Patients increasingly ask AI “who’s a good dentist near me?” The engine answers from review platforms and directories — if your practice isn’t consistently listed and reviewed, it won’t surface.
AI answers aren't built from a Google scroll — they're assembled from a few sources the engine trusts for this category. Win these and the AI starts naming you:
review count + rating recency dominate local health recommendations
AI treats medical directories as authority sources for clinicians
still heavily cited for local service trust signals
The audit above shows which of these the AI actually cited for your business — so you know exactly where to focus.
AI recommendations for dentists are local — see how your dental practice ranks in: