55%
of the 310 practices on observable booking systems showed at least one bookable urgent slot in the next 72 hours (observed 2026-07-04)
Sydney Dental Availability Index · refreshed nightly
Can Sydney book a dentist this week?
Every night our checker reads the publicly visible booking systems of Sydney dental practices and records what a patient could actually book. This is the city-wide picture — aggregates only, no practices named.
1,471
visible 72-hour appointment slots across 47 suburbs — the bookable capacity hiding in plain sight
87%
of 937 audited practice websites score below "adequate" on their after-hours path — capacity exists, but the 11pm patient can't find it (June 2026 audit)
The paradox the index keeps showing
Most checked practices have bookable urgent capacity this week — yet 87% of audited websites give the after-hours patient no path to it, and 39% score below adequate on online booking at all. Sydney doesn't have a capacity problem; it has a visibility problem. The practices that fix the path (it's a four-line job) collect the patients the others turn away.
Suburb by suburb
Share of checked practices showing at least one bookable urgent slot in 72 hours. Each suburb links to its full snapshot.
Chatswood
67% of 15 checked · 112 slots visible
Rouse Hill
88% of 8 checked · 96 slots visible
Castle Hill
75% of 12 checked · 88 slots visible
Blacktown
77% of 13 checked · 78 slots visible
Hurstville
100% of 7 checked · 64 slots visible
Hornsby
67% of 9 checked · 62 slots visible
Campbelltown
67% of 6 checked · 53 slots visible
Burwood
83% of 6 checked · 52 slots visible
Crows Nest
86% of 7 checked · 48 slots visible
Parramatta
54% of 13 checked · 48 slots visible
Fairfield
44% of 9 checked · 40 slots visible
Liverpool
38% of 8 checked · 38 slots visible
Norwest
80% of 5 checked · 35 slots visible
Balmain
50% of 6 checked · 34 slots visible
Bankstown
38% of 8 checked · 34 slots visible
Bondi Junction
40% of 5 checked · 34 slots visible
Epping
75% of 8 checked · 34 slots visible
Manly
67% of 6 checked · 33 slots visible
Carlingford
100% of 4 checked · 32 slots visible
Leichhardt
43% of 7 checked · 32 slots visible
Mona Vale
62% of 8 checked · 31 slots visible
Mosman
38% of 8 checked · 29 slots visible
Potts Point
100% of 4 checked · 29 slots visible
Newtown
100% of 4 checked · 28 slots visible
Macquarie Park
60% of 5 checked · 27 slots visible
Penrith
67% of 9 checked · 26 slots visible
Baulkham Hills
33% of 6 checked · 25 slots visible
Merrylands
67% of 6 checked · 25 slots visible
Frenchs Forest
40% of 5 checked · 24 slots visible
West Ryde
43% of 7 checked · 20 slots visible
Kellyville
25% of 4 checked · 18 slots visible
North Sydney
67% of 6 checked · 17 slots visible
Wahroonga
50% of 6 checked · 14 slots visible
Pennant Hills
40% of 5 checked · 13 slots visible
Cabramatta
25% of 4 checked · 12 slots visible
Mascot
33% of 6 checked · 11 slots visible
Pyrmont
25% of 4 checked · 11 slots visible
Ryde
60% of 5 checked · 11 slots visible
Maroubra
50% of 6 checked · 10 slots visible
Miranda
50% of 4 checked · 9 slots visible
Dee Why
14% of 7 checked · 8 slots visible
Gordon
20% of 5 checked · 8 slots visible
Bondi Beach
25% of 4 checked · 6 slots visible
Strathfield
50% of 4 checked · 5 slots visible
Gregory Hills
17% of 6 checked · 4 slots visible
Five Dock
17% of 6 checked · 3 slots visible
Narellan
0% of 4 checked · 0 slots visible
Methodology, honestly
The index reads publicly visible booking systems nightly — the same screens a patient sees. "Visible availability" is a booking signal, not chair utilisation: practices may hold capacity off-line, and a practice without an observable booking system isn't counted as unavailable, just unobservable. Suburb aggregates only; individual practices are never named. Website scores come from our June 2026 audit of 937 Sydney dental practice websites. Not a ranking, and not a statement about clinical care.