Voxletic Research · August 2026 edition
Dental clinics in Essen: what 3,876 Google reviews show
156 dental clinics in Essen sit in this index, carrying 13,506 published Google reviews between them. The average rating is 4.67, below the Germany average.
Figures for this city updated 2026-08-06
How the city is rated
Source: Google Maps listings collected for this index
What drives the bad reviews
- Front desk & access130
- Clinical treatment112
One review can cite several topics, so the totals add up to more than the sample
Highest-rated clinics
Clinics with at least 50 published reviews, ordered by rating.
What about your own practice?
The figures above describe Essen as a whole. Type your practice name to read what its own reviews say: the themes patients praise, the themes they complain about, and how it stands against the practices around it.
How reachable the clinics are
Key findings
- 01
82.2% of Essen clinics hold 4.5 stars or higher, below the Germany average of 85.8%.
- 02
In Essen's 1-2 star reviews, front-desk and booking problems appear 1.16x more often than clinical complaints (254 reviews in the sample).
- 03
The most-cited operational topic in Essen is front-desk service & attitude: 88 of 254 negative reviews mention it.
- 04
99.4% of Essen clinics publish a phone number and 92.3% have a website, across 156 clinics in the index.
Frequently asked questions
- How many dental clinics are there in Essen?
- This index holds 156 dental clinics in Essen listed on Google Maps, 152 of them carrying a public rating. It covers the practices a patient finds when searching, not a complete municipal register.
- What is the average dental clinic rating in Essen?
- Dental clinics in Essen average 4.67 out of 5 on Google, across 152 rated practices. 82.2% hold 4.5 stars or higher and 5.3% sit below 4.0.
- Which dental clinics in Essen have the highest Google rating?
- Among Essen practices with at least 50 published Google reviews, the highest-rated are All You Need Dental für Zahnmedizin (5.0★, 281 reviews); Fair Doctors - Zahnarzt in Oberhausen (5.0★, 214 reviews); Zahnärzte im RÜ-Karree (5.0★, 206 reviews).
- What do dental patients in Essen complain about most?
- Across the 254 one- and two-star reviews of Essen clinics, front-desk and booking problems appear 1.16x more often than complaints about the clinical treatment. The most-cited operational topic is front-desk service & attitude, in 88 of those reviews.
- Do dental clinics in Essen publish a phone number?
- 99.4% of the 156 dental clinics in Essen publish a phone number on their Google listing and 92.3% link a website. The median practice carries 41 Google reviews.
- How do dental clinics in Essen compare with the rest of Germany?
- Essen clinics average 4.67 against 4.72 across Germany. 82.2% of Essen practices hold 4.5 stars or higher, against 85.8% nationally.
- When was this Essen dental data collected?
- The listings and ratings were read from Google Maps and last updated 2026-08-06. The review text analysed covers 3,876 reviews published between 2013-08-29 and 2026-07-31.
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