Patients ask “what do you think?” before they've picked a dentist
People seek advice in public: aligners, braces, wisdom teeth. We find those posts and draft a careful reply from your clinic - no diagnoses, no pressure.
Any plan · no card · on day 8 you decide
People ask about their teeth on Threads - and wait for a professional's answer
“Thinking about clear aligners, the dentist says two years. Dentists, what do you think?”
“Can anyone recommend a good dentist for veneers?”
“My son needs braces, two dentists say to remove teeth - looking for another opinion”
“My wisdom tooth is coming in and the pain keeps me up at night. Where should I go?”
“I don't want my wisdom teeth out, but everyone says remove them. Any advice?”
Real posts from Threads and Telegram, retold in our words, with names, handles and identifying details removed. Sample from September 2026.
Behind “what do you think?” is doubt about a plan, not curiosity
Keywords for a business match thousands of posts. What gives a client away is the wording that shows they're already choosing.
- “looking for another opinion”
- there's a treatment plan, but no trust in it
- “Dentists, what do you think?”
- they want an explanation from a professional, not an ad
- “Where should I go?”
- pain right now: an address and speed matter more than long texts
- “a good dentist”
- they choose a person, not a clinic
A clinic's reply explains, it doesn't diagnose
Here's what a draft for the request above looks like. First something useful for this exact situation, then one question to start a conversation. Links and prices come later, once the person replies.
Only a dentist who has examined you and seen your scans can give an exact timeline for aligners, so a second opinion is perfectly normal. At our consultations we walk through the plan stage by stage. Did they explain what takes the longest?
It's easy to cross a line here, so we write carefully
- Requests are often emotional: pain, fear, distrust after another dentist. We reply carefully, never diagnose and never give medical advice in comments.
- People choose a dentist nearby, so a request from another city is no use to you. We set the search to your city.
- Some posts are questions to dentists in general. That's a chance to show expertise, not a place for an ad.
What clinics ask us
Is it ethical to comment on people's posts about their teeth?
We only reply to public requests for a recommendation or an opinion. We never diagnose in comments: we explain what the decision depends on and suggest seeing a dentist.
Whose name is the reply written in?
Your account and your voice: “we” as the clinic or “I” as the dentist - whatever you set in your brief. Nothing goes out without your approval.
What if someone writes about acute pain?
That request needs a short reply: where and when they can come in, with no diagnosis in the comment. We suggest describing in your brief how you take urgent patients - then the draft says exactly that.
See your business in a week
We set up the search for your business and city. Within 7 days you'll see the real flow of requests and draft replies. No flow - we'll say so.
Any plan · no card · on day 8 you decide