# Santa Maria Dental Office, Santa Ana: a dentist in Santa Ana (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-ana/santa-maria-dental-office-santa-ana-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 5 sources. Updated 2026-10-06. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-ana/santa-maria-dental-office-santa-ana-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwyy8tf01f5yeqdfmrceafb%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwyy8tf01f5yeqdfmrceafb%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmuwyy8tf01f5yeqdfmrceafb%2F2.jpg) ## In short Santa Maria Dental Office is a dentist in Santa Ana, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor. 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 | Dentist | | Address | 801 N Tustin Ave #502, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA | | Hours | Mon 9:30 AM to 5 AM · Tue to Wed 9:30 AM to 6 PM · Closed Thu · Fri 9:30 AM to 3 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (714) 505-1641 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 12 reviews on Google | | Known for | Santa Maria Dental Office excels in creating a welcoming atmosphere for patients, with a focus on thorough care and gentle treatment. Their friendly staff and clean environment enhance the overall experience. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | October 18, 2026, 8:43 PM | ## 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 | 801 N Tustin Ave #502, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Description | A professional, Very clean and friendly staff environment. General Dentistry office in the heart of Orange County, treating adults and kids. Extremely professional and experienced staff that can help you make informed decisions.Accepting all PPO, In network with HMO and Dentical. Always welcoming new patients. Phone answering service before and after hours allows you to leave a message. Emergency calls taken care of same business day or the next one. Languages spoken ENGLISH, SPANISH AND EGYPTIAN. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon 9:30 AM to 5:00 AM · Tue to Wed 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM · Thu Closed · Fri 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Santa Maria Dental Office | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (714) 505-1641 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 5:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Services | Service | Dental crowns | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Dental implants | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Emergency dental services | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | General dentistry | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Matching tooth colored fillings | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Offerings | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Replace missing teeth | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Teeth removal | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Teeth removal implant crown | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Teeth whitening | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | White fillings | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/santamariadentaloffice | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Links | Website | http://www.santamariadentaloffice.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 6, 2026 | | Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/santa-maria-dental-office-santa-ana | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 6 services Santa Maria offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Matching tooth colored fillings | | | | Confirmed | | Offerings | | | | Confirmed | | Teeth removal implant crown | | | | Confirmed | | Teeth whitening | | | | Confirmed | | White fillings | | | | Confirmed | | Replace missing teeth | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Santa Maria Dental Office excels in creating a welcoming atmosphere for patients, with a focus on thorough care and gentle treatment. Their friendly staff and clean environment enhance the overall experience. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Santa Maria Address: 801 N Tustin Ave #502, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA. Phone: (714) 505-1641. Hours: Mon 9:30 AM to 5 AM · Tue to Wed 9:30 AM to 6 PM · Closed Thu · Fri 9:30 AM to 3 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Santa Maria on its Google Business Profile: "A professional, Very clean and friendly staff environment. General Dentistry office in the heart of Orange County, treating adults and kids. Extremely professional and experienced staff that can help you make informed decisions.Accepting all PPO, In network with HMO and Dentical. Always welcoming new patients. Phone answering service before and after hours allows you to leave a message. Emergency calls taken care of same business day or the next one. Languages spoken ENGLISH, SPANISH AND EGYPTIAN." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Tustin-Fruit | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Tustin-Fruit | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Tustin-Fruit | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Fruit-Tustin (Zone 2) | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Fruit-Tustin (Zone 1) | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Tustin-Wellington | Bus stop | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.7 average across 12 reviews: Google 12. (Confirmed, read October 6, 2026.) This dental office is noted for its thorough procedures and a calming atmosphere, making dental visits more pleasant. (AI guess, from 12 reviews.) ### What people like - Bridge work quality - Deep cleaning and polishing - Whitening kit provided after cleaning - Clean clinic environment - Thorough and gentle care ### What people do not like Nothing found ### Press No press story about Santa Maria found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Listed on 0 of the 34 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Not listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Booksy | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Not listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Fresha | Not listed | | Groupon | Not listed | | Healthgrades | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Not listed | | MD.com | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | NPI No. | Not listed | | Porch | Not listed | | Psychology Today | Not listed | | RateMDs | Not listed | | RealSelf | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Vagaro | Not listed | | Vitals | Not listed | | WebMD | Not listed | | Wellness.com | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Not listed | | Zocdoc | Not listed | ## Recent updates from Santa Maria Santa Maria hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### Open Thursdays here? No answer yet ### bad experiences at Santa Maria, anyone? No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### genuinely, what is good about this one No answer yet ### how far out is this place booking right now? No answer yet ### points or member pricing here, worth signing up? No answer yet ### best dentist in Santa Ana, CA No answer yet ### anything new from Santa Maria in Santa Ana lately? No answer yet ### cancellation list here, is there one No answer yet ### are the injectors here nurses or doctors No answer yet ### is there a way to spread the cost here No answer yet ### killing time on Tustin, any ideas No answer yet ### cheaper than Santa Maria in Santa Ana without it being sketchy? No answer yet ### Street parking near here, any good? No answer yet ### who should I ask for at Santa Maria? No answer yet ### Busiest day at Santa Maria, anyone know? No answer yet ### Santa Maria or Affinity Dental for Gentle and thorough dental care? No answer yet ### What happens on a first visit at Santa Maria? No answer yet ### can I ask for numbing at Santa Maria without it being weird? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Santa Maria We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Santa Maria. These are the answers that disagree with the record. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026. ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 25 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Santa Ana dentists run 23 to 49. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Santa Maria scores 25, below the Santa Ana average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Santa Maria | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 16 answers that recommended anyone. 4 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 50 | 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. | Fair | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a dentist When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, 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 says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a dentist in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## 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 Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Santa Maria Dental Office | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.santamariadentaloffice.net/ | Subject of this page | | Santa Ana, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Santa Maria 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 dentists in Santa Ana, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best dentists in Santa Ana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-ana/dentist - Best businesses in Santa Ana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-ana ### 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 - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### 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 Santa Maria Dental Office. 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:ChIJp2Wz1H3Z3IAR858zI2iine4 (accessed Oct 6, 2026) - [2] santamariadentaloffice.net, https://santamariadentaloffice.net/ (accessed Oct 18, 2026) - [3] santamariadentaloffice.net, https://santamariadentaloffice.net/offerings/ (accessed Oct 18, 2026) - [4] AI engine output: Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026; ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 18, 2026) - [5] santamariadentaloffice.net, http://www.santamariadentaloffice.net/ (accessed Oct 18, 2026)