MedicalDentistry & oral surgery
Patients now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity which dentist to see, and the answer comes back with a few office names in it. AEOptim shows a dental or oral surgery practice whether its name is one of them, and what to fix if it isn't.
Start with the Free AI Check: one question a patient would ask, asked in your city, and the answer as it came back. About two minutes. No card, no call.
The patient's questions
A patient with a cracked molar at eleven at night doesn't call around. They type the question into a chat window, and the answer gives them two or three names instead of ten links.
The question changes as the pain does. Tap each stage.
"Why does my tooth hurt when I drink something cold?"
Nobody is choosing a dentist yet, but the office that explained sensitivity plainly is already in the answer.
"Do I need a root canal, or can this wait?"
The AI lays out both paths, in words borrowed from whichever office explained them.
"Cracked molar: can it be saved, and what will a crown or an implant cost?"
Money comes in here. Most dental sites go quiet on cost, so the AI uses whoever didn't.
"My face is swollen on one side. How serious is a tooth abscess?"
The AI says be seen soon, and the next message asks who can see them today.
"Emergency dentist near me open now."
This is where the AI names offices. After that comes a phone call or a form.
Check your own site
An AI answer about your office is only as good as what your website and listings say. Check your site against this list. Anything missing, the AI skips or guesses.
Near me
Example searches
Almost every dental question ends in near me, said or not. The AI works that out from where the patient is, so the same question gets a different short list in every town. We don't promise that AI will name you, anywhere. We measure what it says in your city and give you a fix list in order.
The map still matters. BrightEdge's healthcare data through December 2025 found that for "near me" searches for doctors and dentists, Google still shows the map and local listings, so your Business Profile carries a lot of weight. More for medical practices is on the medical practices page.
Patient vocabulary
Terms patients ask AI about, in their own words.
What a clear site does
When your site states your facts clearly, an AI assistant can do four things for a patient.
It matches your office to the question: implants, emergencies, kids, your side of town. Google says you don't need special files or code to show up in its AI answers. Clear pages and accurate listings do the work.
AI tools repeat what they find. If your insurance list is out of date, that's what they repeat. In rater8's 2026 patient survey, nearly half of patients had used AI to research providers, and 66% of those had seen wrong details, including insurance. No AI tool looks up a patient's benefits for them.
Does this office take my plan? Does it do IV sedation? Is it open Saturdays? The AI can only say yes if your site does.
Since August 2026, Gemini users can make appointments with doctors listed on Zocdoc without leaving the app. If your office is on Zocdoc, ask them whether your listing shows up there. Everywhere else, the patient still ends up at your phone or your website, where a scheduling request form catches the 11 p.m. patient after the front desk has gone home.
What we won't do
It's built to stay inside your dental board's rules, and you approve every word. Rules vary by state, so check with your own compliance reviewer. We don't guarantee rankings or AI mentions. Nobody honestly can.
The path, with prices
AEOptim shows you what AI says about you. Web Everything does the work to change it. Each step stands alone.
$0
One live AI engine (Perplexity), one patient question, in your city, and the answer as it came back. About two minutes, no card. No login, nothing to interpret.
$450, one time
Your patients' questions asked on Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, plus live Google search data: what people search, where you rank, who's ahead. A fix list in order. The report is yours to hand to anyone.
$350, one time
Your homepage plus up to six service pages. Answers drafted using only what your pages already say. You approve every answer.
from $350 a month
Your questions re-asked every month on all five engines, several runs each, with a plain verdict on whether a change is real. Change or stop any month.
If your site, Google Business Profile and directories disagree on your hours, address or plans, fix that first: Listings Cleanup puts one accurate record on your site, then corrects every directory that matters to match.
If you'd rather have it done for you: Web Everything.
Owner questions
Many do. A West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America panel study of 5,660 U.S. adults, fielded October to December 2025, found that one in four had used an AI tool for health information or advice in the past 30 days. The free check lets you read one of those answers for your town.
It helps, but it's a different test. AI engines can draw on different sources, and they answer in sentences with names rather than links. Plenty of practices rank on page one and never appear in the sentence the AI speaks. The free check shows whether yours is one of them.
By being clearer. An AI answer is built from what it can read about each office, and an ad budget doesn't change what your pages say. State your implant fees, plans and emergency hours plainly, and the AI has more to work with.
It's built to stay inside your dental board's rules, and you approve every word. Rules vary by state, so check with your own compliance reviewer. AEOptim never touches patient records, and we sign a BAA whenever our work touches PHI.
Very little. For the free check, your field, specialty, practice name, city and email. For the Answer Kit, one person to read and approve the answers. Web Everything can install them (price on inquiry), or your current web company can, using the placement guide that comes with the kit.
Nobody can promise a date, and you should doubt anyone who does. Answers change from run to run, which is why the monthly measure asks each question several times before calling a change real.
This page is informational only and is not medical or dental advice. AEOptim shows how AI engines represent your practice, and helps you improve it. It does not guarantee rankings, citations, patient volume, or any specific outcome.
Tonight's answer
Run the free check and see whether the answer names you. About two minutes, no card, no call.
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