Source Map, Dental practice management, Broadcastwell Research
The sources cited in these answers about a dental practice management vendor
The 20 pages cited most across 149 AI answers recorded on 22 September 2026, and the Index vendors each one lists.
From 149 answers recorded on 2026-09-22 (10 buyer questions, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, three runs each; one answer did not return and is left out of the base), 304 distinct pages were cited. These are the 20 cited most often.
The plain lesson: of these 20 pages, twelve are editorial roundups, seven are vendors' own pages and one is a video. The page cited most, medixdental.com, appears in 44 of the 149 answers. Roundups and directories are pages a vendor can ask to be listed on; a vendor's own pages are the ones it controls. Of the 12 third-party pages that could be read, Dentrix is listed on 12, Curve Dental on 11, Dentrix Ascend on 11.
The 20 pages
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| # | Page | Cited in | Engines | Page type | Index vendors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | medixdental.com/best-dental-pms | 44 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 12, Google AI Overviews 13, Google AI Mode 16 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Enterprise, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), CareStack, Oryx Dental. |
| 2 | dentalpracticeinsider.org/dental-practice-management-software | 27 of 149 answers | Claude 9, Perplexity 18 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Enterprise, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), tab32, Adit, Practice-Web, DSN, CareStack. |
| 3 | revupdental.com/best-dental-practice-management-systems | 20 of 149 answers | Claude 1, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 10, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Enterprise, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), DentiMax, tab32, CareStack, Oryx Dental. |
| 4 | curvedental.com/dental-blog/best-dental-practice-management-software-2026 | 19 of 149 answers | Claude 4, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 8, Google AI Mode 1 | Vendor page | Lists Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon). |
| 5 | blog.titanwebagency.com/dental-management-software-reviews | 18 of 149 answers | Claude 9, Perplexity 9 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, DentiMax, tab32, CareStack, Oryx Dental. |
| 6 | overjet.com/blog/best-dental-practice-software | 18 of 149 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 5, Google AI Mode 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Curve Dental. |
| 7 | ekimit.com/dentrix-eaglesoft-open-dental-curve-dental-comparison | 17 of 149 answers | Google AI Overviews 15, Google AI Mode 2 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental. |
| 8 | opendental.com/site/fees.html | 17 of 149 answers | ChatGPT 17 | Vendor page | Lists Open Dental. |
| 9 | getdentra.com/resources/guides/dentrix-alternatives | 16 of 149 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 4 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, tab32, CareStack. |
| 10 | oryxdental.com/best-dental-practice-management-software | 16 of 149 answers | Claude 1, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 7, Google AI Mode 2 | Vendor page | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, CareStack, Oryx Dental. |
| 11 | guideflow.com/blog/dental-practice-management-software | 15 of 149 answers | Claude 5, Perplexity 9, Google AI Overviews 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), tab32, CareStack. |
| 12 | thedentalapp.com/stories/open-dental-vs-dentrix | 15 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 2 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental. |
| 13 | carestack.com/ | 14 of 149 answers | ChatGPT 6, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 1, Google AI Mode 1 | Vendor page | Lists DSN, CareStack. |
| 14 | planetdds.com/blog/10-best-dental-practice-management-software | 13 of 149 answers | Claude 4, Perplexity 9 | Vendor page | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), DentiMax, tab32, CareStack. |
| 15 | thedentalapp.com/stories/eaglesoft-vs-dentrix | 13 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 4 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental. |
| 16 | firststopdental.com/blog/dental-practice-management-software-comparison | 12 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 5, Google AI Mode 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental. |
| 17 | youtube.com/watch?v=KPLykxUunjw | 12 of 149 answers | Google AI Overviews 11, Google AI Mode 1 | Video | Index vendors listed: could not check (page needs a browser to read). |
| 18 | dentalstack.io/blog/best-eaglesoft-alternatives | 11 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve Dental, Planet DDS (Denticon), tab32, CareStack. |
| 19 | dentrix.com/ | 11 of 149 answers | Perplexity 9, Google AI Overviews 1, Google AI Mode 1 | Vendor page | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend. |
| 20 | dentrix.com/about-us/dentrix-or-dentrix-ascend | 11 of 149 answers | ChatGPT 9, Google AI Overviews 2 | Vendor page | Lists Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend. |
Question examples are shown as plain-language themes. The linked original release preserves the exact questions and answer records; observed counts refer to that release.
How to read this: a count is the number of answers that cited the page. The vendors column comes from fetching each page on 2026-09-28 (robots.txt respected) and matching the 20 Index vendors in this category by name. A vendor listed on a page is not a vendor the engines named. A page cited today may not be cited next month.
Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. Absence Index release 2026-09, method v1.1, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.
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