How do our offers apply to dental software in AI answers?
Broadcastwell measures and fixes whether AI search engines name B2B software companies.
Run the free checkDental software vendors start from a measured record, not a promise. The September 2026 Index checked 20 dental vendors in 149 valid answers captured on 22 September 2026; Dentrix was named in 120 and Open Dental in 118. Our offers capture your own dental questions, repair what the evidence supports, and measure again.
Updated 9 November 2026.
Every dental capture covers ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, each kept apart in the report. None of our offers buys a placement, and none covers a single engine on its own.
The dental record
| Dental record, September 2026 | Value |
|---|---|
| Checked dental vendors | 20 |
| Valid dental answers | 149 of 150 planned |
| Excluded dental attempts | 1, all Google AI Overviews: "no AI Overview returned for this query" |
| Dentrix named | 120 of 149, 80.5% (73.4% to 86.1%); own domain cited in 13 |
| Open Dental named | 118 of 149, 79.2% (72.0% to 84.9%); own domain cited in 21 |
| Curve Dental named | 115 of 149, 77.2% (69.8% to 83.2%); own domain cited in 37 |
| Top three share of all dental vendor names | 353 of 741, 47.6% (44.1% to 51.2%) |
| Dental vendors never named | 4 of 20 |
| Dental answers with no cited entry | 2 of 149, 1.3% (0.4% to 4.8%) |
Dental answers carried 1,241 cited entries: vendor sites took 28.0% (25.5% to 30.5%), review platforms 10.4% and directories and listicles 6.4%, while 47.5% fell in our "other" class of hosts with no single role.
Two companion pages go deeper: why dental software can be missing and the dental source hosts. The Index also publishes a per-vendor Dentrix record.
Dental answers by engine
| Engine | Valid dental answers | Dental vendor names | Dentrix named | Named most in dental answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 30 | 131 | 22 of 30 | Dentrix, Open Dental, Dentrix Ascend |
| Claude | 30 | 175 | 26 of 30 | Dentrix, Curve Dental, Open Dental |
| Perplexity | 30 | 146 | 21 of 30 | Open Dental, Curve Dental, Dentrix |
| Google AI Overviews | 29 | 133 | 24 of 29 | Dentrix, Open Dental, Curve Dental |
| Google AI Mode | 30 | 156 | 27 of 30 | Curve Dental, Dentrix, Open Dental |
Names per engine ran from 131 on ChatGPT to 175 on Claude for dental questions. Perplexity put Open Dental first; Google AI Mode put Curve Dental first, rather than Dentrix.
Offers applied to dental software
| Offer | A dental example |
|---|---|
| Live question, $19 once | "What is the best dental practice management software for a very small office?", or any dental question you choose; three runs per engine, back within 24 hours |
| Answer Repair, $490 once | a repaired page for "What are the best alternatives to Dentrix?", live or handed off 48 hours after Ready |
| Agency Deadline Audit, $490 per client report | "Open Dental vs Dentrix, which is better?" and nine more for a dental client; findings in 48 hours |
| Fix Sprint, $3,900 ($3,410 after the $490 credit) | six rewrites aimed at "What is the best dental PMS for a DSO with multiple locations?", measured on one agreed test at day 30 |
| Care, $490 a month | each month, the review platforms that dental answers cite, then the directories and listicles |
| Program, $5,500 a month | twelve pages for a dental vendor, plus a source-change log |
Deadlines, refunds and what each offer includes for a dental vendor are set out in the operating framework and the service model.
Where dental work starts
Reasoned. Only 28.0% of dental citations went to vendor sites; most dental evidence sits elsewhere. Review platforms held 10.4%, above the 9.5% median across the fourteen categories, so current dental listings get checked early. None of this is a measured effect of a change.
Sources
- Dental category record, Absence Index release 2026-09, dental answers captured 22 September 2026, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.
- Dental rows of our citation bases, source classes, vendor concentration and exclusions, report DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23804758.
- Our pricing and method pages. All sources read 9 November 2026.
Related: compare dental with thirteen other categories on our industry benchmarks, or read Perplexity visibility.