If you make dentistry happen — there's a place here for you.
TheDentist.ai is a multi-sided network, not just a directory. Beyond patients and dentists, four professional lanes carry real product: hygienists and specialists, suppliers and labs, researchers and media, and operators inside the Editorial Council. Pick the door that fits.
Four professional lanes
Hygienists & specialists
Claim a recognition track on your own merit — Anxious-Friendly, Caregiver-Friendly, Continuity Champion, or subspecialty clinical grading. Independent of the practice's tier.
See the nine axes →Suppliers, labs & vendors
Reach recognized practices through MeritChannel. No paid placement; surface technical or clinical merit and let practitioners evaluate you in their own time.
Enter MeritChannel →Researchers & media
Citable methodology, audit-trail VPS data, and a chaired Editorial Council. We license aggregate, de-identified signals — never patient PHI — under documented BAA terms.
Read the methodology →Editorial Council & operators
Chaired by Dr. Nick Levi, DDS. The Council ratifies recognition tiers, methodology revisions, and clinical safety surface area (AB 3030, SB 1120).
See the Council →Who this page is for
- Dental hygienists, assistants, and specialists who want recognition independent of their employer's listing.
- Dental labs, supply, and SaaS vendors who'd rather earn attention from recognized practices than pay for it.
- Researchers, journalists, and educators who need a citable methodology with an audit trail.
- State boards, payers, and policy operators looking for de-identified, aggregate dental performance signals.
- Builders exploring the Apprentice OS Cloud or Apprentice OS Box for clinic ops + AI tooling.
What we will never do
Sell star ratings. Sell paid placement as a ranking input. Auto-submit clinical, billing, or claim content without human-in-the-loop review. Move PHI through public consumer paths. Imply Dr. Levi practices in multiple cities — his clinical work is San Francisco only; the online product is global.