Price dominates our dental panel: 23 of its 29 questions ask about cost. The clinics the answers cite are not the ones Google puts first. Across those 29 questions per engine, Nuffield Dental has the highest composite citation score, 92.5 out of 100. Q&M Dental Group, first in Google’s organic results for “dentist singapore”, places 16th of 20. This is AI search for dental clinics in Singapore as measured in November 2026.
Typical questions in the panel: “Where is the cheapest dentist in Singapore?” and “How much does a root canal cost in Singapore?”.
The ranking: 20 dental clinics by AI visibility
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ChatGPT: 15 · Gemini: 7 · Perplexity: 18 · Google AI Overviews: 13
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ChatGPT: 13 · Gemini: 9 · Perplexity: 11 · Google AI Overviews: 7
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ChatGPT: 6 · Gemini: 5 · Perplexity: 4 · Google AI Overviews: 13
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ChatGPT: 5 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 11 · Google AI Overviews: 7
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ChatGPT: 7 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 10 · Google AI Overviews: 1
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 1 · Perplexity: 7 · Google AI Overviews: 7
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ChatGPT: 12 · Gemini: 1 · Perplexity: 3 · Google AI Overviews: 1
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ChatGPT: 3 · Gemini: 4 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 7
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ChatGPT: 1 · Gemini: 2 · Perplexity: 2 · Google AI Overviews: 9
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ChatGPT: 1 · Gemini: 3 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 9
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ChatGPT: 1 · Gemini: 3 · Perplexity: 3 · Google AI Overviews: 6
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 9 · Google AI Overviews: 0
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 3 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 5
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ChatGPT: 1 · Gemini: 2 · Perplexity: 3 · Google AI Overviews: 2
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ChatGPT: 5 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 1 · Google AI Overviews: 2
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ChatGPT: 2 · Gemini: 1 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 3
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 3 · Google AI Overviews: 2
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 1 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 3
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 0
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ChatGPT: 0 · Gemini: 0 · Perplexity: 0 · Google AI Overviews: 0
Linked citations in four scored engines. Equal scores share a rank. Scores describe visibility in this panel, not business quality.
Source: Ahrefs Brand Radar, Singapore, November 2026.
View data: AI citation leaderboard
| Rank | Clinic | Score | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | AI Overviews | Google rank | DR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuffield Dental | 92.5 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 13 | - | 44 |
| 2 | Advanced Dental | 90.0 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Dentalis Clinic | 62.5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | - | 20 |
| 4 | i.Dental | 55.0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | - | 27 |
| 5 | NoFrills Dental | 45.0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | 9 |
| =6 | Casa Dental | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | 16 |
| =6 | Garden Dental | 37.5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 |
| =8 | Denticare | 35.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | - | 12 |
| =8 | Trust Dental Surgery | 35.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | 1.1 |
| =10 | Ashford Dental Centre | 32.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | - | 23 |
| =10 | TrueDental Studio | 32.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 26 |
| 12 | Specialist Dental Group | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 41 |
| =13 | Tetra Dental | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | 4 |
| =13 | Caring Dental | 20.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 0.3 |
| =13 | Smile Central Clinic | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 16 | Q&M Dental Group | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
| 17 | Family Dental Centre | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 18 | Alfred Cheng Orthodontic Clinic | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 5 |
| =19 | Royce Dental | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| =19 | Smile Dental | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Engine columns show listed citation counts, summed across host variants. One answer can contribute more than once. The panel contains 29 questions and 116 stored answers, none missing. Score: up to 25 points per engine, with full marks at 10 citations (how the score works). It is not a quality rating. ”=” marks a shared score; rows inside a tie are in display order only. Google rank is the organic position for “dentist singapore” (Ahrefs, 1 November 2026); ”-” means not in the recorded results. DR is Ahrefs Domain Rating. Answers last updated 15 October to 3 November 2026. Source: e-Alchemists analysis of Ahrefs Brand Radar data, Singapore, November 2026.
Original ranking data and notes
| Rank | Business | Score (0–100) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuffield Dental | 92.5 | |
| 2 | Advanced Dental | 90 | |
| 3 | Dentalis Clinic | 62.5 | |
| 4 | i.Dental | 55 | |
| 5 | NoFrills Dental | 45 | |
| =6 | Casa Dental | 37.5 | |
| =6 | Garden Dental | 37.5 | |
| =8 | Denticare | 35 | |
| =8 | Trust Dental Surgery | 35 | |
| =10 | Ashford Dental Centre | 32.5 | |
| =10 | TrueDental Studio | 32.5 | |
| 12 | Specialist Dental Group | 22.5 | |
| =13 | Tetra Dental | 20 | |
| =13 | Caring Dental | 20 | |
| =13 | Smile Central Clinic | 20 | |
| 16 | Q&M Dental Group | 15 | |
| 17 | Family Dental Centre | 12.5 | |
| 18 | Alfred Cheng Orthodontic Clinic | 10 | |
| =19 | Royce Dental; Smile Dental | Not cited in this panel | 0.0 |
Linked citations only. Equal scores share a rank and equal-length bars.
Source: e-Alchemists analysis of Ahrefs Brand Radar data, Singapore, November 2026.
Nuffield Dental also has the most raw citations, 53 across the four scored engines, 13 more than Advanced Dental. Seven of the 20 clinics are cited on all four engines and two on none.
Three findings
Q&M leads Google and places 16th on AI citations
Q&M Dental Group holds organic position 1 for “dentist singapore” and places 16th of 20 on the composite score, at 15.0 (6 citations). None of Google’s top three results for that term is in the AI top three. Smile Dental, third on Google, was not cited in this panel on any of the six engines we recorded. Advanced Dental is the exception: eighth on Google and second on the composite score, at 90.0.
Clinic websites take two-thirds of the listed citations
The four scored engines’ top-15 domain lists hold 395 citations between them. Dental businesses’ own websites take 266 of them (67%). Government sites take 71 (18%), aggregators 35 (9%), and forums and social platforms 19 (5%). A clinic is the sole most-cited domain on two engines: Advanced Dental on Gemini (9 citations) and Nuffield Dental on Perplexity (18). On AI Overviews, Dentalis Clinic and Nuffield Dental share first place with moh.gov.sg at 13 each. ChatGPT’s most-cited domain is the Ministry of Health, with 21 citations.
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Copilot, which we recorded but did not score, has a different mix. A directory, sgdentistry.com, is its most-cited domain with 15 citations, and aggregators take 27 of the 65 citations in its top 15 (42%).
Domain Rating and citations part ways
Q&M has the highest Domain Rating in the panel, 46, and places 16th. Nuffield Dental’s is 44. Trust Dental Surgery has a DR of 1.1 and 9 AI Overview citations. Specialist Dental Group (DR 41) is cited only by Perplexity, 9 times.
Who AI cites instead
Government is the largest non-clinic source. moh.gov.sg is the sole most-cited domain on ChatGPT (21 citations) and Google AI Mode (11). It is second on Perplexity (13) and joint first on AI Overviews (13). ChatGPT also cites chas.sg and cpf.gov.sg (5 each) and ndcs.com.sg (4).
Aggregators appear in small numbers: SingSaver on ChatGPT and Perplexity (5 each), ExpatDen on Perplexity (5), MoneySmart’s blog on Gemini (4). Reddit has 5 ChatGPT and 6 AI Overview citations.
Google vs AI in dental
Google organic position 1
AI rank: 16
Highest AI score: 92.5 / 100
Google term: dentist singapore. AI ranks apply only within this panel; tied scores share their rank.
View data: Google vs AI in dental
| Position | Google: “dentist singapore” (1 Nov 2026) | AI composite score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q&M Dental Group (AI rank 16) | Nuffield Dental (not in Google’s recorded organic results) |
| 2 | moh.gov.sg (government) | Advanced Dental (Google rank 8) |
| 3 | Smile Dental (AI rank =19, not cited) | Dentalis Clinic (not in Google’s recorded organic results) |
In Ahrefs’ 6 October 2026 snapshot for “dental clinic singapore”, moh.gov.sg is first and Q&M second.
Technical readiness
Of the 20 clinics:
- 11 of 19 we could check publish an llms.txt file (one check did not complete).
- 3 of 20 put some barrier in front of AI crawlers. Fewer than three refuse a request that identifies itself as GPTBot, and fewer than three block at least one AI crawler in robots.txt. None blocks GPTBot there.
- None bars an AI search crawler (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User or PerplexityBot) from its homepage in robots.txt.
- At least 18 of 20 have JSON-LD structured data on the homepage.
- 11 of 20 use LocalBusiness-type schema, and 6 of 20 have FAQ schema.
Counts only, from one homepage check on 14 November 2026.
The dental playbook
Each move below is a test to run and track, not a result this study measured.
→ Put your fees on a page. 23 of the 29 questions ask about cost (“how much”, “cheapest”, “affordable”). A page stating fees in Singapore dollars matches that demand.
→ Track AI Overviews separately from rankings. Q&M is first in Google’s organic results and has 3 AI Overview citations. Dentalis Clinic, with a DR of 20 and no organic ranking for the head term, has 13.
→ Check search-crawler access in your logs. 3 of 20 clinics had some barrier. Verify OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User and PerplexityBot with each operator’s published method and your server logs before changing bot-protection settings. Training-crawler access (GPTBot) is a separate policy choice.
→ Measure each engine on its own. Garden Dental has 12 ChatGPT citations but just 1 on Gemini and 1 on AI Overviews. An average would hide that.
How this was measured
We took all 29 dentist questions with local or buying intent in Ahrefs Brand Radar’s Singapore prompt database and counted the citations to each clinic’s website in the stored answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews (AI Mode and Copilot recorded, not scored). The 20 clinics are every eligible clinic in Google’s recorded results for “dentist singapore” and “dental clinic singapore”, plus the clinics AI cites most. One or two citations either way is not meaningful. Measured, not modelled; pulled 14 November 2026. Full methodology.
The 29 questions in the dental panel
- How much does teeth whitening cost in Singapore?
- How to get subsidised dental in Singapore?
- How much does a dental clinic cost in Singapore?
- Where is the cheapest dentist in Singapore?
- How much does a dentist cost in Singapore?
- Is Singapore good for dental work?
- What is the cheapest option for braces?
- How much are the cheapest braces in Singapore?
- How much does a dental bridge cost in Singapore?
- Why don’t dentists recommend Invisalign?
- How much do dental braces cost in Singapore?
- How much does a dental implant cost in Singapore?
- How much do dental implants cost in Singapore?
- What is the best company for dental implants?
- How much is a dental appointment at NDC Singapore?
- How much does it cost to remove a wisdom tooth in Singapore?
- Do dentists recommend Sonicare or Oral-B?
- Where is the cheapest dental in Singapore?
- Which is best, metal or ceramic braces?
- How much do metal braces cost in Singapore?
- How much does a root canal cost in Singapore?
- Where is the cheapest Dentist in Singapore?
- How much does a full mouth dental implant cost in Singapore?
- Is Q&M dental affordable?
- How much does a dental appointment cost in Singapore?
- How much does it cost to see a dentist in Singapore?
- How much is Invisalign in Singapore?
- How much do braces cost in Singapore?
- Why is dental so expensive in Singapore?
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