# Nova Dental: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: https://lava.dental/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lavadentalhouston.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Nova Dental is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Nova Dental's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.lavadentalhouston.com/dentist-appointment/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +12817417400
- Address: 6915 Antoine Dr Ste 100, Houston 77091

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Nova Dental that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ethics Family Clinic (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/hcfamilyclinic.com
- A Dental Group (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com
- SND Family Dental (2.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/snddentalhouston.com
- Emmason Pediatric and Family Clinic (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/emmasonhealth.com
- Camp Beauty & Wellness (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/campbeautyandwellness.com

## What to fix first
- **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost?' from directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Nova Dental",
  "url": "https://lava.dental/",
  "telephone": "+12817417400",
  "address": "6915 Antoine Dr Ste 100, Houston 77091",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.86215271,
    "longitude": -95.47369089
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.lavadentalhouston.com/dentist-appointment/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Houston dentists, clinics and vets.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 6% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Ethics Family Clinic (C, 245 m, https://directindex.org/r/hcfamilyclinic.com); Kid's N Teen's Clinic (F, 267 m, https://directindex.org/r/kidsnteens.org); Island Dental (F, 715 m, https://directindex.org/r/theislanddental.com); Clinica Hispana Renacer (C, 1147 m, https://directindex.org/r/clinichispanarenacer.com); A Dental Group (D, 1731 m, https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com); SND Family Dental (B, 2072 m, https://directindex.org/r/snddentalhouston.com); Emmason Pediatric and Family Clinic (C, 2227 m, https://directindex.org/r/emmasonhealth.com); Dental Defenders of Houston (D, 2262 m, https://directindex.org/r/dentaldefendershouston.com); Camp Beauty & Wellness (B, 2466 m, https://directindex.org/r/campbeautyandwellness.com); Fullilove Pregnancy Center (C, 2474 m, https://directindex.org/r/fullilovepc.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Houston dentists, clinics and vets and named 59 places. Nova Dental wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston-clinics/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/lavadentalhouston.com/agent-view

## The direct record
What agents get for Nova Dental, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/lavadentalhouston.com
- Book: https://www.lavadentalhouston.com/dentist-appointment/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12817417400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/lavadentalhouston.com/book

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/lavadentalhouston.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/lavadentalhouston.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/lavadentalhouston.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=lavadentalhouston.com&force=1