AI Visibility Index · Dental · San Diego, CA

Which Dentists Does ChatGPT Recommend in San Diego?

Patients now ask AI tools who to see. We asked ChatGPT and Google the same question for San Diego, CA and recorded exactly what came back.

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

12practices named by ChatGPT
4.81average star rating
179median review count
1/12also in Google's top results

What ChatGPT Recommended

# Practice Rating Reviews In Google top results
1 Brighton Dental 4.9 565 No
2 Pearls of Dentistry 5.0 239 No
3 Scripps West Dental 5.0 440 No
4 Dr. Janelle Oreen Bacino, DDS 5.0 443 No
5 Dr. S. Vivien Chadkewicz, DMD 4.9 450 No
6 Bay Park Dental Group 4.8 223 No
7 San Diego Dental Studio 4.7 98 No
8 SmileStyle Dental Studio 4.8 63 No
9 Libby Dental 4.6 69 Yes
10 Park West Dental Group- Quan Ma DMD and Thomas Bierman DDS 4.8 37 No
11 Farshin Farokhian, DDS 4.6 38 No
12 Scripps Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Shaheen Tourian, D.D.S. 4.6 135 No

Practice names, ratings and review counts as shown in ChatGPT's answer on October 31, 2026. Not a ranking or endorsement by IZ Digital.

What the Data Shows

  • ChatGPT named 12 dental practices when asked for recommendations in San Diego, CA.
  • The practices it named average a 4.81 star rating, with a median of 179 Google reviews.
  • The fewest reviews on any named practice was 37, so a large review count is not the only way in.
  • 1 of the 12 ChatGPT picks also appeared in Google's map results or top 10 for the same search.
  • Google showed an AI Overview for this search.

What Google Showed for the Same Search

# Google map result Rating Reviews
1 Fifth Avenue Dental Arts 4.7 941
2 Libby Dental 5.0 869
3 Mesa Dental 4.9 1,900

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How We Collected This

On October 31, 2026 we sent ChatGPT one question: "Who are the best dentists in San Diego, California?" We also ran the Google search "best dentist San Diego" from San Diego, CA on mobile. Data was collected with DataForSEO. We record answers as returned and refresh them regularly.

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FAQ

How did you choose these dentists in San Diego, CA?

We did not choose them. We asked ChatGPT, with web search on, which dentists to see in San Diego, CA on October 31, 2026, and recorded the practices it named in the order it named them.

Is this a ranking or an endorsement?

No. It is a snapshot of what AI tools answered on one day. Answers change often, and IZ Digital has no relationship with the practices listed.

Why isn't my dental practice on this list?

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