Portland, OR · October 2026
Which dentists in Portland do AI assistants recommend?
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude Who is the best dentist in Portland, OR?
3 times each and counted every dentist they named.
Last updated · 12 answers
- 22dentists named
- 0named by 3 or more engines
- 44/100answer stability
What the answers show
- AI assistants named 22 dentists in Portland, and none came up on more than two engines: each assistant keeps its own short list.
- The same question, asked three times, rarely got the same list here (stability 44/100). One check of an assistant is a sample, not a verdict. ChatGPT varied most, at 15/100.
- Belmont Family Dentistry was named most often: in 4 of 12 answers, on 2 of 4 engines. Belmont Family Dentistry came up in 3 of 3 Gemini answers but 1 of 3 on ChatGPT.
- Of the directory and review sites, doctor.webmd.com was cited most, in 3 of 12 answers. That is where the assistants went to check dentists in Portland.
Dentists AI assistants named in Portland
| Dentist | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Claude | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Belmont Family Dentistry | 1/3 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 4/12 |
| 2Forest Park Dental Studio | 1/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 3/12 |
| 3Laurelhurst Dentistry | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 3/12 |
| 4Bling Dental | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 5Laurelwood Dental | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 6Mattson Hellickson Dental | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 7OHSU School of Dentistry Faculty Dental Practice | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 8Timber Dental | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 9Barnes Dental | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 10Complete Health Dentistry of Portland | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
Also named: Downtown Dental Associates (1), East Portland Dentistry (1), Five Pines Dental (1), Kennedy Dental (1), Life Bloom Dental (1), Lovejoy Dental (1), Macadam Dental (1), Multnomah Village Dental Care (1), Portland Dental (1), Simply Smiles Dental (1), Smiles on Belmont (1), West End Dental (1).
Sources AI assistants cited
The websites the engines linked to most often in these answers.
- pdxmonthly.com6 of 12 answers
- belmont-dentistry.com a named business’s website4 of 12 answers
- dental.me3 of 12 answers
- doctor.webmd.com3 of 12 answers
- oregon.gov3 of 12 answers
Is your practice in these 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 Portland do AI assistants recommend most often?
In October 2026, Belmont Family Dentistry was named in 4 of 12 answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, followed by Forest Park Dental Studio (3) and Laurelhurst Dentistry (3). The table above has the full count.
What is the best dentist in Portland, according to AI?
The assistants do not settle on one. Asked Who is the best dentist in Portland, OR?
3 times each, they named 22 different dentists, and none 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 44 on average: ChatGPT 15, Gemini 26, Perplexity 33, Claude 100.
Where do AI assistants get their recommendations for dentists in Portland?
From the sources they search and cite. The most-cited here were pdxmonthly.com (6 answers), dental.me (3 answers), doctor.webmd.com (3 answers), along with the businesses’ own websites. 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 Portland, OR?
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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