Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What's the best practice management software for a dental office?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

“Best” depends on your office size, specialty, budget, and whether you want cloud-based or server-based software. For most dental offices, the top options are: Top dental practice management software options Dentrix Very widely used Strong scheduling, billing, imaging integration, insurance tools Good if you want an established, full-featured system Can feel complex and may require training Eaglesoft Popular for…

Named across its answers: 1. Dentrix2. Open Dental3. Eaglesoft4. Curve Dental5. Denticon

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Dentrix dominates this question completely, appearing in all 9 answers and taking the top slot 8 times at an average position of 1.3, making it the near-automatic first recommendation across all three AI models. Curve Dental is a consistent presence but a distant second at an average position of 3.8, and buyers relying on AI for this decision will rarely hear about NexHealth, Weave, or Adit despite their category standing.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name Dentrix, Open Dental, Eaglesoft, Curve Dental and CareStack on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Dentrix 111111411 9/9 · 8× first · #1.3

Eaglesoft 322222525 9/9 · never first · #2.8

Curve Dental 444555133 9/9 · 1× first · #3.8

Open Dental 233438652 9/9 · never first · #4

CareStack 656364 6/9 · never first · #5

Carestream Dental 343 3/9 · never first · #3.3

Dentrix Ascend 424 3/9 · never first · #3.3

Denticon 55 2/9 · never first · #5

tab32 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Cloud9 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Dolphin 7 1/9 · never first · #7

Planet DDS 7 1/9 · never first · #7

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 14 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: NexHealth, Weave, AWS, Adit, Azure, Carestream.