Christchurch Boutique Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 80.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 September 2026
53.8 of 100
Visibility in ChatGPT and Gemini answers
How often ChatGPT and Gemini name this clinic when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist. Measured by Ansmeter, 9 October 2026.
Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#280.6/100
- Best for Expats#275.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#377/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#471.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#288.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#375.3/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified
Summary
Riccarton, Christchurch general and cosmetic practice with a fully itemised, permanent price list spanning fillings, implants, crowns and orthodontics (Invisalign), and a named multi-dentist team including holistic dentistry.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Team page names Dr. David Kao, Dr. Natalyn Tiang, Dr Kah Ern and at least one further dentist. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dedicated Holistic Dentistry service page tied to the clinic’s own offering. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos The team page gives every named clinician an individual studio portrait taken in the practice; there is no stock imagery in the team block. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Nav: holistic dentistry, dentist referral form, plus a fully itemised pricing page (general, cosmetic, complex treatment categories). [s1] [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Permanent, itemised pricing page across General, Cosmetic Dentistry and Complex Treatment categories, well over three services. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Hygiene Clean from $225. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite Filling $345–575. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Porcelain Crown from $1,890. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant Crown from $3,090. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Consultation $100; Examination/Recall $125. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed OPG $120; PBW/PA X-ray $49. [s3] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ✓ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) Automated Google Maps place lookup, re-read today: a round 5.0 across 311 reviews; star histogram 1★ 2 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 307. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [gmp1] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest review rendered on the place page is 2 months old. Only star-rated first-person reviews were counted: owner replies and Google Business Posts render in the same record with their own age stamp and were excluded. [gmp2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Seven of the seven star-rated reviews rendered on the clinic’s Google place page carry a dated owner response (owner replies and Business Posts excluded from the denominator). [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Re-sourced to the clinic’s own channel: the site links facebook.com/chchboutiquedental (and instagram.com/chchboutiquedental) in its header and footer. The first pass cited a search result, which is not a clinic channel. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed, Trustpilot or RateMDs (checked 2026-10-02). [christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop] [christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-2] [christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-3] [christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-4] [christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-5] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s3] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign – Lite/Moderate/Comprehensive priced on the cosmetic price list. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extraction and Bone Graft priced on the complex-treatment list. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dedicated emergency dental care page. [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Priced consultation options (Consultation $100, Extended Patient Consultation $150) and a dentist referral form. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours The clinic’s own site publishes LocalBusiness structured data with openingHours “Mo 09:00-17:00 … Sa 09:00-17:00” — Saturday opening. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist New Zealand", "English speaking dentist New Zealand", "dental implants New Zealand", "emergency dentist New Zealand", "New Zealand dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist New Zealand Named #2 in top5.nz’s “Top 5 Dentists in Christchurch”, named again by explorechristchurch.nz, and ranked #10 (own domain) — all within the SERP for “best dentist Christchurch New Zealand”. [av1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist New Zealand Ranked #2 (own domain, /team/) for “English speaking dentist Christchurch”. [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants New Zealand Named #9 via its own Facebook page (facebook.com/chchboutiquedental) for “dental implants Christchurch”. [av3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist New Zealand [av4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: New Zealand dental clinic for expats [av5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website LocalBusiness JSON-LD with address, geo and openingHours on the clinic’s own site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [av2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Kao [reg0] | Restorative dentistry, occlusion, implant rehabilitation and soft-tissue augmentation under magnification (graduate of the Kois Center, Seattle); founder of the practice; lectures on soft-tissue surgery and microscope dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Natalyn Tiang [reg0] | Restorative dentistry, endodontics and oral surgery (University of Otago) | not verified |
| Dr. Kah Ern Sha [reg0] | Oral surgery and cosmetic dentistry — crown and bridge, veneers, Invisalign (Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Otago, 2014); also trained in facial aesthetics | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://boutiquedental.co.nz/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +64 3 925 9929 |
| https://www.facebook.com/chchboutiquedental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 105 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://boutiquedental.co.nz/ | Clinic homepage: nav, holistic dentistry, team, pricing links | 2026-09-10 |
| s2 | https://boutiquedental.co.nz/team/ | Named team page | 2026-09-10 |
| s3 | https://boutiquedental.co.nz/christchurch-dentist-pricing-finance/ | Itemised price tables (General, Cosmetic Dentistry, Complex Treatment) | 2026-09-10 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/search?tbm=map&hl=en&gl=nz&q=Christchurch%20… | Google Maps automated lookup: rating, review count, geo, address, phone | 2026-09-10 |
| reg0 | https://dcnz.org.nz/practitioners | DCNZ statutory register (reCAPTCHA-gated) and HealthCERT scope (our registry research) | 2026-09-10 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Christchurch New Zealand | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-10 |
| av2 | search:English speaking dentist Christchurch | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-10 |
| av3 | search:dental implants Christchurch | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-10 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Christchurch | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-10 |
| av5 | search:Christchurch dental clinic for expats | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-10 |
| s4 | https://boutiquedental.co.nz/emergency-dental-care/ | Emergency dental care service page | 2026-09-10 |
| gmp2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=15278436680873128174 | Google Maps place page read again automatically on 2026-09-10 (two-step /maps?cid= → /maps/preview/place): name, address, phone, rating, review count, star histogram, review dates and owner responses | 2026-09-10 |
| christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/new-zealand/christchurch | WhatClinic, read 2026-10-02: its Christchurch dentist listing (1 page, 7 clinics shown), checked against its profile sitemaps (78 dentist profiles in New Zealand; the 10 Auckland and Christchurch profiles not shown in the city listings opened one by one) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), has no profile for Christchurch Boutique Dental and none at 105 Wainui Street, Riccarton | 2026-10-02 |
| christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-02: its clinic search does not recognise New Zealand, Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington as a location and lists no clinic in New Zealand | 2026-10-02 |
| christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=new-zealand/ | Bookimed, read 2026-10-02: its New Zealand clinic page has been removed (HTTP 410) | 2026-10-02 |
| christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-4 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/boutiquedental.co.nz | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-02: no company page for boutiquedental.co.nz | 2026-10-02 |
| christchurch-boutique-dental-riccarton-oop-5 | https://www.ratemds.com/best-doctors/?text=Tiang&country=au | RateMDs (Australia and New Zealand), read 2026-10-02: searches for the practice's dentists (Kao, Tiang, Sha) list none of them in New Zealand; the only Tiang listed in New Zealand is Dr Roger Tiang in Auckland, not Dr Natalyn Tiang of this practice | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Review-platform presence checked on 2026-10-02: no profile found on the platforms checked. |
| 2026-09-10 | Checked by hand in a browser: team page read live — the third dentist’s full surname (Sha) and every clinician’s qualifications and interests recorded, individual provider photographs confirmed. |
| 2026-09-10 | The verification pass adversarial verification: every cited URL re-opened, clinic /about, /team, /fees, /services and /contact pages read, Google place record read again automatically (rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner responses), AI-visibility citations re-checked against the AI-visibility record and the listicles it ranks. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial data collection: clinic website (home, team, pricing), automated Google Maps lookup (disambiguated from an initial two-candidate match via a precise street-address query), DCNZ/HealthCERT registry conclusion applied, AI-visibility record canonical queries. |
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