What this is. We read the most recent 120 Google reviews of 9 independent dental practices in New York, 1,080 reviews in total, and report the aggregate numbers here. No individual business is named; every figure is an average across the group.
Key numbers for New York
| Businesses analysed | 9 |
| Average Google rating | 4.41 ★ |
| Share of businesses at 4.5 ★ or above | 44% |
| Owner response rate | 19.2% |
| Unanswered negative reviews per business | 24.1 |
How to read this
An owner response rate of 19.2% means that roughly 19 out of 100 reviews get a public reply. Unanswered negatives are the cheapest thing to fix: replies are public and are read by the next person deciding where to go.
Method
- Source: public Google reviews, most recent 120 per business.
- Rating is the mean of the per business average.
- Response rate is the share of reviews with a published owner reply.
- Unanswered negatives counts reviews of three stars or fewer without a reply.
- Reports that failed automated quality checks are excluded.
- Data collected July to October 2026.
Cite this data
These figures are free to reuse in articles, reports and presentations with attribution and a link to this page.
Suggested citation:
Get Kandid (2026). Dental practice reviews in New York: benchmarks from 9 businesses. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://get-kandid.com/review-benchmarks-dental-new-york/
One line you can quote: “Dental practices in New York reply to only 19.2% of their Google reviews and leave 24.1 negative reviews per business unanswered, according to a Get Kandid analysis of 9 businesses.”
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