drifting to another practice.

    • Automated consult reminders by text and email with one-tap rescheduling
    • A pending-patient sequence with financing options over the weeks after the consult
    • Instant text-back when a call is missed, so a parent isn't lost to voicemail
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  • Social Media for Orthodontic Practices

    Stay visible to the teens and parents in your area, where they already spend their time.

    • A monthly content plan: debond celebrations, team posts and real patient questions
    • Promoted posts for back-to-school and summer consult pushes
    • Patient photos posted only with signed consent, every post approved by your team
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Not sure where to start? Most practices begin with the Business Profile, a cost and financing page and pending-patient follow-up. Tell us your numbers and we'll tell you what we'd do first.

Discuss Your Marketing Priorities

Client reviews

Hear it from our clients

Business owners on what it was like to work with us. Each video loads only when you press play.

  • Sean Paul

    CEO, Intrigue Theater

  • Michael Baker

    Real estate investor

  • “As a small business owner, I struggled to get consistent online inquiries. The Digital Elites helped me rebrand, optimize my website, and launch local ad campaigns that brought in real clients. Within weeks, our calls and quote requests increased dramatically. They truly care about their clients’ success.”

    David Reynolds, OwnerGreenLeaf Landscaping
  • “Working with The Digital Elites transformed our chiropractic practice. Their SEO and PPC campaigns brought us to the top of Google search results in weeks—new patient inquiries doubled, and our appointment schedule is fuller than ever. The team’s expertise and dedication are unmatched!”

    Dr. Emily CarterChiroWellness Clinic
  • “Our experience with The Digital Elites has been exceptional. They provided personalized support around the clock and tailored every part of our marketing strategy—from branding to online ads—to fit our goals. The results speak for themselves: a noticeable increase in patient bookings and a strong, professional online presence.”

    Dr. Lydia MooreSpineSmart Chiropractic

FAQ

Orthodontic Marketing Questions We Hear Most

We won't put a number on it before we've seen your market, reviews and consult-to-start rate, and you should be wary of anyone who does. We can tell you what comparable practices spend to book a consult in your area, and we report your own cost per start from month one so you can judge for yourself.

If your consult calendar has gaps now, Google Ads for braces, aligner and free-consult searches is the fastest lever. If your consults are full but too few become starts, fix the cost page and pending follow-up before buying more traffic. SEO builds steadily alongside both.

Yes. Adult aligner cases get their own campaign, landing page and tracking, kept apart from teen braces so the budget and the message suit each audience. Adults care more about discretion, timeline and monthly cost, so the ads and the page lead with those.

Forms collect only what your treatment coordinator needs to book, tracking carries no patient health details, and anything connected to your practice software goes through its official integrations.

Smile photos go online only with signed consent, from a parent for minors. Your doctors approve every treatment claim, and we stay within Google's healthcare ad policies.

Yes. Referrals are often a practice's best source of starts, so we build a referring-dentist page with an online form, track which offices send patients and set up a simple thank-you and progress-update routine that keeps those relationships warm.

Agency fees depend on scope: a Business Profile and ads engagement is very different from a new website plus content plus follow-up automation. Ad spend is paid directly to Google and is separate. You get a fixed proposal before anything starts, with no long contract.

Consultation

Talk Through Your Consult and Start Numbers

Bring your monthly consults, your starts, what you spend now and whether you want more teen or adult cases. We'll tell you plainly where the quickest wins are and what we'd leave alone.

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