AI Visibility Index · June–July 2026

Manchester Private Dentists: who AI recommends

When people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini to recommend private dentists in Manchester, which ones get named? We asked 16 questions a real customer would ask across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and scored every dentist on whether AI actually recognises and recommends it. City Centre Dental & Implant Clinic leads at 63/100.

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1City Centre Dental & Implant Clinicas of July 202663
2Gartside Street Dental Loungeas of July 202652
3Manchester Dental Practiceas of July 202651
4Smile Stylist Dental Clinicsas of July 202649
5KissDental Manchesteras of July 202648
6207 Dental Careas of June 202645
7360 Dental Careas of July 202645
8Night and Day Emergency Dentist Manchesteras of July 202645
9Your Smile Clinicas of July 202645
10Arndale Dental & Implant Clinicas of July 202643
11Oakley Dentalas of July 202643
12Bupa Dental Care Manchesteras of July 202642
13Malt House Specialist Dental Centreas of July 202642
14mydentist, Stevenson Squareas of July 202642
15Ruh Dentalas of July 202642
16The Fold Dentistryas of July 202641
17151 Dental Ltdas of July 202640
18mydentist, Platt Lane, Fallowfieldas of July 202640
19The Park Dental Practiceas of July 202640
20VOLITION SMILE DENTAL CLINIC Manchesteras of July 202640
21Davyhulme Dental Practice - Urmstonas of July 202639
22Deansgate Dental Studioas of July 202639
23Didsbury Dental Lounge (formerly Ocean Dental)as of July 202639
24Love-Teeth Dental Practiceas of July 202639
25M20 Dentalas of July 202639
26New Life Teethas of July 202639
27The Dentists of Didsburyas of July 202639
28Tomas Dental Clinicas of July 202639
29Walmsley Dentalas of July 202639
30Yorkshire Dental Suite Manchesteras of July 202639
31Bexley Square Dental Practice - Salfordas of July 202638
32Collegiate Dental Practiceas of July 202638
33Droylsden Road Dental Practiceas of July 202638
34Moston Dental Practiceas of July 202638
35The Dental Sanctuaryas of July 202638
361 Deansgate Dental Clinicas of July 202637
37406 Dentalas of July 202636
38Blackley Dental Practiceas of July 202636
39Burton Dental Careas of July 202636
40Cheadle Hulme Dental and Cosmeticsas of July 202636
41Clarity Dental Clinicas of July 202636
42Malmin Dentalas of July 202636
43Omnia Dental Careas of July 202636
44Park House Dental Practice - Crumpsallas of July 202636
45Parkfield Dental Practiceas of July 202636
46Peel Green Dental (24HR Emergency Dentist Manchester)as of July 202636
47Riyo Dentalas of July 202636
48Serenity Dental Spa Chorlton Manchesteras of July 202636
49Thornley Park Dentalas of July 202636
50YOR Dentalas of July 202636
51Alpha Dental Care Quaysideas of July 202635
52Blackley Dental Surgeryas of July 202635
53Longsight Dental Practiceas of July 202635
54mydentist, myorthodontist, Morris Streetas of July 202635
55Westpoint Dental Centreas of July 202635
56Wood and Woolfstein Dental Practiceas of July 202635
5724 Hour Emergency Dentist Manchester - Blackleyas of July 202633
58Revive Dental Careas of July 202633
59Windsor Dental, Hulmeas of July 202633
60Dr. T. Khan The Lodge Dental Surgeryas of July 202632
61The Dental Practiceas of July 202632
62Dental Triageas of July 202631
63Ancoats Dental Practiceas of July 202629
64Manchester Dentalas of July 202628
65Didsbury Dental Studioas of June 202611

About this ranking

65 private dentists measured · 69 dentists found by our own sweep of Manchester (31 July 2026) · average AI-visibility score 38/100 · 0% bookable via VisibleFront · data: June–July 2026

These are the businesses VisibleFront has scanned in this market, not every business in it. Where we show how many businesses our own sweep found here, that number is counted, never estimated, and the sweep is not a complete registry. A business missing from this ranking has not been measured, which says nothing about the business itself. Businesses enter the index when they are scanned — often because a scan was requested — so a market’s sample is not a random sample of the city. Every average and share here describes the businesses we measured, not the market as a whole.

45%

of US adults used AI to find a local business in 2026 — up from 6% a year ago

BrightLocal · 2026 · US adults, n=1,002

1.2%

of business locations ChatGPT recommends when asked

SOCi · 2026 · 350k locations

+42%

better conversion from AI-referred visitors than other traffic (US retail)

Adobe · 2026 · US retail, March

How this index rewards real service

This ranking measures one thing: how often ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini actually recommend each business when asked what a real customer would ask. Rankings and placement are never for sale — no business can pay to move up, and this note sits apart from the table above for exactly that reason.

What moves the needle is real service the whole web can see. When AI recommends a business, customers book straight through its VisibleFront profile — online booking included, 0% of their bookings, ever. Every booking made through VisibleFront invites a verified review: only from customers who booked here, never purchasable, never editable — by anyone, at any price. Every verified review adds another trustworthy signal to that business’s identity — evidence no one can buy. Visibility, bookings and reviews compound — and the index rewards the businesses that earn them honestly.

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Questions about AI visibility

How do I get my business recommended by AI assistants like ChatGPT?+

Whatever your business, AI assistants recommend the ones they can find and trust across the web — we think that means strong reviews, accurate and consistent listings, and a website AI crawlers can actually read. VisibleFront measures where you stand across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini and shows you what to change — for any local business, not just the category ranked above.

Why isn't my business showing up when people ask AI for a recommendation in Manchester?+

Usually because AI can't find consistent information about you across the web, or it has wrong or outdated details. AI recommends only a small fraction of local businesses, so missing or inconsistent data means you're effectively invisible.

How is the AI visibility score calculated?+

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini the 16 questions a real customer would ask, in one pass — each question asked once of each engine on the scan date. The score (0–100) reflects how often AI actually recognises and recommends the business — not merely whether its name appears.

Can a business improve its AI visibility?+

We think so, and we have not measured it yet. Correcting and completing your facts, earning reviews and making your website machine-readable change what the assistants can find about you, and a subscription re-measures every month, so you see whether their answers moved.

How we measure

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini the questions a real customer would ask — “best dentist in Manchester”, “are you taking new patients”, “how much is a check-up” — 16 questions per dentist. Scanned between June and July 2026; every row shows its own date.

We put the questions a real customer would ask to consumer AI assistants — sixteen of them, to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, in one pass — and record every answer. A score is a snapshot as of the scan date, not a running measurement: AI answers shift over time, and a business can improve its score.

The score (0–100) is how often AI recognises and recommends a business when customers ask, not merely whether its name appears somewhere in the answer. It is measured, never bought — placement and rankings are not for sale at any price.

Under the hood — this ranking as data

This ranking is also published as machine-readable JSON — the same clean source an AI assistant reads. Open data under CC-BY 4.0 — cite it and attribute VisibleFront.