# Mint Orthodontics, Irvine: an orthodontist in Irvine (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/mint-orthodontics-irvine-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 1 source. Updated 2026-10-06. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/mint-orthodontics-irvine-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwz79o203clyeqdq8tvbm8s%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwz79o203clyeqdq8tvbm8s%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwz79o203clyeqdq8tvbm8s%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwz79o203clyeqdq8tvbm8s%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwz79o203clyeqdq8tvbm8s%2F4.jpg) ## In short We understand the importance of a beautiful smile. Our board certified orthodontist provides dental braces or Invisalign for all ages. We specialize in metal braces, gold braces, clear braces, Damon braces, and Invisalign. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff provides the highest level of orthodontic care. We offer no interest financing in a very comfortable, convenient location. For quality care and optimal service call our office today! Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Orthodontist | | Address | 3963 Portola Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92602, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 10 AM to 5:30 PM · Closed Fri to Sun | | Phone | (714) 544-5544 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 5.0 across 212 reviews on Google | | Known for | Mint Orthodontics is best known for its comprehensive orthodontic services, particularly in braces and Invisalign treatments, along with flexible financing options that cater to local families. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | October 6, 2026, 10:52 AM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 3963 Portola Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92602, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Description | We understand the importance of a beautiful smile. Our board certified orthodontist provides dental braces or Invisalign for all ages. We specialize in metal braces, gold braces, clear braces, Damon braces, and Invisalign. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff provides the highest level of orthodontic care. We offer no interest financing in a very comfortable, convenient location. For quality care and optimal service call our office today! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM · Fri to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Mint Orthodontics | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (714) 544-5544 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/mintorthoirvine | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/mintorthoirvine | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.mintorthoirvine.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for - Mint Orthodontics is best known for its comprehensive orthodontic services, particularly in braces and Invisalign treatments, along with flexible financing options that cater to local families. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Mint Orthodontics Address: 3963 Portola Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92602, USA. Phone: (714) 544-5544. Hours: Mon to Thu 10 AM to 5:30 PM · Closed Fri to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 6, 2026 at 10:52 AM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Mint Orthodontics on its Google Business Profile: "We understand the importance of a beautiful smile. Our board certified orthodontist provides dental braces or Invisalign for all ages. We specialize in metal braces, gold braces, clear braces, Damon braces, and Invisalign. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff provides the highest level of orthodontic care. We offer no interest financing in a very comfortable, convenient location. For quality care and optimal service call our office today!" ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby Nearby places not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## Reputation 5.0 average across 212 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read October 6, 2026.) Mint Orthodontics is noted for its modern approach and thorough treatment, although some patients have raised concerns about appointment scheduling and costs. (AI guess, from 212 reviews.) ### What people like - Thorough and professional treatment plans - Clean and modern office environment - Friendly and attentive staff ### What people do not like - Long wait times for appointments - High costs for retainers not disclosed upfront ### Press No press story about Mint Orthodontics found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Mint Orthodontics Mint Orthodontics hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### Mint Orthodontics, any chance to get in this week? No answer yet ### how much is a first visit around here No answer yet ### Street parking near here, any good? No answer yet ### who should I ask for at Mint Orthodontics? No answer yet ### Fridays at Mint Orthodontics in Irvine, are they open? No answer yet ### walking in for a first visit, what happens No answer yet ### bad experiences here, anyone? No answer yet ### discounts for coming back, is that a thing No answer yet ### Busiest day here, anyone know? No answer yet ### What happens on a first visit at Mint Orthodontics? No answer yet ### trying to book here, how long is the wait? No answer yet ### best orthodontist in Irvine, CA No answer yet ### budget options in Irvine, what is decent No answer yet ### anyone actually happy with this place? No answer yet ### which one, Mint Orthodontics or Irvine Orthodontics? No answer yet ### killing time on Portola, any ideas No answer yet ### is there a socials account worth following No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Mint Orthodontics We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Mint Orthodontics. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 6, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 33 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Irvine orthodontists run 31 to 58. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Mint Orthodontics scores 33, below the Irvine average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Mint Orthodontics | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | Not read yet | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 90 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 57 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 81 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about an orthodontist When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose an orthodontist in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Mint Orthodontics if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Mint Orthodontics | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mint Orthodontics | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.mintorthoirvine.com/ | Subject of this page | | Irvine, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Mint Orthodontics is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the orthodontists in Irvine, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best orthodontists in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine/orthodontist - Best businesses in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno - /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Mint Orthodontics. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ29UmTh3d3IARUvROIYv9Jj8 (accessed Oct 6, 2026)