SEO, Google Business Profile and AI search for dentists

When patients ask AI for the best dentist nearby, be the practice it names.

ChatGPT, Google's AI answers and Perplexity now name two or three practices and cite where they got them: Google reviews, Yelp, health directories and practice websites. CiteMyDental finds out why the practice down the road gets named and you don't, then fixes it.

AI answer3 sources

“Who's the best cosmetic dentist in Austin?”

Lakeshore Dental Studio is highly rated for veneers and whitening, with over 600 five-star Google reviews[1]. Barton Hill Smiles is often recommended for nervous patients[2], and Congress Street Dental offers evening appointments[3].

  1. [1] google.com/maps · Lakeshore Dental Studio
  2. [2] yelp.com/biz/barton-hill-smiles
  3. [3] localnews.com/best-dentists-2026
  4. — yourpractice.com · not named
Illustration with made-up practices.
Measured across ChatGPTPerplexityGeminiClaude

Free AI readiness check

Can AI assistants read your practice's website?

Enter your homepage. We check whether AI crawlers are allowed in, whether your services, address and phone number are readable, and whether your structured data tells AI you're a dental practice and where you are.

About 10 seconds. We only read public pages and don't store your address.

How AI decides

Three things decide whether you get named.

AI assistants don't rank practices the way Google Maps does. They read what they can reach, lean on sources they trust, and quote whoever answers the patient's question most directly.

Access

It can read you

AI crawlers need to be allowed in, and your services, hours, address and phone need to be on the page and in Dentist schema. Many crawlers don't run JavaScript.

Authority

Others vouch for you

Answers lean on Google reviews, Yelp, Healthgrades, Zocdoc and local press. Your practice name, address and phone need to match everywhere, or AI can't tell it's you.

Answers

You answer the question

Pages that plainly answer “how much do implants cost”, “does a root canal hurt” and “do you take my insurance” get quoted. Most practice sites only list services.

Services

Start free. Go deeper with the audit.

Every monthly plan covers local SEO, your Google Business Profile and AI search in one package. Fixed prices in US dollars. A new patient is often worth $1,000 or more to a practice. No contracts: cancel any month.

Free: run the AI readiness check above, or get a free mini-audit: 10 patient questions across the same four AI assistants, which practices get named instead of you, and the questions you're losing.

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In-depth

AI Visibility Audit

$297one-time

The in-depth version of the free check: where your practice stands in AI answers, and the ten fixes that matter most.

  • 25+ patient questions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, with your city written into every question
  • How often you're named against three nearby practices
  • The review sites, directories and pages AI cites
  • Top 10 fixes ranked by impact, with a narrated video walkthrough
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Monthly · cancel anytime

Get Found

$497/ month

Local SEO, Google Business Profile and AI search, done for you and tracked.

  • Google Business Profile: full cleanup, then weekly posts
  • Local SEO: website and schema fixes, plus one service page a month
  • Name, address and phone matched across the main directories
  • Monthly AI visibility report
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Get Chosen

$997/ month

For competitive cities where other practices own Google Maps and the AI answers.

  • Everything in Get Found
  • A review-request system for happy patients that follows Google's review policies: no incentives, and every patient is asked, not just the happy ones
  • Three service pages a month
  • Healthgrades, Zocdoc and Yelp listings, plus outreach to local press and “best dentist” roundups
  • Monthly video update on what moved and what's next
Get started

Founding practices: our first three practices get half price on either monthly plan for their first three months. In return, once results show, we can publish your practice name, your before and after numbers and a short quote you approve. No patient information is ever included.

Ask about it →

Start a monthly plan within 30 days of your audit and the $297 is credited to your first month. No calls needed: everything is done by email, with short narrated videos to walk you through it.

Process

From not mentioned to measured.

Every engagement follows the same four steps, so you always know what we're doing and what it changed.

  1. Ask

    We write the questions patients ask AI before they choose, such as “best dentist for implants in Austin” and “emergency dentist open Saturday”.

  2. Measure

    We put your city in every question, ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, and record which practices are named and which sources are cited.

  3. Fix

    We fix your site and Google Business Profile, write the service pages AI quotes, and get you onto the review sites and directories it trusts.

  4. Track

    Every month we re-run the same questions, so you can see how often you're named.

Questions

Frequently asked.

What is AI search, and why does it matter for a dental practice?

More patients now ask ChatGPT, Google's AI answers, Perplexity or Gemini things like "best family dentist near me" or "who does Invisalign in Austin". The answer names two or three practices and cites where it got them: Google reviews, Yelp, health directories, local news and practice websites. If your practice isn't in those sources, it isn't in the answer.

How long until we show up in AI answers?

Fixes to your website and Google Business Profile can help within weeks. Reviews, listings and new service pages usually take 6 to 12 weeks to show up in answers. We re-run the same patient questions every month so you can see it move.

Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend us?

No. No one can guarantee what an AI assistant says. We measure how often you are named across a fixed set of patient questions every month, so you can see whether it is working.

Do you write medical claims for us?

No. We don't make clinical claims on your behalf. Every page, listing and review request is approved by you before it goes live, and you have the final say on what fits your state board's advertising rules.

Do we need to get on calls?

No. Everything works by email. Audits and monthly updates come with a short AI-narrated video walking you through what we found and what to do next, so you can watch it between patients. If you'd like a call, just ask.

What does the free checker look at?

It reads your homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and llms.txt. It checks whether AI crawlers are allowed in, whether your services, address and phone number are readable without JavaScript, and whether structured data tells AI you are a dental practice and where you are. It doesn't ask AI assistants about you; the mini-audit does that.

Free mini-audit

See whether AI recommends your practice.

Tell us your website and the practice you lose patients to. Within two business days we email you a private link to your report: the 10 patient questions we asked four AI assistants, with your city in each one, which practices get named, and the questions you're losing. No password, no sales call.

hello@citemydental.com

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