Social Ads for Dental Clinics: Meta, TikTok & Pinterest
Your implant patients are on Instagram. Orthodontics patients are on TikTok. Aesthetics patients are on Pinterest. We design campaigns for each treatment, on each platform, with creatives that convert.
Most dental social campaigns don't convert. The reason is almost always the same.
A generalist agency doesn't know Meta's health advertising restrictions, doesn't know which creative works for implants vs orthodontics, and doesn't adapt strategy per platform. The result: burned budgets, blocked accounts and leads that never show up.
Generic creatives
Ads that don't connect with the patient for that specific treatment. A stock image and template text won't convert in dental.
Accounts blocked by Meta
Health advertising has specific restrictions. Generalist agencies don't know them and clients end up with suspended accounts.
Low-quality leads
Patients who don't show up because the ad doesn't filter correctly. The real cost per patient multiplies.
No per-platform strategy
TikTok works differently from Instagram. Using the same ad across all platforms burns budget with no result.
Each platform, a different strategy for your dental clinic
We don't launch the same ad across all channels. Each social network has its own audience, format and conversion logic. In dental, that difference is critical.
Meta Ads
73% of patients research on social media before choosing a clinic
- High-ticket acquisition (implants, orthodontics)
- Website remarketing and reactivation of inactive patients
- Targeting by age and specific treatment
- Handling Meta's special health categories
TikTok Ads
CPC up to 3x lower than Meta - 2024 data, Spain
- Before/after transformation videos
- Highly responsive 18-35 audience
- Clear aligners and cosmetic dentistry
- High-converting reels and short-form video
Instagram Ads
The go-to platform for high-end cosmetic dentistry
- Veneers, whitening and smile makeovers
- Premium visual production creatives
- Feed, Stories and Reels optimised per objective
- Remarketing to patients who visited the website
Pinterest Ads
Highest conversion rate for cosmetic dentistry (Updent internal data)
- Female audience aged 25-45 with high purchase intent
- Low CPC and little competition in dental
- Cosmetic treatments: veneers and whitening
- Shopping campaigns and treatment catalogue
We don't run generic campaigns. Every treatment has its own strategy.
An implant patient decides differently from an orthodontics patient. Their age, fears, preferred channel and decision timeline are completely different.
Implants and Prosthetics
Patients aged 45-65 · Long decision · High ticket
- 3 phases: awareness, consideration, conversion
- Creatives with data and guarantees, not just images
- Retargeting visitors to the implants page
- Quote request form as the conversion
Clear Aligners
Patients aged 20-40 · Medium decision · TikTok and Instagram
- Before/after format in short-form video
- Lead magnet: free assessment or scan
- Young audience: focus on discretion and fast results
- Patient video testimonial as the best creative
Cosmetic Dentistry
Veneers · Whitening · Smile Makeover
- High-production visual creatives (no stock)
- Best combined with a professional photo/video shoot
- Feed + Stories + Reels adapted to each format
- Pinterest for a high purchase-intent audience
Patient Reactivation
Inactive patients in your database
- Anonymised contact lists uploaded to Meta
- ROI 3-5x higher than new patient acquisition
- Reminder campaign with an offer or news
- Works with any type of treatment
Meta has specific restrictions for health advertising. We know them and work within them.
Rejected ads, suspended accounts, permanent bans. The problem is almost always the same: the agency didn't know Meta's special health category policies. A blocked account can take weeks to recover — if it recovers at all.
We know Meta's special ad categories and when to declare them correctly.
We design creatives that comply with Meta's health policies from the first draft.
Internal review protocol before publishing any dental ad.
If an ad is rejected, we know how to reformulate it and submit the correct appeal.
If you've ever had an ad account suspended or dental ads rejected on Meta, it's because whoever managed them didn't know these restrictions. We've been running dental clinic campaigns on Meta since 2015 with zero account blocking incidents.
From briefing to live campaigns
in under 48 hours
Optimised process with over 80 dental clinics. From first contact to first lead in two days.
Briefing & strategy
Day 1Onboarding form, strategy meeting and campaign definition by platform and treatment. Budget planning and KPI setting.
Creatives
Day 1–2Design of graphics and copy adapted by platform and objective. Meta health policy compliance review before publishing.
Setup & launch
Day 2Ad account setup, tracking pixels, custom audiences and conversion objectives. Activation verified across all platforms.
Ongoing optimisation
Week 2+Daily monitoring for the first two weeks. Creative, audience and bid adjustments without waiting for the monthly report to accelerate the learning phase.
Monthly report
MonthlyFull report with: cost per lead, number of leads, per-platform cost, estimated lead quality and strategy recommendations for the next month.
Clinics already filling their diary
with Social Ads
“We've run Facebook implant campaigns for 8 months. Cost per lead dropped from €47 to €18 and quality is much higher because the ad already filters the patient. We get between 20 and 30 new requests per month.”
“TikTok for orthodontics was a bet we didn't think would work. In three months it's our channel with the lowest CPC and the youngest, most qualified leads. Updent managed everything with zero account blocking issues.”
“I tried two agencies before and had my Meta account blocked twice for poorly managed health ads. With Updent I've had a year with no incidents and the Instagram veneers campaigns are performing better than ever.”
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