Tampa, FL · October 2026
Which dentists in Tampa do AI assistants recommend?
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude Who is the best dentist in Tampa, FL?
3 times each and counted every dentist they named.
Last updated · 12 answers
- 23dentists named
- 1named by 3 or more engines
- 34/100answer stability
What the answers show
- Ask four AI assistants about dentists in Tampa and you get 23 different names. Only 1 of them 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 34/100), so a single check of your visibility can mislead. Perplexity varied most, at 0/100.
- South Tampa Dentistry was named most often: in 6 of 12 answers, on 3 of 4 engines. South Tampa Dentistry came up in 3 of 3 Gemini answers but 1 of 3 on Perplexity.
- healthgrades.com was the listing site AI assistants cited most often for dentists in Tampa (6 of 12 answers), so a listing there matters.
Dentists AI assistants named in Tampa
| Dentist | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Claude | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1South Tampa Dentistry | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 6/12 |
| 2Jackson Dental | 2/3 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 5/12 |
| 3General & Cosmetic Dentistry of Tampa | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 4South Tampa Smiles | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 5Tomlinson Dental | 1/3 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 6Heights Dental Tampa | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 7New Tampa Dental | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 2/12 |
| 8Bay Premier Dentistry | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 9Doering Family Dental | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
| 10Dr. Hanny Hamoui | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/12 |
Also named: Dr. Mark Farina (1), Dr. Patrick Abbey (1), Flash DentSpa (1), Guava Dental (1), Kids 1st Pediatric Dentistry (1), McIlwain Dental Specialists (1), North Pointe Dental Associates (1), Nova Dental (1), Oak Dental Associates (1), Palm Tree Dentistry (1), South Tampa Dental Krewe (1), Tampa Dental (1), Tampa Dental Wellness of Carrollwood (1).
Sources AI assistants cited
The websites the engines linked to most often in these answers.
- healthgrades.com6 of 12 answers
- opencare.com4 of 12 answers
- tampamagazines.com4 of 12 answers
- tampastylemagazine.com4 of 12 answers
- zocdoc.com4 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 Tampa do AI assistants recommend most often?
In October 2026, South Tampa Dentistry was named in 6 of 12 answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, followed by Jackson Dental (5) and General & Cosmetic Dentistry of Tampa (2). The table above has the full count.
What is the best dentist in Tampa, according to AI?
The assistants do not settle on one. Asked Who is the best dentist in Tampa, FL?
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 34 on average: ChatGPT 8, Gemini 28, Perplexity 0, Claude 100.
Where do AI assistants get their recommendations for dentists in Tampa?
From the sources they search and cite. The most-cited here were healthgrades.com (6 answers), opencare.com (4 answers), tampamagazines.com (4 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 Tampa, FL?
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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