Do AI assistants recommend your dental practice?
Patients now ask AI for a dentist the way they used to ask a neighbor. Our free check asks Google Gemini with live web search 8 patient-style questions about your city and shows whether your practice is named, and who is named instead.
Questions your patients ask AI
Examples of the kinds of questions patients type or say to AI assistants. The free check uses questions like these, written for your city.
- Who's a good family dentist near me that takes Delta Dental?
- I cracked a tooth tonight. Is there an emergency dentist open now in [your city]?
- Which dentists in [your city] are good with anxious patients?
- Best pediatric dentist in [your city] for a 4-year-old's first visit?
- Who do people recommend for Invisalign in [your city], and roughly what does it cost?
- Dentist near me that's open on Saturdays
- Who does dental implants in [your city] with good reviews?
- Is [your practice] a good dentist?
Sources AI tends to cite
For dentist questions, AI answers with live web search commonly draw on the source types below. Which ones actually appear varies by city and by question, so treat this as a checklist, not a ranking factor list.
Google Business Profile
Hours, categories, services and reviews in one structured place. Commonly used for "near me" and "open now" questions.
Primary category, emergency hours, services and insurance info are filled in and current.
Healthgrades and Zocdoc
Healthcare directories with provider profiles, specialties and patient reviews. They commonly appear in answers about choosing a provider.
Each dentist at the practice has a claimed profile with the same address and phone as your site.
Yelp
A general review site that commonly shows up in local recommendations, including dental questions.
Business page is claimed, categories are correct and the details match your Google profile.
Your practice website
Service pages, insurance and financing pages, and an About page give AI specific facts it can quote.
A clear page for each key service (implants, Invisalign, emergencies, kids) with your city named.
Local news and community sites
Local coverage, "best of" lists and community guides sometimes appear as supporting sources.
Any legitimate local mentions link to your site and use your current practice name.
Which sources show up for you?
Every city is different. The free check shows which sources Google Gemini with live web search cited, where available. The full report shows each question with the AI’s verbatim answer and the sources it cited.
Run your free check →Three common gaps
Patterns that commonly hold dental practices back in AI answers. Your check shows which ones apply to you.
A thin Google Business Profile
What it isOnly one category, missing emergency or weekend hours, and no services or insurance listed. AI has little to match against specific questions like "emergency dentist open now".
Add secondary categories that fit (for example Pediatric dentist, Emergency dental service), list services, keep holiday hours current and add recent photos.
Services squeezed into one page
What it isImplants, Invisalign, emergencies and kids' care sit in one line on a single Services page, so there's nothing specific for AI to cite.
Give each key service its own page: who it's for, what a visit involves, insurance and financing basics, and the neighborhoods you serve.
Inconsistent directory listings
What it isHealthgrades, Zocdoc and Yelp show an old address, a former dentist or a different phone number than your website.
Claim each profile and match name, address and phone exactly. If a platform allows it, ask every patient for a review the same way, with no rewards attached. Never share patient details in public replies.
Example result
This is what a free check result looks like. The business, competitor and numbers below are fictional.
46/100
Grade D
Weights: Visibility 30%, Position 30%, Sentiment 20%, Sources 20%. How the score works
In this example, AI described the practice positively when it came up, but named it in only 3 of 8 answers. The competitor was named twice as often.
Dentists: common questions
Yes. When patients ask for a dentist, AI assistants with web search often name a few local practices. Whether yours is one of them depends on what the AI can find and trust about you online. Our check tests one engine: Google Gemini with live web search.
The questions are written for your business category and city, so a dental practice gets patient-style questions, such as finding a family dentist, urgent visits or specific treatments, rather than generic ones. The free check asks 8 of them; the full report runs up to 16 with live search for $69 + applicable sales tax.
Review and healthcare directory sites commonly appear among the sources cited for dentist questions. We can't tell you how much weight any AI engine gives them. Your free check shows which sources were cited, where available.
Generally yes, if you ask honestly and follow each platform's rules. Ask every patient the same way, not only the ones you expect to be happy, and never offer discounts, gifts or other rewards for a review. Some sites, such as Yelp, don't allow asking for reviews at all. Staff and their families shouldn't review the practice. In public replies, never confirm that someone is a patient or mention any treatment details, even if the reviewer shared them first. This is general information, not legal advice, so check with your compliance advisor if you're unsure.
Healthcare directories such as Healthgrades and Zocdoc are usually organized by individual provider, so patients and AI may look for each dentist by name. Keeping each provider's profile claimed, current and linked to the same practice address and phone is a common cleanup step.
There's no fixed timeline, and no one can promise that changes will lead to more mentions. AI systems pick up updated web pages and listings at different speeds. A practical approach is to fix the gaps, wait a few weeks, then run the free check again to compare.