Minneapolis dental practices and their Google reviews: what the best do differently

We read the public reviews and owner replies on 72 Minneapolis-area dental practice listings. Here is who replies, how fast reviews arrive, what goes unanswered — and the ten dental practices that answer the most of their reviews.

Never replied

29%

of 72 Minneapolis dental practices have not answered a single review we read.

The median dental practice

13%

of its reviews answered. A quarter answer 82% or more; a quarter have answered none at all.

Reviews a month

3.7

for the median dental practice; the top quarter gets 8.8 or more (72 measured).

Who replies, and how much

Ranked on the share of reviews with an owner reply, among Minneapolis dental practices with at least 30 reviews read. Every name here is a public fact stated plainly: this is what their listing shows to the next customer.

#BusinessReplied toOf the newestAvg reply
1=Holger Dental Group - Minneapolis · Minneapolis100%5027 words
1=Rojas Family Dental · Minneapolis100%5013 words
1=Dental Care on Bryant · Minneapolis100%5010 words
1=Smiles At France · Minneapolis100%5033 words
1=Mint Dental · Edina100%5053 words
6=Tangletown Dental · Minneapolis98%5024 words
6=Le Centre Dentistry · Minneapolis98%5017 words
6=Metro Dentalcare Downtown Minneapolis · Minneapolis98%5011 words
9=Loop Dental · Minneapolis96%5027 words
9=Dental Arts of Minneapolis · Minneapolis96%5011 words

For scale: 39% of the 72 answer at least half their reviews, and 17% answer nine in ten. Of the reviews we read, the median dental practice has 28 that are more than a month old and still unanswered, and 54% have at least one review of three stars or fewer with no reply under it — the one a customer reads first.

What the top quarter does differently

The 18 dental practices with the highest reply rates against the other 54. Three contrasts, each measured, none of them about star rating:

  • They answer most of what comes in. Median reply rate 96% versus 4%.
  • They leave no negative review unanswered. 67% of the top quarter have zero unanswered reviews of three stars or fewer, against 39% of the rest.
  • Customers keep writing to them. Median reviews a month 4.7 for the top quarter, 3.3 for the rest. Replying does not create reviews on its own — but in this market the dental practices that answer are also the ones customers keep writing to.

How fast reviews arrive

Ranked on Google reviews received per month, among dental practices with at least 50 reviews. Pace is the number that decides how much any one bad review weighs.

#BusinessReviews a monthTotal reviews
1Centennial Lakes Dental Group · Edina42.41435
2Diamond Dental · Minneapolis32.9351
3University of Minnesota School of Dentistry · Minneapolis23.81449
4Loop Dental · Minneapolis19.7341
5City Dental · Minneapolis18.2246
6Metropolitan Periodontists, P.A. · Minneapolis15.7495
7York Dental · Edina14.9491
8Skyway Dental Clinic · Minneapolis13.9399
9Dental Care on Bryant · Minneapolis12.6395
10Mill City Dental · Minneapolis12.1312

What “normal” looks like in Minneapolis

The typical Minneapolis dental practice in this audit has 210 Google reviews, a 4.9 rating, answers 13% of them, and receives about 3.7 a month. Ratings cluster high in almost every local category, which is why this page never ranks on them — the difference customers can actually see is in the replies.

How Oh Local helps a Minneapolis dental practice

You already hold every customer’s record, so the gap here is never reach — it is the reply. The practices at the top of this page answer nearly everything, answer the negative ones first, and never confirm who was a patient or what was done (how to write one). A review that should not be there has a process too (what Google will and won’t remove).

How it works

  1. Run the free audit. We read your public Google reviews and replies and send you the numbers: reply rate, the reviews still waiting for an answer, and the oldest of them — with the table on this page to put them beside.
  2. Claim your page. Pick your listing, and your QR card and short link are ready to print — from your own phone, no onboarding call.
  3. Get the weekly email. Every new review with its reply drafted, private feedback that came in, and the short list of what to fix on your listing and site.
  4. Approve, and that’s it. You press approve on the replies you like. The rest — the card, the page, the measuring — runs on its own.

What you get

Your review page

A printed QR card and a short link that open every review option — Google, Tripadvisor, Facebook — capture the customer’s email, and give an unhappy customer a private word first. About four minutes to a printable QR.

Reviews handled

Every new review on your platforms, with the reply drafted in your voice, in one weekly email. Negative ones first. You approve, edit or skip; nothing posts without you.

Local standing

Where you rank around your shop, what competitors are doing, what changed on your listing — with the exact fix for each. Recommendations can lead to better rankings and more visibility; no tool can promise a position, including ours.

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FAQ

How many Minneapolis dental practices reply to their Google reviews?

Of the 72 Minneapolis-area dental practices we audited, 29% had never replied to a review, the median had replied to 13% of its reviews, and 17% had replied to nine in ten or more.

How many Google reviews a month does a Minneapolis dental practice get?

The median Minneapolis dental practice in our audit receives about 3.7 Google reviews a month; the top quarter receives 8.8 or more (72 listings measured).

Which Minneapolis dental practices reply to reviews the most?

Ranked on the share of reviews with an owner reply, among listings with at least 30 reviews read: Holger Dental Group - Minneapolis (100%), Rojas Family Dental (100%), Dental Care on Bryant (100%), Smiles At France (100%), Mint Dental (100%), and five more on this page.

Where does this data come from?

From public Google listings: the reviews and owner replies visible to any customer, read on September 22, 2026 for 72 dental practices in Edina, Minneapolis, Richfield. Nothing comes from any business's private data, and businesses are ranked on reply behaviour and review pace, never on star rating.

Method

72 listings with at least 15 Google reviews in Edina, Minneapolis, Richfield, in the industry Google's own listing category gives them. Up to the 50 most recent reviews read per listing. Reply rate = reviews with an owner reply ÷ reviews read. Named lists rank on reply rate (≥ 30 reviews read) and on reviews per month (≥ 50 reviews) — never on rating; equal values share a rank. Listings whose name carries an offer, a claim or a disclaimer are counted but not named. Public data only, read on the date shown; a listing can change any day. Oh Local is not affiliated with Google. Think a number is wrong? info@ohlocal.co.