Get found when patients ask AI for a dentist.
Patients increasingly ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity, “Who’s the best dentist near me?” — and act on the answer. We build your practice to be one of the names that answer includes.
What is AEO?
AEO — Answer Engine Optimization — is the work of getting your practice named and recommended inside AI answers, the way SEO gets you ranked on Google.
SEO and AEO work together
Your Google ranking is one of the strongest signals AI uses to decide who to recommend. In our 2026 study, practices in Google’s top ten were named by AI 82% of the time; the next ten, just 47%. SEO opens the door — AEO walks you through it.
How AI chooses who to recommend
Think of it as a voting system. Each time someone asks for the best dentist in town, AI tallies the credible signals across the web and names the practices with the most support. You can’t vote for yourself — your own site saying you’re the best doesn’t count. What counts is a clear, well-structured website plus independent, trusted sources that vouch for you.
How we help
Your AEO website. We rebuild or upgrade your site so AI can read, trust, and correctly count your practice — with enhanced structured data, Q&A content, and the language these models prefer.
Enhanced AEO — Ask about our AEO authority building program, an upgrade available to our SEO clients exclusively.
FAQ
How is AEO different from SEO? SEO ranks you on Google; AEO gets you named inside AI answers. They’re closely linked and work best together.
Do I still need SEO? Yes — it’s essential, and a major factor in whether AI recommends you.
How do you get me mentioned by AI? A clear, credible website plus independent mentions on trusted third-party sites.
Ready to be in the answer?
Book your complimentary marketing planning session at identitydental.com/grace.
Identity Dental Marketing — Answer Engine Optimization for dental practices.