Dental Clinics in Sheffield: Ratings & Complaints (2026) | Voxletic

Voxletic Research · August 2026 edition

Dental clinics in Sheffield: what 2,703 Google reviews show

148 dental clinics in Sheffield sit in this index, carrying 18,766 published Google reviews between them. The average rating is 4.60, above the United Kingdom average.

Figures for this city updated 2026-08-06

148
Clinics in the index
4.60
Average rating
79.8%
Rated 4.5 stars or higher
2.03x
Front desk vs clinical
How much more often front-desk problems appear than clinical ones in 1-2 star reviews
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How the city is rated

Clinics by rating band

Source: Google Maps listings collected for this index

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What drives the bad reviews

2.03xfront deskvs. clinical
  • Front desk & access118
  • Clinical treatment58
Reviews mentioning a front-desk or access problem vs. reviews mentioning the clinical treatment, within 1-2 star reviews. A review can mention both.
Topics cited in 1-2 star reviews
Front-desk service & attitude
71
Clinical treatment
58
Getting an appointment
37
Billing & price surprises
35
Waiting times
31
Promised call-backs that never came
21
Unanswered calls & phone problems
20
Language barriers
4

One review can cite several topics, so the totals add up to more than the sample

04

What about your own practice?

The figures above describe Sheffield 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.

05

How reachable the clinics are

94.6%
Publish a phone number
72.3%
Have a website
47
Median reviews per clinic

Key findings

  • 01

    79.8% of Sheffield clinics hold 4.5 stars or higher, above the United Kingdom average of 74.2%.

  • 02

    In Sheffield's 1-2 star reviews, front-desk and booking problems appear 2.03x more often than clinical complaints (172 reviews in the sample).

  • 03

    The most-cited operational topic in Sheffield is front-desk service & attitude: 71 of 172 negative reviews mention it.

  • 04

    94.6% of Sheffield clinics publish a phone number and 72.3% have a website, across 148 clinics in the index.

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Frequently asked questions

How many dental clinics are there in Sheffield?
This index holds 148 dental clinics in Sheffield listed on Google Maps, 119 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 Sheffield?
Dental clinics in Sheffield average 4.60 out of 5 on Google, across 119 rated practices. 79.8% hold 4.5 stars or higher and 8.4% sit below 4.0.
Which dental clinics in Sheffield have the highest Google rating?
Among Sheffield practices with at least 50 published Google reviews, the highest-rated are Harley Private Dental - Health & Wellbeing (5.0★, 484 reviews); The Dental Practice at Dronfield Woodhouse (5.0★, 379 reviews); Deepcar Dental Care Implant Centre and Emergency Dentist Sheffield (5.0★, 288 reviews).
What do dental patients in Sheffield complain about most?
Across the 172 one- and two-star reviews of Sheffield clinics, front-desk and booking problems appear 2.03x more often than complaints about the clinical treatment. The most-cited operational topic is front-desk service & attitude, in 71 of those reviews.
Do dental clinics in Sheffield publish a phone number?
94.6% of the 148 dental clinics in Sheffield publish a phone number on their Google listing and 72.3% link a website. The median practice carries 47 Google reviews.
How do dental clinics in Sheffield compare with the rest of the United Kingdom?
Sheffield clinics average 4.60 against 4.56 across the United Kingdom. 79.8% of Sheffield practices hold 4.5 stars or higher, against 74.2% nationally.
When was this Sheffield dental data collected?
The listings and ratings were read from Google Maps and last updated 2026-08-06. The review text analysed covers 2,703 reviews published between 2013-11-24 and 2026-08-01.

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