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Which orthodontists does AI name in San Jose, CA?

Bay Area Orthodontics was the orthodontist AI named most often in San Jose, CA: in 9 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 64 different orthodontists. The 6 named most often held 31% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Image Orthodontics most often (5 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Bay Area Orthodontics most often (9 of 10 answers).

Answers collected November 4, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The orthodontists AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Bay Area OrthodonticsNamed by Gemini9 of 20
Image OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity5 of 20
Orthodontics of San JoseNamed by Gemini5 of 20
Smile OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity and Gemini4 of 20
West Valley OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity and Gemini4 of 20
Western Dental & OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity and Gemini3 of 20
Canaan DentalNamed by Perplexity2 of 20
Care OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity2 of 20
Corsa OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity2 of 20
Kaz Uyesugi DDS Inc.Named by Perplexity2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Image Orthodontics (5)
  2. West Valley Orthodontics (3)
  3. Canaan Dental (2)
  4. Care Orthodontics (2)
  5. Corsa Orthodontics (2)
  6. Kaz Uyesugi DDS Inc. (2)
  7. Moradi Signature Smiles Elite (2)
  8. Virtue Orthodontics (2)
  9. Western Dental & Orthodontics (2)
  10. Brian Steinhoff, DDS, MSD (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Bay Area Orthodontics (9)
  2. Orthodontics of San Jose (5)
  3. Smile Orthodontics (3)
  4. Milpitas/San Jose Orthodontics (2)
  5. Orthoworks (2)
  6. Palo Alto Orthodontics (2)
  7. All Smiles Orthodontics (1)
  8. Allure Orthodontics (1)
  9. Almaden Orthodontics (1)
  10. Aspen Dental (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. My child needs braces and I want to start soon in San Jose, CA. Which orthodontist should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Forever Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics
    2. Destination Smiles
    3. Dr. Sunny J. Lee

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontics of San Jose
    2. Palo Alto Orthodontics
    3. Almaden Orthodontics
    4. Bay Area Orthodontics

  2. What is the cost of braces for kids in San Jose, CA, and which orthodontists charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    1. Children's Choice Pediatric Dentistry
    2. Freeman Orthodontics
    3. Virtue Orthodontics
    4. West Valley Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Orthoworks
    2. San Jose Orthodontics
    3. Smile Orthodontics
    4. Bay Area Orthodontics

  3. Who is the most trusted orthodontist in San Jose, CA?

    Perplexity

    1. Moradi Signature Smiles Elite
    2. Kaz Uyesugi DDS Inc.
    3. Care Orthodontics
    4. Corsa Orthodontics
    5. Image Orthodontics
    6. Kouvaris Orthodontics
    7. Virtue Orthodontics
    8. Dr. Nancy Phan, DDS

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontics of San Jose
    2. Dr. H. Peter Hylton
    3. Bay Area Orthodontics
    4. Dr. Eric Wu
    5. Charlene White Orthodontics
    6. Milpitas/San Jose Orthodontics
    7. Dr. Robert S. Quinn

  4. Which orthodontic practice in San Jose, CA is best for braces for adults?

    Perplexity

    1. Mashouf Orthodontics
    2. Image Orthodontics
    3. Phan & Associates

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontics of San Jose
    2. Dr. David M. Faught
    3. Palo Alto Orthodontics
    4. Dr. Jenny Yoo
    5. Salmassian Orthodontics
    6. Bay Area Orthodontics

  5. A bracket came off my braces in San Jose, CA. Which orthodontist can see me today?

    Perplexity

    1. Image Orthodontics
    2. Silicon Valley Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontic Specialists of San Jose
    2. Bay Area Orthodontics
    3. Smile Orthodontics

  6. Who is the most affordable orthodontist near San Jose, CA?

    Perplexity

    1. Image Orthodontics
    2. West Valley Orthodontics
    3. Western Dental & Orthodontics
    4. Smile Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontics of San Jose
    2. Smile Orthodontics
    3. Dr. Sima Yazdani
    4. Milpitas/San Jose Orthodontics
    5. Bay Area Orthodontics
    6. UCSF School of Dentistry

  7. Which orthodontists in San Jose, CA have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Kaz Uyesugi DDS Inc.
    2. Brian Steinhoff, DDS, MSD
    3. Nancy Trinh, DDS
    4. Kenneth Kai, DDS, MSD
    5. Linda Huynh, DDS, MS
    6. Derick Phan
    7. Phan Orthodontics
    8. Moradi Signature Smiles Elite

    Gemini

    1. Bay Area Orthodontics
    2. Dr. Amani
    3. Orthoworks
    4. Dr. Jean-Claude St. Luce
    5. Allure Orthodontics
    6. Dr. W.Y. Peter Chiang
    7. Fountain Valley Orthodontics
    8. Dr. M. K. Kanaan
    9. Dr. Mirian F. Kim Orthodontics

  8. I need Invisalign in San Jose, CA. Which local orthodontist do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Image Orthodontics
    2. Dr. Yan Kalika
    3. Dr. Constant and Contro
    4. Corsa Orthodontics
    5. Canaan Dental
    6. Evergreen Hills Dental Group

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontic Associates of San Jose
    2. Silicon Valley Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics
    3. Bay Area Orthodontics
    4. West Valley Orthodontics

  9. Is there an orthodontist in San Jose, CA with evening or Saturday appointments?

    Perplexity

    1. Canaan Dental
    2. Western Dental & Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontics at the Park
    2. Gentle Dental
    3. All Smiles Orthodontics
    4. Bay Area Orthodontics

  10. What is a reasonable price for clear aligners in San Jose, CA, and who should I get quotes from?

    Perplexity

    1. Kai Orthodontics
    2. Care Orthodontics
    3. West Valley Orthodontics
    4. Sage Dental

    Gemini

    1. Byte
    2. SmileDirectClub
    3. Aspen Dental
    4. Western Dental & Orthodontics
    5. Orthodontics of San Jose
    6. Gilmore Orthodontics
    7. Team Orthodontics

Sources AI cited

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

  1. nationalorthodonticregistry.com (9)
  2. local.yahoo.com (6)
  3. tebra.com (6)
  4. imageorthodontics.com (5)
  5. canaandental.com (3)
  6. yelp.com (3)
  7. aaoinfo.org (2)
  8. blossomriverdental.com (2)
  9. dental.me (2)
  10. evergreenhillsdental.com (2)

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

What the most-named orthodontists have in common

3 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.

1 of the 6 had their own website among the sources the answers cited, and AI gave a website for 2 of them.

By the kind of question: 5 of them came up for urgent requests, 6 for questions about price, 3 for questions about trust and reviews, and 4 for questions about a specific service.

How we measured this

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

  • My child needs braces and I want to start soon in San Jose, CA. Which orthodontist should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted orthodontist in San Jose, CA?
  • Which orthodontic practice in San Jose, CA is best for braces for adults?

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 4, 2026.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which orthodontists does AI name most in San Jose, CA?

Bay Area Orthodontics was the orthodontist AI named most often in San Jose, CA: in 9 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between November 4, 2026 and November 4, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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