AI Visibility Index · July 2026

Austin Dentists: who AI recommends

When people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini to recommend private dentists in Austin, which ones get named? We asked 16 real questions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and scored every dentist on whether AI actually recognises and recommends it. South Austin Dental Associates leads at 57/100.

#	Dentist	AI visibility	ChatGPT	Perplexity	Gemini
1	South Austin Dental Associates	57	40	56	74
2	Austin Dental Company	54	65	53	44
3	Enamel Dentistry	53as of June 2026	65	39	56
4	Emergency Dentist of Austin	49	50	48	48
5	Swish Dental Downtown	49	42	65	39
6	Forest Family Dentistry	48	50	39	56
7	Walden Dental	48	40	39	65
8	Breeze Dental	46	42	39	56
9	Enamel Dentistry At The Grove	46	50	48	39
10	Tech Ridge Dental	46	42	48	48
11	Austin Artistic Dental	45	40	39	56
12	Enamel Dentistry Saltillo (East Austin)	45	40	48	48
13	North Austin Dentistry	45	40	56	39
14	Toothbar	45	44	44	48
15	Bedrock Dentistry	44as of June 2026	39	48	43
16	Daybreak Dental	44	53	39	39
17	Highland West Dental Care	44	40	44	48
18	Smile 360	44	44	39	48
19	Swish Dental East 4th	44	44	39	48
20	Lady Bird Dental	43	50	39	39
21	Advanced Dental Care of Austin	42	39	48	39
22	Austin Dental Spa	42	40	39	48
23	Castle Dental & Orthodontics	42	40	39	48
24	Daylight Dental South Austin	42	40	39	48
25	Enamel Dentistry Parmer Park	42	30	39	56
26	Enamel Dentistry South Lamar	42	30	39	56
27	Glint Dental Studio Austin	42	48	39	39
28	Magnolia Family Dentistry of Austin	42	40	39	48
29	Swish Dental - Mueller Family	42	42	48	35
30	The Cosmetic Dentists of Austin	42	30	48	48
31	Treaty Oak Dental	42	40	39	48
32	12 Oaks Integrative Dentistry	41	40	35	48
33	Aloha Dental Austin	41as of June 2026	44	39	40
34	Austin City Dental	41	40	35	48
35	Austin Primary Dental	41	40	39	44
36	Lucent Dentistry	41	40	44	39
37	South Austin Dental	41	40	35	48
38	38th Street Dental	40	42	39	39
39	AK Dental of Austin	40	42	39	39
40	Austin Dental Specialty Group	40	40	35	44
41	Austin Emergency Dental	40	53	28	40
42	Choice Austin Dental	40	42	35	44
43	Downtown Dental Design	40	42	39	39
44	Jefferson Dental & Orthodontics	40	42	39	39
45	Manos De Cristo Dental Center	40	42	39	39
46	Perspective Dental: Ashley Smitherman, DDS	40	42	39	39
47	River Rock Dental Austin - Mueller	40	42	39	39
48	Smile Haus Austin	40	42	39	39
49	Smile Haus Medical Parkway	40	42	39	39
50	TRU Dentistry Austin	40	42	39	39
51	8118 Dental Professionals	39	39	39	39
52	Aloha Dental	39	40	39	39
53	ATX Family Dental	39	40	39	39
54	Austin 3D Dental	39	40	39	39
55	Austin Advanced Dentistry	39	40	39	39
56	Austin Dental Works	39	42	39	35
57	Austin Lifetime Dental	39	40	39	39
58	Avenue Dental of South Austin	39	42	35	39
59	Barton Oaks Dental Group	39	30	39	48
60	BLVD Dentistry & Orthodontics of 5th Street	39	40	39	39
61	Bridgeview Dental	39	40	39	39
62	Derby Dental	39	40	39	39
63	Greenbelt Dental Health	39	40	39	39
64	Hedgecock Dental	39	40	39	39
65	High Point Dentistry	39	40	39	39
66	myDental at Norwood Park	39	30	39	48
67	myDental at Tech Ridge	39	40	39	39
68	Nuvia Dental Implant Center	39	40	39	39
69	Ortho360	39as of June 2026	39	39	39
70	Peak Dental - North Austin	39	40	39	39
71	The Hills Dental Spa	39	40	39	39
72	The Local Dentist	39	44	39	35
73	The Tooth Inc	39	39	39	39
74	Wellness Dental Austin	39as of June 2026	39	39	40
75	Aqua Dental	38	40	39	35
76	BLVD Dentistry & Orthodontics- Riverside	38	39	39	35
77	Dental Smiles	38	30	35	49
78	Shoal Creek Dental Care	38	40	39	35
79	The Dental Centre	37	40	35	35
80	Austin Skyline Dental	36	30	35	42
81	River Rock Dental Austin - East Riverside	36	30	39	39
82	Swish Dental South	36	30	39	39
83	Austin Dental Care	35	40	35	31
84	Austin Dental Center, PC	35	30	35	39
85	Austin Family Dentist	35	40	35	31
86	Austin Family Dentistry, PLLC	35	30	39	35
87	Authentic Smiles	35	30	35	39
88	Belterra Dental	35as of June 2026	40	44	20
89	Elite Dentistry Cosmetic & Implant Center of ATX	35	26	31	48
90	Neal R Shah, DDS - Austin Dental Arts	35	30	35	39
91	ATX Dental Studio	33	39	24	35
92	Sunset Hills Dentistry	31	36	39	19
93	South Austin Dentist	27	38	35	9
94	Dentist in Austin.	10	30	0	0

About this ranking

94 private dentists measured · average AI-visibility score 40/100 · 0% bookable via VisibleFront · data: July 2026

These are the businesses VisibleFront has scanned in this market, not every business in it. We publish no census and estimate no denominator: 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 consumers used AI to find a local business in 2026

BrightLocal, 2026

~1.2%

of businesses get recommended by ChatGPT

SOCi, 350k locations

+42%

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

Adobe · US retail, Mar 2026

How this index rewards real service

This ranking measures one thing: how often ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini actually recommend each business when real customers 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: strong reviews, accurate and consistent listings on the sources AI reads (Google Business Profile, Bing Places, Yelp, Foursquare, Apple Maps), and a website AI crawlers can actually read. VisibleFront measures where you stand across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini and fixes the gaps — 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 Austin?+

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 real customers ask, repeated across runs and averaged. 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?+

Yes. Correcting and completing your data across the sources AI reads, building reviews, and making your website machine-readable measurably improves how AI represents and recommends you. Most businesses we scan find at least one wrong fact AI is repeating.

How we measure

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini the questions real customers ask — “best dentist in Austin”, “are you taking new patients”, “how much is a check-up” — 16 questions per dentist. A snapshot for July 2026.

We put the questions real customers ask to consumer AI assistants, repeat them across runs, and average the answers. 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.