The 2026 AI Search Readiness Report: Dental
The way patients find a dentist has fundamentally changed. Today, 37% begin their search not on Google, but in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews, and instead of ten results, they get one answer, with two recommended brands. If your DSO isn't cited, it doesn't exist.
The 2026 AI Search Readiness Report: Dental ranks the top U.S. multi-location dental brands across two tiers, Enterprise (100+ locations) and Mid-Market (10-99 locations), based on three proprietary metrics: Reputation Score, Sentiment Score, and Birdeye Score.
Analyzed across 1,900+ brands and 48,000 locations, these rankings reflect a single truth: AI readiness is now the deciding factor between being discovered and being invisible.
Download the full report to see who ranked, what drove their scores, and what it takes to earn a citation in the AI era.
In this report, you'll learn:
- Why AI search readiness is binary, brands are either cited or invisible, with no middle ground
- The three metrics (Reputation, Sentiment, and Birdeye Score) that determine which DSOs AI recommends
- Rankings for Top 50 Enterprise DSOs (100+ locations) and Top 100 Mid-Market DSOs (10-99 locations)
- Why review quality now outweighs review volume, and how to close the gap
Birdeye: The Obvious Choice
Winning over 400 awards for 10 quarters in a row, Birdeye is the most-awarded and highest-rated customer experience software for businesses of all sizes.
