Independent measurement · August 2026
The dentists ChatGPT actually recommends.
Patients don't just search anymore — they ask ChatGPT who to see. So we measured the answer. We asked for the best dentist in 20 Florida metros, 5 different ways each — 100 checks in all — and recorded every practice it named.
Only 7.1%
of the 4,320 Florida dentists we benchmarked ever came up. These are the ones patients are told to see.
4,320
Florida dentists checked
100
ChatGPT questions asked
20
metros benchmarked
7.1%
ever get recommended
Measured August 5, 2026 on ChatGPT (gpt-4o, with web search): 20 metros × 5 question phrasings = 100 checks. No other AI system is included in these numbers. How we measured it
Earlier editions of this board were measured on a different AI assistant and also covered five Texas metros. This edition is ChatGPT only and covers 20 Florida metros, so the names and percentages here can differ from an older screenshot of this page — the market didn't change, the measurement did.
The big chains don't own the answer.
Corporate dental chains took only about 7% of ChatGPT's recommendations in our benchmark. More than 9 out of 10 went to independent, local practices — the dentists patients are actually told to see. This list is their scoreboard.
The most recommended dentists, metro by metro
Every metro below was benchmarked the same way: 5 patient-style questions, every answer recorded. Pick your city to see the full measured list.
ChatGPT's answer moves between checks, so we publish how many of the 5 checks named each one instead of a rank that would change if we asked again.
Tampa
15 of 413Named in 3 of 5 checks: Tampa Smile Co. - South Tampa
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West Palm Beach
13 of 370Named in 4 of 5 checks: Weinberg Dentistry
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Fort Lauderdale
21 of 356Named in 3 of 5 checks: Dream Smile Center: Dr. Jeff Bartlett & Dr. Isabel Castillo and Florida Smiles Dental
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Miami
14 of 354Named in 4 of 5 checks: Relax and Smile Dental Care
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Cape Coral
16 of 285Named in 4 of 5 checks: Rasmussen Family Dental - North Ft. Myers and Smile Cape Coral
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Orlando
17 of 242Named in 2 of 5 checks: Mosaic Dental Center
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Melbourne
13 of 232Named in 4 of 5 checks: Dental Care of West Melbourne
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Sarasota
16 of 215Named in all 5 checks: Sarasota Dentistry
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Clearwater
13 of 215Named in 3 of 5 checks: Clearwater Dental Associates
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Pensacola
10 of 212Named in all 5 checks: Gulf Coast Dental Nine Mile and Southern Dental Associates, P.A.
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Port St. Lucie
8 of 186Named in 4 of 5 checks: Lucie Dental and Pediatric Dentistry of The Treasure Coast
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Jacksonville
22 of 177Named in 3 of 5 checks: Dental Center of Jacksonville
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Lakeland
12 of 165Named in all 5 checks: Lakeland Dental Professionals
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Daytona Beach
16 of 160Named in all 5 checks: Daytona Elite Dental
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St. Petersburg
19 of 156Named in 3 of 5 checks: Exceptional Dental of St. Petersburg, Feather Sound Smiles and Klement Family Dental and 2 more
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Ocala
16 of 150Named in 4 of 5 checks: Smile Design Ocala
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Hialeah
18 of 144Named in 4 of 5 checks: Hialeah Dental Office
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Naples
15 of 132Named in 3 of 5 checks: East Lakes Dental Care and Naples General & Cosmetic Dentistry LLC
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Tallahassee
17 of 84Named in all 5 checks: Tallahassee Dentist - M. Darrh Bryant DMD
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Gainesville
14 of 72Named in 3 of 5 checks: Gainesville Family Dentistry and Water Lily Dental Care
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Measured, never sold.
No dentist can pay to appear on these lists. A practice is listed only because ChatGPT actually recommended it when we asked — more than once. We publish how many of the checks named each one, not a place, because the count holds up when we ask again and a place doesn't. That's the whole formula.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
How did you measure which Florida dentists ChatGPT recommends?
We asked ChatGPT the questions real patients ask — like "Who is the best dentist near me?" — 5 different ways, and recorded every practice recommended. Each practice on this list was named in more than one of those answers, and we publish how many named it rather than a place in a ranking — ask ChatGPT again and the top name often changes, but the count holds. We ran 100 checks for this market and compared the answers against the 4,320 Florida practices in our dataset.
Can a dentist pay to be on this list?
No. This list is measured, never sold. A practice appears on it only if ChatGPT actually recommended it when we asked. Money cannot buy a place on this list. Sponsored blocks are labeled advertising and sit outside the ranked list.
What does it mean if a practice is NOT on this list?
It means that when we asked ChatGPT for a dentist in Florida, that practice never came up. That says nothing about the quality of their work — only that patients who ask AI for a recommendation are being sent somewhere else. Most practices haven't shown up in AI answers yet, so the list is short.
How often is this updated?
We re-run the same benchmark quarterly with the same methodology, so practices that improve their AI visibility can appear in the next update. This edition was measured in August 2026.
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