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Who AI names

Dental practice management software: which companies AI engines name

We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode ten fixed buyer questions in this category, three runs each, and counted which of 20 companies every answer named.

Answers captured on 22 Sep 2026. 149 answers in all.

Named most often

Never named

4 of the 20 companies in this checked set were not named in any of the 149 answers.

Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking and not a judgment of product quality. The full category record, with every company, question and engine.

Absence Index release 2026-09, published 23 Sep 2026. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695. CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Broadcastwell.

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