AI Visibility Index · Dental

Which Dentists Does ChatGPT Recommend?

We asked ChatGPT and Google which dentists to see in 20 US cities and recorded what came back. Pick a city to see the full results.

Snapshot: October 31, 2026 · Sources: ChatGPT (web search on), Google mobile results

What the Data Shows

  • Across 20 cities, ChatGPT named 157 dental practices in total.
  • The average rating of named practices ranged from 4.4 to 5.0 by city.
  • Only 31 of those 157 picks (20%) also appeared in Google's map results or top 10 for the same search.
  • Google showed an AI Overview in 7 of 20 cities.
  • The outside sources ChatGPT cited most were doctor.webmd.com (6 cities), healthgrades.com (6 cities), dentistsranked.com (6 cities).

Results by City

City Practices named Avg rating Median reviews In Google top results
Austin, TX 6 4.9 276 1/6
Charlotte, NC 10 4.7 225 4/10
Chicago, IL 5 4.8 144 1/5
Columbus, OH 9 4.9 254 1/9
Dallas, TX 8 4.9 26 1/8
Denver, CO 6 4.7 47 2/6
Fort Worth, TX 6 4.9 467 2/6
Houston, TX 7 4.9 113 1/7
Indianapolis, IN 11 5.0 617 0/11
Jacksonville, FL 7 4.7 14 2/7
Los Angeles, CA 9 4.9 394 1/9
Nashville, TN 10 4.9 735 4/10
New York, NY 6 4.8 378 0/6
Philadelphia, PA 6 4.4 35 2/6
Phoenix, AZ 6 4.9 n/a 1/6
San Antonio, TX 8 4.8 127 1/8
San Diego, CA 12 4.8 179 1/12
San Francisco, CA 9 4.8 172 0/9
San Jose, CA 8 4.7 127 3/8
Seattle, WA 8 4.8 58 3/8

Ratings and review counts as shown in ChatGPT's answers. Not a ranking or endorsement by IZ Digital.

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How We Collected This

For each city we asked ChatGPT one question about dentists with web search on, and ran the matching Google search from that city on mobile. Data was collected with DataForSEO on October 31, 2026. See the full AI visibility index, or read about dental practice marketing.