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Which dentists does AI name in Long Beach, CA?

Western Dental was the dentist AI named most often in Long Beach, CA: in 5 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 52 different dentists. The 6 named most often held 27% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Western Dental most often (4 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Long Beach Dental Group most often (4 of 10 answers).

Answers collected November 1, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The dentists AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Western DentalNamed by Perplexity and Gemini5 of 20
Long Beach Dental GroupNamed by Gemini4 of 20
Belmont Shore DentistryNamed by Gemini3 of 20
Long Beach Dental WellnessNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
Long Beach Family DentistNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
The Children's Clinic (TCC)Named by Gemini3 of 20
UCLA School of DentistryNamed by Gemini3 of 20
USC Herman Ostrow School of DentistryNamed by Gemini3 of 20
A+ Family DentistryNamed by Gemini2 of 20
Bixby Knolls Dental GroupNamed by Gemini2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

8 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Western Dental (4)
  2. Long Beach Dental Wellness (3)
  3. Long Beach Family Dentist (3)
  4. The Dental Office of Long Beach (2)
  5. Basiago Family Dentistry (1)
  6. Bixby Dental Studio (1)
  7. Endodontists of Long Beach (1)
  8. Gage Endodontics (1)
  9. Greater Long Beach Dental Group (1)
  10. Heartwell Dental (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Long Beach Dental Group (4)
  2. Belmont Shore Dentistry (3)
  3. The Children's Clinic (TCC) (3)
  4. UCLA School of Dentistry (3)
  5. USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry (3)
  6. A+ Family Dentistry (2)
  7. Bixby Knolls Dental Group (2)
  8. Emergency Dental of Long Beach (2)
  9. St. Mary Medical Center (Dental Clinic) (2)
  10. A-Z Dental Care (1)

What AI named for each question

The businesses each AI tool named in its answer to each question, in the order the answer named them.

  1. I need an emergency dentist in Long Beach, CA right now. Who should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Western Dental
    2. Heartwell Dental
    3. Leila Zamiri DDS
    4. Long Beach Family Dentist
    5. Los Altos Modern Dentistry

    Gemini

    1. Emergency Dental Service (Referral Network)
    2. Long Beach Dental Professionals
    3. Parkcrest Dental Group
    4. Pacific Dental Group

  2. How much do teeth cleaning cost in Long Beach, CA, and which dentists charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    No business named

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Dental Group
    2. The Children's Clinic (TCC)
    3. Long Beach Alliance for Health
    4. UCLA School of Dentistry
    5. USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry

  3. Who is the most trusted dentist in Long Beach, CA?

    Perplexity

    1. Long Beach Dental Wellness
    2. Innovative Smiles
    3. The Dental Office of Long Beach

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Dental Group
    2. Stephen Coates, DDS
    3. Shore Dental Group
    4. A+ Family Dentistry
    5. Shieh Dental

  4. Which dental practice in Long Beach, CA is best for dental implants?

    Perplexity

    No business named

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Dental Specialists
    2. Shoreline Dental Group
    3. Belmont Shore Dentistry
    4. Long Beach Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

  5. I have a bad toothache in Long Beach, CA. Which dentist can see me today?

    Perplexity

    1. Tammy N. Tran, D.D.S.
    2. Western Dental

    Gemini

    1. Emergency Dental of Long Beach
    2. Long Beach Dental Group
    3. St. Mary Medical Center (Dental Clinic)
    4. The Children's Clinic (TCC)

  6. Who is the most affordable dentist near Long Beach, CA?

    Perplexity

    1. Western Dental
    2. Newport Dental

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Dental Clinic)
    2. UCLA School of Dentistry
    3. USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    4. The Children's Clinic (TCC)
    5. Careington
    6. DentalPlans.com

  7. Which dentists in Long Beach, CA have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Long Beach Dental Wellness
    2. Basiago Family Dentistry
    3. Bixby Dental Studio
    4. Issa Dental Group
    5. The Dental Office of Long Beach

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Dental Care
    2. Belmont Shore Dentistry
    3. Shoreline Dental Studio
    4. Bixby Knolls Dental Group
    5. A-Z Dental Care

  8. I need teeth whitening in Long Beach, CA. Which local dentist do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Long Beach Family Dentist
    2. Greater Long Beach Dental Group

    Gemini

    1. The Dental Group of Long Beach
    2. Long Beach Dental Arts
    3. Dr. Aaron Swapp
    4. A+ Family Dentistry
    5. Bixby Knolls Dental Group

  9. Is there a dentist in Long Beach, CA with evening or weekend emergency hours?

    Perplexity

    1. Western Dental
    2. Long Beach Family Dentist

    Gemini

    1. Emergency Dental of Long Beach
    2. Sea Breeze Dental
    3. Bright Now! Dental
    4. Western Dental
    5. St. Mary Medical Center (Dental Clinic)
    6. Long Beach Memorial

  10. What is a reasonable price for root canals in Long Beach, CA, and which dentists should I compare?

    Perplexity

    1. Long Beach Endodontics
    2. Endodontists of Long Beach
    3. Marina Endodontics
    4. Gage Endodontics
    5. Long Beach Dental Wellness

    Gemini

    1. Long Beach Endodontics
    2. Dr. Alan H. Gluskin
    3. Long Beach Dental Group
    4. Belmont Shore Dentistry
    5. Modern Dentistry of Long Beach
    6. UCLA School of Dentistry
    7. USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry

Sources AI cited

10 of the 20 answers cited sources. The sites cited most, by the number of answers citing them:

  1. zocdoc.com (6)
  2. dentistinlongbeach.com (5)
  3. dentistsranked.com (5)
  4. opencare.com (5)
  5. deltadental.com (4)
  6. dentdirectory.com (4)
  7. smilegeneration.com (4)
  8. westerndental.com (4)
  9. authoritydental.org (2)
  10. bbb.org (2)

Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what it learned in training, without a web search, so it cites no sources.

What the most-named dentists have in common

1 of the 6 were named by both Perplexity and Gemini. The rest were named by one tool only, which is common: the tools search and remember differently.

3 of the 6 had their own website among the sources the answers cited, and AI gave a website for 4 of them.

By the kind of question: 4 of them came up for urgent requests, 5 for questions about price, 3 for questions about trust and reviews, and 2 for questions about a specific service.

How we measured this

We asked 10 questions a customer might ask about dentists in Long Beach, CA, once on each AI tool, through each tool's official API. For example:

  • I need an emergency dentist in Long Beach, CA right now. Who should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted dentist in Long Beach, CA?
  • Which dental practice in Long Beach, CA is best for dental implants?

Perplexity searches the web and shows its sources. Gemini (model knowledge) answers without a web search, from what the model learned in training, so its picks can be out of date. A language model read each answer and listed the businesses it named, and a business counts once per answer. These results describe what AI said on these dates. They are not a rating of any business's work.

Data as of November 1, 2026.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which dentists does AI name most in Long Beach, CA?

Western Dental was the dentist AI named most often in Long Beach, CA: in 5 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between November 1, 2026 and November 1, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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