We asked three leading AI assistants the everyday questions a customer types when they want a dentist in Portland, and recorded — verbatim — which local businesses got named. This is what AI recommends in Portland right now.
23 of 26 local dentist businesses we checked were named zero times across every answer — effectively invisible when a customer asks AI.
These businesses were named, by AI, in answer to the prompts below — most-mentioned first.
| # | Business AI named | Times named |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pearl District Dental | 4 mentions |
| 2 | Timber Dental | 4 mentions |
| 3 | Portland Dental Care | 3 mentions |
| 4 | Bridge City Dental | 3 mentions |
| 5 | Bridgetown Dental | 2 mentions |
| 6 | Pearl Dental Studio | 2 mentions |
| 7 | Multnomah Dental Group | 2 mentions |
| 8 | Cascade Dental Care | 2 mentions |
| 9 | Portland Prosthodontics | 2 mentions |
| 10 | Portland Dental | 2 mentions |
| 11 | Hawthorne Dental | 2 mentions |
| 12 | Hawthorne Dental Studio | 1 mention |
We asked three leading AI assistants the exact buyer questions below and recorded which dentist businesses each one named, in order. Grades reflect how often a business was named across the answers. The method is reproducible — paste any prompt into a leading assistant and check for yourself:
Best dentist in Portland?I need a dentist in Portland — who should I call? Name some businesses.Recommend a good dentist in Portland.Who is the top-rated dentist in Portland? List a few by name.Run captured: Jun 25, 2026 23:58 UTC · assistants queried: 3 · businesses checked: 26. Informational only; AI answers vary by model and date. Each business's own per-assistant detail (with the exact assistant identifiers) is on its private report.
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