October 11, 2026 · 11 AI platforms
Wonderist Agency led AI mentions
Named in 7 of the 11 tracked platform records. Coverage is incomplete for one platform.
One platform record is unavailable. See the capture limitation below before comparing coverage.
First three agencies by coverage · ties shown alphabetically
- Wonderist Agency7 of 11
- First Page Sage6 of 11
- Algomizer5 of 11
45 identified agencies · 87 agency/platform mentions · 45 cited pages
A dental practice may want more hygiene appointments, emergency visits, implant consultations, or a mix of services. Those goals require different content and different measures of success. We asked 11 AI platforms which AEO agencies they would name for dentists, then compared the captured agency labels and cited pages.
We asked 11 AI platforms the same question: “who are the best AEO agencies for dentists?” The export contains 11 dated platform records from October 11, 2026 (UTC). We recorded the agency names and the pages cited, then combined aliases and separated identifiable agency businesses from software, individuals, client examples, and names we could not confirm.
Capture limitation: Google AI Overview failed in this run and supplied no answer, agency labels, or citations. Its column is marked unavailable, not absent. The other 10 platforms supplied usable answers. Coverage percentages retain the 11 configured-platform denominator for consistency with the cluster; a failed capture cannot establish whether an agency was recommended.
Answer engine optimization (AEO) helps a business become visible in AI-generated answers. This report measures agency mentions in one capture. It does not evaluate service quality, verify claims made by the AI answers, or predict campaign results.
Rankability is software, not an agency. This is an industry edition of our SaaS AEO agency research. The two reports use different capture dates; this edition ranks by platform coverage because this export does not include structured mention positions for every agency.
Key findings
- Wonderist Agency led platform coverage. It was named by 7 of 11 platforms. Coverage is incomplete for one platform; the gap does not show a confirmed absence.
- The identified roster contains 45 agencies. They account for 87 distinct agency/platform pairs. 28 appeared on only one platform. Names without a confirmed agency identity are excluded from these totals.
- Gemini supplied the longest identified shortlist: 13 agencies. One platform record is unavailable for comparison; see the capture limitation above.
- The citation pool contains 45 distinct pages. The most widely cited page was on firstpagesage.com, appearing in 4 platform citation lists. A citation to a page is different from a mention of the agency that published it.
A dental agency shortlist needs a treatment-specific brief
The answers name dental marketing businesses as well as broader search agencies. An appearance here does not establish clinical knowledge, experience with your practice model, or the ability to fill a particular type of appointment. Confirm relevant work directly.
This capture can become a useful historical record of which agencies AI associates with dental AEO. Changes in specialist coverage over time are measurable; the reasons behind those changes and the agencies’ actual results need separate evidence.
The leaderboard
The first 16 agencies below are sorted by distinct platform coverage. Coverage is the number of captured platform answers naming the agency divided by 11. The No. column numbers the list from 1 to 16; it is not a separate performance rank. Agencies with equal coverage are tied and appear alphabetically. If a tie crosses the 16-row boundary, alphabetical order determines which tied names appear here; the full roster is linked below. This is an AI visibility comparison, not a ranking of agency capabilities.
| No. | Agency | Platforms naming it | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonderist Agency | 7 of 11 | 64% |
| 2 | First Page Sage | 6 of 11 | 55% |
| 3 | Algomizer | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| 4 | Growdent | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| 5 | DentalScapes | 4 of 11 | 36% |
| 6 | Focus Digital | 4 of 11 | 36% |
| 7 | Titan Web Agency | 4 of 11 | 36% |
| 8 | Funnel Boost Media | 3 of 11 | 27% |
| 9 | KailxLabs | 3 of 11 | 27% |
| 10 | Rosemont Media | 3 of 11 | 27% |
| 11 | Signal Hill Strategies | 3 of 11 | 27% |
| 12 | Delmain | 2 of 11 | 18% |
| 13 | Gargle | 2 of 11 | 18% |
| 14 | HawkSEM | 2 of 11 | 18% |
| 15 | Ignite Visibility | 2 of 11 | 18% |
| 16 | Keygrow | 2 of 11 | 18% |
Also named in this capture
The full agency CSV includes all 45 agencies in the identified roster, their websites, recorded aliases, and platform counts. The remaining names are:
- WebFX — 2 of 11
- AEO Engine — 1 of 11
- AIM Dental Marketing — 1 of 11
- Arcane Marketing — 1 of 11
- Art Does Ads — 1 of 11
- Ascent AI — 1 of 11
- Blu Ocean Innovations — 1 of 11
- Cardinal Digital Marketing — 1 of 11
- DDSRank — 1 of 11
- Dentainment — 1 of 11
- Dominate Dental — 1 of 11
- Firegang Dental Marketing — 1 of 11
- Flow New Patient Marketing — 1 of 11
- Genevate — 1 of 11
- Harris & Ward — 1 of 11
- Identity Dental Marketing — 1 of 11
- Kootil — 1 of 11
- Lasso MD — 1 of 11
- Loopex Digital — 1 of 11
- NPAccel — 1 of 11
- Officite — 1 of 11
- Progressive Dental — 1 of 11
- Sagapixel — 1 of 11
- SignalMatrix AI — 1 of 11
- SMC National — 1 of 11
- Stethon Digital Marketing — 1 of 11
- The Ad Firm — 1 of 11
- Web Tonic — 1 of 11
- Yooniversal Media — 1 of 11
Which platforms name which agencies
— means unavailable capture data, not a negative agency recommendation. See the capture limitation above; percentages retain the 11 tracked-platform denominator.
The first 10 agencies in the leaderboard across all 11 tracked platforms. ✓ means the recorded entity list names the agency; ✕ means it does not. An ✕ applies only to this capture. Scroll horizontally to see every column.
| Agency | ChatGPT | Google AI Overview | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Claude | Microsoft Copilot | Grok | Meta AI | DeepSeek | Brave Search AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonderist Agency | Named | Capture unavailable | Named | Named | Not named | Named | Named | Named | Not named | Named | Not named |
| First Page Sage | Named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Not named | Named | Named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named |
| Algomizer | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Named |
| Growdent | Named | Capture unavailable | Named | Not named | Not named | Named | Not named | Named | Not named | Named | Not named |
| DentalScapes | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named |
| Focus Digital | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named |
| Titan Web Agency | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Named | Not named | Named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Funnel Boost Media | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Not named | Named | Not named | Not named |
| KailxLabs | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Not named | Not named | Named | Not named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named |
| Rosemont Media | Not named | Capture unavailable | Not named | Named | Not named | Not named | Named | Named | Not named | Not named | Not named |
Agencies named per platform
These counts use the full identified roster, rather than only the 10 agencies shown in the matrix.
What the cited pages show
Across the 11 platform records, we recorded 45 distinct cited pages. The table shows the 10 cited by the most platforms, with ties ordered by URL. A page can discuss several agencies, and its publisher may not be named in the answer. Citation counts therefore do not substitute for agency coverage.
| Cited page | Domain | Platforms citing it |
|---|---|---|
| The Top Dental GEO / AEO Agencies of 2026 - First Page Sage | firstpagesage.com | 4 of 11 |
| Best AEO Agencies for Cosmetic Dentists (2026) | houseofmvps.com | 3 of 11 |
| Best AEO Agency | bestaeoagency.com | 3 of 11 |
| Dental GEO Agencies: 21 Picks (2026) | Web Tonic™ | webtonic.io | 3 of 11 |
| The Top Dental GEO / AEO Agencies of 2026 | firstpagesage.com | 2 of 11 |
| Dental AEO Agency | growdent.io | 2 of 11 |
| Top 10 Best AEO Agency for Dentists (2026) | keygrow.co | 2 of 11 |
| Dental AEO Guide 2026: Be the Dentist ChatGPT Recommends | newpatientsflow.com | 2 of 11 |
| designrush.com | designrush.com | 2 of 11 |
| Best AI Search (GEO/AEO) Agencies for Dental Practices (2026 … | usatoday.com | 2 of 11 |
View all 45 captured source URLs
- The Top Dental GEO / AEO Agencies of 2026 - First Page Sage — 4 of 11
- Best AEO Agencies for Cosmetic Dentists (2026) — 3 of 11
- Best AEO Agency — 3 of 11
- Dental GEO Agencies: 21 Picks (2026) | Web Tonic™ — 3 of 11
- The Top Dental GEO / AEO Agencies of 2026 — 2 of 11
- Dental AEO Agency — 2 of 11
- Top 10 Best AEO Agency for Dentists (2026) — 2 of 11
- Dental AEO Guide 2026: Be the Dentist ChatGPT Recommends — 2 of 11
- designrush.com — 2 of 11
- Best AI Search (GEO/AEO) Agencies for Dental Practices (2026 ... — 2 of 11
- Best AEO Agencies in 2026 (Answer Engine Optimization) - Ran — 1 of 11
- AI Dental Marketing & Agentic Marketing | Ascent AI — 1 of 11
- What Is Aeo — 1 of 11
- Best AEO and GEO Agencies for Dentists (2026) - EliteAEO.ai — 1 of 11
- 12 Best Dental SEO Companies for 2026: ROI & New Patient Rankings — 1 of 11
- Aeo Geo For Dentists — 1 of 11
- AI in dentistry. Top 4 agencies using AI tools - Growdent — 1 of 11
- 25 Best Dental SEO Companies in 2026 (Honest Rankings) — 1 of 11
- Top 10 Best Digital Marketing Agency for Dentists (2026) — 1 of 11
- kootil.com — 1 of 11
- Markets - Financial Advisors — 1 of 11
- Markets - Financial Advisors — 1 of 11
- About Us - Great American Insurance Group - Specialty Property & Casualty Insurance — 1 of 11
- International Business Times — 1 of 11
- Star Tribune — 1 of 11
- Best Dental Marketing Agencies — 1 of 11
- Best Ai Search Geoaeo Agencies For Dental Practices 2026 Report Published By Lockhart Research 83118 — 1 of 11
- How to Choose the Best Dental Marketing Agency (2026) — 1 of 11
- Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) for Dental Practices — 1 of 11
- The New Rules Of Dental Marketing Understanding Seo Aeo And Ai Search — 1 of 11
- Best Design Dental Answer Engine Optimization Agencies — 1 of 11
- Best Legal Dental Answer Engine Optimization Agencies — 1 of 11
- Best AI Search (GEO/AEO) Agencies for Dental Practices (2026) Report Published by Lockhart Research — 1 of 11
- 10 — 1 of 11
- 10 — 1 of 11
- Top 9 Dental Marketing Agencies in 2026 — 1 of 11
- Top 10 Best Dental SEO Agencies in the USA 2026 — 1 of 11
- Top Agencies for AEO & Dental Schema in 2026 | Marketing 360® — 1 of 11
- Best AI Search (GEO/AEO) Agencies for Dental Practices (2026) Report ... — 1 of 11
- Gargle Expands Dental SEO Strategy to Help Dental Practices Get Found in AI Search — 1 of 11
- Best AI Search (GEO/AEO) Agencies for Dental Practices (2026) Report Published by Lockhart Research — 1 of 11
- 15 of the Best Dental SEO Companies (2026 Rankings) — 1 of 11
- Top Dental SEO Agencies for Patient Growth — 1 of 11
- 21 Dental Marketing Agencies, 2026 — 1 of 11
- Dental AEO & Search Optimization — 1 of 11
These links come from the export. Display labels use the captured titles, with URL-derived labels when a title is missing, is a placeholder, or contains an excerpt rather than a descriptive page title. The JSON and source CSV preserve the original titles. This is not an independent evaluation of every page. Pages may change or disappear after capture. A source’s inclusion does not establish that its claims are accurate.
Agency-owned roundups and mentions
For an additional check, we matched cited domains to the known agency websites in this roster. We then selected titles or URL paths that identify a “best” or “top” agency, company, firm, or consultant list. This is a title/URL classification, not a full editorial review of the pages. The table includes only matched agency-owned roundup pages; unmatched domains are not assigned an owner.
| Agency | Platforms citing its roundup | Also naming the agency |
|---|---|---|
| First Page Sage | 6 | 5 |
| Growdent | 1 | 1 |
| Keygrow | 2 | 1 |
| Arcane Marketing | 1 | 1 |
| Lasso MD | 1 | 1 |
| The Ad Firm | 1 | 1 |
| Web Tonic | 4 | 1 |
The last column counts the intersection of the two platform sets. An overlap is an association in this capture. It does not show that the roundup caused a recommendation. The downloadable JSON includes the matched URLs and platform sets.
How to evaluate an AEO partner
Choose the services and patient journeys the practice wants to support before comparing proposals. Ask each agency to show how its content, local information, and reporting would work for that scope.
Evidence to request before hiring
| Priority | Evidence to request | Outcome to measure |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment and appointment priorities | Separate questions and pages for the services offered, such as general care, emergency visits, or implant consultations | Suitable appointment requests by service |
| Clinical review and credentials | A clinician review process for treatment explanations, dentist qualifications, and published claims | Accurate cited content and a clear correction process |
| Practice information | A maintenance plan for locations, hours, booking paths, accepted insurance information, and current services | Fewer incorrect details and completed booking inquiries |
| Measurement and ownership | Dated AI captures, citation reporting, website access, and agreed definitions for inquiries and appointments | Visibility, requests, and attended appointments reported separately |
Separate general care from procedure research
A person seeking an emergency appointment needs current availability and a clear contact path. Someone researching implants may first need clinician-reviewed information about the consultation and assessment process. Have the agency show how those journeys differ. Track only the treatments and patient groups the practice actually serves; a broad dental-agency mention cannot establish visibility for a specific procedure in your city.
Put clinical accuracy ahead of content volume
Ask who reviews treatment descriptions, dentist biographies, and outcome claims before they go live. The ADA’s guidance on veracity addresses truthful communications, including advertising and representations of qualifications. Have the practice apply its relevant professional requirements and approve the final copy. AI-generated treatment text and agency claims should not bypass that review.
Keep practical details connected to booking
Patients need to know where the practice is, when it is open, which services are available, and how to arrange an appointment. Assign an owner to keep those details current across the website and business profiles. Where insurance information is published, establish who verifies updates and how questions reach the team. Report appointment requests and attended appointments separately from website traffic and AI mentions.
Example client questions to track
These are illustrative client questions, not questions measured in the October 11 agency-hiring capture. Replace placeholders with the client’s actual services, audiences, and locations.
- Which dentists offer [service] in [city]?
- Which dental practices in [area] provide emergency appointments?
- Where can I verify [dentist]’s qualifications and practice information?
- Which practices in [city] publish information about [insurance plan] acceptance?
- How can I arrange a [service] consultation with [practice]?
What this means if you run an agency
For dental marketing agencies, the opportunity is to make the practice’s real services and reviewed information easy to find, then measure useful patient actions. Your agency’s own hiring-prompt coverage is a separate benchmark.
- Choose the practice priorities. Separate routine care, urgent appointments, and procedure consultations. Define the relevant service, location, and intended next step for each question.
- Review content with the practice. Connect cited pages to accurate treatment information, clinician profiles, and booking details. Use our AI search visibility checklist to organize the review.
- Report patient actions separately. Preserve dated visibility captures and compare them with suitable requests and attended appointments. Do not equate an agency mention with patient growth.
Want this view for your agency and clients? Explore Rankability Tracker to see which brands appear in AI answers and which pages are cited. Use those findings to build your next client action plan.
Methodology
Capture settings
- Prompt: “who are the best AEO agencies for dentists”
- Capture date: October 11, 2026 (UTC). Exact timestamps and saved-record provenance are retained in the downloadable JSON.
- Coverage: 11 tracked-platform records, including one unavailable record described above.
- Source: one completed October 11, 2026 Rankability Tracker run, retrieved through the Rankability MCP on the same day. Ten platforms supplied usable answers; Google AI Overview failed. The original answers and extracted labels are preserved in the downloads.
- Language: the captured answers are in English. No location was configured for this broad agency-hiring prompt. Exact model versions and personalization settings are not supplied in the saved results, so we do not assume them.
Agency identification and name cleanup
We use Tracker’s detected-brand labels and sentiment records, excluding records explicitly marked as not mentioned, cross-check agency identities against official business websites, and combine known aliases. The roster includes identifiable marketing service businesses; software-only labels, individuals, client examples, and unresolved identities are excluded. We do not assume that an AI description of an agency’s expertise is true. Some provider answer text does not preserve every visible name or link; the recorded entity labels are retained with the original answer text so readers can inspect that limitation.
This report excludes 9 distinct canonical entity names, including 2 whose agency identity was not confirmed. The excluded-entity CSV records each excluded label, platform, reason, and saved-record reference. Excluded names are not included in the agency or mention totals. The counts are therefore specific to the identified roster, not an exhaustive count of all marketing businesses that may be represented in the raw answers.
Aliases combined in this capture:
- Wonderist Agency: Wonderist, Wonderist Agency.
- Keygrow: KeyGrow.
- Stethon Digital Marketing: Stethon.
- Gargle: Gargle, Gargle, Inc..
- The Ad Firm: ADFirm.
Metrics and ties
- Platforms naming an agency: the number of distinct platform entity lists containing its normalized name. Repeated names and aliases within one platform count once.
- Visibility: platform count ÷ 11 × 100, rounded to the nearest whole percent.
- Agency/platform mentions: the sum of platform counts across the identified roster; this is not the number of repeated text mentions.
- List number: sequential numbering in the displayed leaderboard. Equal coverage is tied; alphabetical order within a tie does not indicate better performance.
- Rank in the downloads: descending platform coverage, with equal coverage sharing rank. Names within a tie appear alphabetically.
- Cited pages: distinct recorded URL strings across the answer citation lists and consolidated citation records. Equivalent URLs with different strings are not silently merged.
- Mention positions and scores: not reported. The saved export’s tracked-brand position field is not structured agency-position data. The source citation score is also not an agency score.
Editorial research update
Agency counts use the October 11 Tracker labels returned through the Rankability MCP. Saved supplemental entity research from October 6 informed editorial themes such as clinical review, current services, qualifications, and appointment preparation. That older research had limited source coverage and was not freshly regenerated; it does not qualify agencies or alter this edition’s captured answers or counts.
Downloads
- Full research JSON, original answers, aliases, and provenance
- All identified agencies and counts (CSV)
- Complete platform coverage matrix (CSV)
- All cited pages (CSV)
- Excluded and unresolved entity labels (CSV)
Limitations
This is one question, one capture date, and one record per tracked platform, including one unavailable record. Answers can change with time, model, settings, and user context. The study does not measure hiring suitability, customer satisfaction, lead volume, service quality, or the accuracy of every recommendation. Agency identification and alias choices affect the roster. Missing or unresolved identities can change the ranking if confirmed later. Citations and mentions describe co-occurrence; they do not establish causation.
Changelog
| Edition | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 11, 2026 | Initial industry edition. Combined documented aliases, separated unresolved identities, reconciled citation URLs, and ranked by distinct platform coverage. |