Google Ads · Orthodontic clinic, Islamabad

Paid search for a treatment people think about for months

Teeth Aligners is an orthodontic practice in Islamabad specialising in clear aligners and invisible braces. Aligner treatment is elective, expensive and considered over weeks or months, which makes it one of the harder things to sell through paid search.

Window September 2024 to June 2025Scope Google Ads · SearchSource Client Google Ads account
10.5K
Clicks delivered from 106K impressions
Google Ads
9.9%
Click-through rate across the account
Google Ads
Rs 954K
Media managed across the period
Google Ads
Rs 91
Average cost per click
Google Ads

The situation at the start

A long decision, bought one click at a time.

Nobody books clear aligner treatment on the first click. The patient researches, compares, checks prices, reads about the process and often waits weeks before contacting anyone. Every one of those research sessions is a click the account may pay for without an enquiry attached to it.

The account therefore had to do two things at once: keep the cost per click low enough that a long research cycle stays affordable, and stay relevant enough to remain in front of the same patient across that cycle.

Starting conditionBeforeAfter
Average cost per clickmarket typicalRs 91
Click-through ratecategory typical9.9%
Query targetingbroad treatment termsAligner and braces intent
Impression volumelimited106K on qualified searches
Budget efficiencyunmanagedCost per click actively controlled

Client Google Ads account, September 2024 to June 2025.

The approach

Four workstreams,
one engine.

Each stream existed to make the others measurable. Nothing here was run in isolation.

01 · Cost control

Make a long cycle affordable

If research clicks are expensive, the maths never works.

  • Average cost per click held at Rs 91 through active bid management
  • Quality signals improved to reduce the price of position
  • Budget pacing matched to enquiry patterns
  • Spend concentrated on the terms that produced contact
02 · Relevance

Stay in front of the same patient

A 9.9% click-through rate keeps the practice visible across the cycle.

  • Ad copy written for aligners specifically, not general dentistry
  • Treatment and cost questions answered in the ad itself
  • Extensions used to pre-qualify before the click is paid for
  • Weak variants retired as data accumulated
03 · Query discipline

Separate research from readiness

Both matter, but they should not be bid the same way.

  • Search term reports reviewed continuously
  • Price and comparison intent handled distinctly from booking intent
  • Negatives applied against unrelated dental searches
  • Location targeting held to the practice's real catchment
04 · Continuity

Manage across the whole cycle

Elective treatment demand does not respect campaign windows.

  • Account managed continuously over the period
  • Seasonal fluctuation accommodated in pacing
  • Structure adjusted as treatment mix changed
  • Performance reviewed against enquiries, not impressions

The results

Visibility held across a months-long decision.

The account delivered 10.5K clicks from 106K impressions, a click-through rate of 9.9%, at an average cost per click of Rs 91. For an elective treatment in a competitive clinical category, holding the cost per click at that level is what makes a long research cycle economically viable.

The strategic point is that the account was not trying to convert on first contact. It was buying presence across a decision that takes months, at a price per touch low enough that being present repeatedly still adds up.

Clicks by period

Google Ads · Sep 2024 to Jun 2025
05971,1931,7902,387Sep 24Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jun 25Sep 24: 980 clicksNov 24: 1,520 clicksJan 25: 1,740 clicksMar 25: 1,880 clicksMay 25: 2,210 clicksJun 25: 2,170 clicks

Account at a glance

Google Ads · full period
Click-through rate+9.9%
Impressions, hundred thousands+1.06%
Clicks, ten thousands+1.05%
Same clientSee the search results we produced for themA five-star map presence plus organic coverage, from the capital out to Gilgit.

All figures read from the client's Google Ads account for the stated window. Account identifiers are not reproduced. Managed spend and cost per click are the account totals and averages for the period.

Key takeaways

What made
the difference.

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