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Our Framework

How We Measure
AI Visibility

The SmileIndex score is not a general digital maturity rating. It measures one specific thing: how visible your clinic is across AI-assisted search and answer environments like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

Built from first principles

This methodology was not adapted from an existing framework. The scoring criteria were built by running real clinics through real AI platforms and observing the signals that most consistently affect whether clinics are discoverable in AI-assisted search.

Scores with meaning

Every SmileIndex audit produces a score out of 100 across five named bands — from Critical to Market Ready. The same rubric applies to every clinic, so results are comparable, trackable, and tied to real competitive position.

The SmileIndex Readiness Spectrum

Critical

Virtually invisible

0–25
At Risk

Fixable gaps

26–45
Growth Blocked

Needs structural work

46–65
Strong

Solid presence

66–80
Market Ready

Fully visible

81–100

The Six Scoring Components

25 pts

AI Visibility

How often your clinic appears in tested AI visibility scenarios?

20 pts

Organic SERP Presence

How visible your clinic is in organic search for high-intent discovery queries?

15 pts

Schema & On-page Signals

Does your site speak to machines in structured data?

15 pts

Google Business Profile

Is your GBP complete, active, and review-rich?

15 pts

Citation Consistency

Is your name, address, and phone consistent across the web?

10 pts

PageSpeed & Technical

Is your site technically healthy, fast, and easy for search systems to process?

How the process looks

1

Auditing

We run your clinic through 6 structured checks across AI platforms, Google SERP, schema, GBP, citations, and PageSpeed.

2

Scoring

Every check maps to a point bracket. Your total score out of 100 places you in one of five competitive bands.

3

Recommendations

Your score helps shape the recommendations and level of support required — from foundational infrastructure work to defend-and-scale strategies.

Find out where
your clinic stands.

Your first audit is free. No commitment, no technical knowledge required.

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