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Which orthodontists does AI name in St. Louis, MO?

Saracino Orthodontics was the orthodontist AI named most often in St. Louis, MO: in 6 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 56 different orthodontists. The 6 named most often held 30% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Saracino Orthodontics most often (6 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Greater St. Louis Orthodontics most often (3 of 10 answers).

Answers collected October 15, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The orthodontists AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Saracino OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity6 of 20
McDermott OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity5 of 20
Otto OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity5 of 20
Greater St. Louis OrthodonticsNamed by Gemini3 of 20
Orthodontic Specialists of St. LouisNamed by Gemini3 of 20
Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental EducationNamed by Gemini3 of 20
St. Louis South Orthodontics (South County)Named by Perplexity3 of 20
Arch OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity and Gemini2 of 20
Borello OrthodonticsNamed by Gemini2 of 20
Embrace Our World OrthodonticsNamed by Perplexity2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Saracino Orthodontics (6)
  2. McDermott Orthodontics (5)
  3. Otto Orthodontics (5)
  4. St. Louis South Orthodontics (South County) (3)
  5. Embrace Our World Orthodontics (2)
  6. Helmkamp Orthodontics (2)
  7. Orthodontic Specialists of Sunset Hills (2)
  8. Smile Doctors (2)
  9. Arch Orthodontics (1)
  10. Azar Orthodontics (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Greater St. Louis Orthodontics (3)
  2. Orthodontic Specialists of St. Louis (3)
  3. Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education (3)
  4. Borello Orthodontics (2)
  5. West County Orthodontics (2)
  6. American Association of Orthodontists (1)
  7. American Board of Orthodontics (1)
  8. Arch Orthodontics (1)
  9. Benson Orthodontics (1)
  10. Bigman Orthodontics (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 St. Louis, MO. Which orthodontist should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Saracino Orthodontics
    2. Otto Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Bock Orthodontics
    2. Greater St. Louis Orthodontics
    3. Frederiksen & Browne Orthodontics
    4. Hixon Orthodontics
    5. Arch Orthodontics
    6. O'Leary Orthodontics

  2. What is the cost of braces for kids in St. Louis, MO, and which orthodontists charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    1. SLU Orthodontics
    2. Saracino Orthodontics
    3. McDermott Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Jensen Orthodontics
    2. Fish Orthodontics
    3. Greater St. Louis Orthodontics
    4. Koch Orthodontics
    5. Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education

  3. Who is the most trusted orthodontist in St. Louis, MO?

    Perplexity

    1. Larry Levens, DDS, MSD
    2. McDermott Orthodontics
    3. Saracino Orthodontics
    4. Smile Doctors
    5. Embrace Our World Orthodontics
    6. Junction Orthodontics
    7. St. Louis South Orthodontics (South County)

    Gemini

    1. American Board of Orthodontics
    2. St. Louis Magazine
    3. Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education
    4. American Association of Orthodontists

  4. Which orthodontic practice in St. Louis, MO is best for braces for adults?

    Perplexity

    1. McDermott Orthodontics
    2. Orthodontic Consultants of Saint Louis

    Gemini

    1. Charlton Orthodontics
    2. Fishman Orthodontics
    3. West County Orthodontics
    4. H & K Orthodontics

  5. A bracket came off my braces in St. Louis, MO. Which orthodontist can see me today?

    Perplexity

    1. Orthodontic Specialists of Sunset Hills
    2. Otto Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Fry Orthodontics
    2. Burke Orthodontics
    3. Bigman Orthodontics

  6. Who is the most affordable orthodontist near St. Louis, MO?

    Perplexity

    1. McDermott Orthodontics
    2. Saracino Orthodontics
    3. Smile Doctors
    4. Otto Orthodontics
    5. Orthodontic Specialists of Sunset Hills
    6. Bankhead Orthodontic Specialists
    7. Arch Orthodontics
    8. Moshiri Orthodontics
    9. St Louis University Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Benson Orthodontics
    2. King Orthodontics
    3. Moreno Orthodontics
    4. Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education

  7. Which orthodontists in St. Louis, MO have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Helmkamp Orthodontics
    2. Otto Orthodontics
    3. St. Louis South Orthodontics (South County)
    4. Embrace Our World Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. West County Orthodontics
    2. Dr. Richard Bourke
    3. Borello Orthodontics
    4. Dr. Joe Borello
    5. Orthodontic Specialists of St. Louis
    6. Dr. Sarah M. Kelling
    7. Fishbein Orthodontics
    8. Letzer Orthodontics

  8. I need Invisalign in St. Louis, MO. Which local orthodontist do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Saracino Orthodontics
    2. McDermott Orthodontics

    Gemini

    1. Borello Orthodontics
    2. Weber Orthodontics
    3. Orthodontic Specialists of St. Louis
    4. Hansen Orthodontics

  9. Is there an orthodontist in St. Louis, MO with evening or Saturday appointments?

    Perplexity

    1. Otto Orthodontics
    2. St. Louis South Orthodontics (South County)

    Gemini

    1. Orthodontic Specialists of St. Louis
    2. Greater St. Louis Orthodontics
    3. Lakeview Orthodontics
    4. Buseman Orthodontics

  10. What is a reasonable price for clear aligners in St. Louis, MO, and who should I get quotes from?

    Perplexity

    1. Azar Orthodontics
    2. Saracino Orthodontics
    3. Helmkamp Orthodontics
    4. Dougherty Orthodontics
    5. Smile On Dental Studio

    Gemini

    1. Byte
    2. SmileDirectClub
    3. Washington University School of Dental Medicine
    4. CareCredit

Sources AI cited

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

  1. mcdortho.com (8)
  2. smiledoctors.com (8)
  3. nationalorthodonticregistry.com (7)
  4. saracinoortho.com (5)
  5. aostl.com (4)
  6. ottoortho.com (4)
  7. borelloortho.com (2)
  8. care.healthline.com (2)
  9. healthgrades.com (2)
  10. smileonstl.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

0 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 5 of them.

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

How we measured this

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

  • My child needs braces and I want to start soon in St. Louis, MO. Which orthodontist should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted orthodontist in St. Louis, MO?
  • Which orthodontic practice in St. Louis, MO 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 October 15, 2026.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which orthodontists does AI name most in St. Louis, MO?

Saracino Orthodontics was the orthodontist AI named most often in St. Louis, MO: in 6 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between October 15, 2026 and October 15, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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