Los Angeles, CA · October 2026
Which dentists in Los Angeles do AI assistants recommend?
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude Who is the best dentist in Los Angeles, CA?
3 times each and counted every dentist they named.
Last updated · 12 answers
- 23dentists named
- 1named by 3 or more engines
- 35/100answer stability
What the answers show
- AI assistants named 23 different dentists in Los Angeles, but only 1 came up on three or more engines.
- Answers here are unstable. Asking the same assistant the same question three times often produced a different list (stability 35/100), so a single check of your visibility can mislead. ChatGPT varied most, at 0/100.
- Dr. Bill Dorfman, DDS was named most often: in 6 of 12 answers, on 3 of 4 engines. Dr. Bill Dorfman, DDS came up in 3 of 3 Gemini answers but 1 of 3 on ChatGPT.
- doctor.webmd.com was the listing site AI assistants cited most often for dentists in Los Angeles (3 of 12 answers), so a listing there matters.
Dentists AI assistants named in Los Angeles
| Dentist | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Claude | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dr. Bill Dorfman, DDS | 1/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 6/12 |
| 2Dr. Kevin Sands, DDS | 0/3 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 3/12 |
| 3Downtown Dental | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 4Dr. Kourosh Maddahi, DDS | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 5Santa Monica Bay Dental | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 6Apa Aesthetic | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 7Brentwood Dental Group | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 8City Smiles | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 9Downtown Dental – Dr. Don Mungcal, DDS | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 10Dr. Alexie Aguil, DDS | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
Also named: Dr. Anjali Rajpal, DMD (1), Dr. Anthony Mobasser, DDS (1), Dr. Arthur A. Kezian, DDS (1), Dr. Don Mungcal, DDS (1), Dr. Michael Apa, DDS (1), Mindfulness Dental (1), Shervin M. Louie, DDS (1), Smile Angels of Beverly Hills (1), Smile L.A. Downtown Modern Dentistry (1), Studio City Dental Center (1), UCLA School of Dentistry Faculty Group Dental Practice (1), UCLA's Faculty Group Dental Practice (1), William M. Dorfman, DDS, FAACD (1).
Sources AI assistants cited
The websites the engines linked to most often in these answers.
- findadentist.ada.org4 of 12 answers
- dental.me3 of 12 answers
- doctor.webmd.com3 of 12 answers
- healthgrades.com3 of 12 answers
- tebra.com3 of 12 answers
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Why some dentists show up and others don’t
Assistants recommend what they can find and cross-check. What tends to help:
- List the practice and each dentist the same way on Google, Healthgrades, Zocdoc and Yelp: one practice name, one address, one phone number, current hours.
- Put the facts patients ask assistants about on your own site in plain text: insurance plans accepted, new-patient openings, emergency visits, sedation options, languages spoken and weekend hours.
- Give each service its own page (implants, clear aligners, pediatric, emergency dentistry) so an assistant can match a specific question to your practice.
- Check what assistants say about you, not only whether they name you. A wrong insurance list or old hours sends a patient elsewhere even when you are recommended.
Questions
Which dentists in Los Angeles do AI assistants recommend most often?
In October 2026, Dr. Bill Dorfman, DDS was named in 6 of 12 answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, followed by Dr. Kevin Sands, DDS (3) and Downtown Dental (2). The table above has the full count.
What is the best dentist in Los Angeles, according to AI?
The assistants do not settle on one. Asked Who is the best dentist in Los Angeles, CA?
3 times each, they named 23 different dentists, and 1 came up on three or more engines. Which one an assistant suggests can change from one ask to the next.
Do AI assistants give the same answer every time?
No. Each assistant was asked the same question 3 times. On a 0–100 scale, where 100 means the same names every time, their answers scored 35 on average: ChatGPT 0, Gemini 23, Perplexity 17, Claude 100.
Where do AI assistants get their recommendations for dentists in Los Angeles?
From the sources they search and cite. The most-cited here were findadentist.ada.org (4 answers), dental.me (3 answers), doctor.webmd.com (3 answers). A business's own website and listings on those sites are what the assistants read.
Does Leolens rank or endorse these businesses?
No. The table counts how often AI assistants named each business. Leolens did not rate, review or rank them, and no business paid to appear.
How we collected this
In October 2026 we asked ChatGPT (gpt-5.6-terra), Gemini (gemini-3.8-flash), Perplexity (perplexity/sonar) and Claude (claude-sonnet-5) the question Who is the best dentist in Los Angeles, CA?
3 times each, through each provider’s API with web search turned on, as a new conversation with no account, history or location. A separate model listed the businesses each answer named; we checked every name against the answer’s own text and merged different spellings of the same business. Sources are the sites the engines linked to.
The apps use your location and history, so what you see there can differ. Nothing on this page is a rating or review by Leolens, and no business paid to appear. For how this market compares with the rest, see the October 2026 study.
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