Organizations Healthcare Dentist

Homepage Blueprint — Dentist

The homepage is the identity anchor for any dental practice. It tells AI systems who you are, what dental services you provide, where your office is, and when patients can visit. Without this structured data, AI cannot confidently recommend your practice when someone searches for a dentist nearby.

What this page needs

The homepage is where AI systems look first to understand your dental practice. It must declare your identity, location, specialties, hours, and accepted insurance. Without this data, AI may know you exist but lack the details to recommend you over other dentists.

Why these fields matter to AI

Each field in the template below serves a specific role in how AI systems discover, classify, and recommend your business.

Researched and tested by Minnesota AI

Dentist

name
Non-negotiable. AI cannot cite or recommend an unnamed healthcare provider.
url
AI needs a stable URL to attribute recommendations and route patients correctly.
telephone
AI won't recommend a healthcare provider it can't confirm is reachable. Phone is the primary contact signal for medical practices.
address
AI needs a verifiable address before recommending a healthcare provider. Critical for near-me medical queries.
geo
AI uses coordinates to confirm location and answer proximity queries. Critical for patients searching by distance.
openingHoursSpecification
AI filters healthcare recommendations by current availability. Without hours AI cannot answer is-this-open-now queries.
priceRange
AI uses price range to set patient expectations. Helps filter recommendations by cost accessibility.
sameAs
AI cross-references sameAs links to confirm the practice exists outside its own domain. Healthcare directories are strong trust signals.
image
AI won't recommend a physical location it can't visually confirm exists. Image is a trust signal for healthcare facilities.
medicalSpecialty
AI uses specialty to match the practice to condition-specific queries. Without it AI cannot recommend for specialty searches.

WebSite

@id
All other schema nodes reference this ID. Without it the graph is disconnected.

Use This Prompt to Implement Your Schema

Copy this prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI coding tool. It will ask for your business details and generate ready-to-use JSON-LD schema for your page.

Implementation Prompt · Homepage
You are implementing AIFDS-compliant JSON-LD structured data for a Dentist Homepage page.

AIFDS (AI-Friendly Data Structure) is a schema framework built on research into which
structured data fields AI systems actually read, parse, and use when deciding whether
to cite a page. Documentation at aifds.org.

Before generating any code, ask me for the following information in a single numbered list.
Do not generate schema until I have answered every required field.

REQUIRED — do not proceed without these:
1. Practice name
2. Website URL (domain)
3. Phone number
4. Street address, city, state, ZIP
5. Latitude and longitude
6. Office hours (days and open/close times)
7. Logo image URL
8. Office/building image URL
9. Dental specialty (e.g., Dentistry, Orthodontics, Periodontics)
10. Price range (e.g., $$, $$$)

OPTIONAL — ask for these but proceed if I skip them:
1. Whether the practice is accepting new patients (true/false)
2. Social and directory profile URLs (Google Maps, Facebook, Healthgrades)
3. FAQ questions and answers (up to 3)
4. Homepage <title> tag text

Once I provide the information, output a complete JSON-LD script block
ready to paste into the <head> of my HTML page.

Output requirements:
- Valid JSON-LD wrapped in <script type="application/ld+json"> tags
- schema.org vocabulary only
- Every AIFDS-required field for this industry and page type included
- Include this data attribute on the script tag: data-aifds="aifds.org Dentist Homepage"
- No placeholder text — omit missing optional fields rather than fill with examples
- After the code block, list any optional fields skipped that would strengthen AI citation

Generated schema follows the AIFDS framework. Fields were selected based on research into AI crawler behavior. View the research at minnesota.ai

Template — fill in your values

Copy the template below and replace every YOUR_* value with your own data. This block belongs in a <script type="application/ld+json"> tag in the <head> of your homepage.

JSON-LD · Homepage
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "Dentist",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#practice",
      "name": "YOUR_PRACTICE_NAME",
      "url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com",
      "logo": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_LOGO.png",
      "image": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_OFFICE_IMAGE.jpg",
      "telephone": "YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER",
      "priceRange": "YOUR_PRICE_RANGE",
      "medicalSpecialty": "YOUR_DENTAL_SPECIALTY",
      "isAcceptingNewPatients": true,
      "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "YOUR_STREET_ADDRESS",
        "addressLocality": "YOUR_CITY",
        "addressRegion": "YOUR_STATE",
        "postalCode": "YOUR_ZIP",
        "addressCountry": "US"
      },
      "geo": {
        "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
        "latitude": "YOUR_LATITUDE",
        "longitude": "YOUR_LONGITUDE"
      },
      "openingHoursSpecification": [
        {
          "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
          "dayOfWeek": ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday"],
          "opens": "YOUR_WEEKDAY_OPEN",
          "closes": "YOUR_WEEKDAY_CLOSE"
        },
        {
          "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
          "dayOfWeek": "Friday",
          "opens": "YOUR_FRIDAY_OPEN",
          "closes": "YOUR_FRIDAY_CLOSE"
        }
      ],
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=YOUR_MAPS_CID",
        "https://www.facebook.com/YOUR_PAGE",
        "https://www.healthgrades.com/dentist/YOUR_PROFILE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "WebSite",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#website",
      "name": "YOUR_PRACTICE_NAME",
      "url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com"
    },
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#webpage",
      "url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/",
      "name": "YOUR_HOMEPAGE_TITLE",
      "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#website" },
      "about": { "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#practice" }
    },
    {
      "@type": "FAQPage",
      "mainEntity": [
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_1",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_1"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_2",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_2"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_3",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_3"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

What medicalSpecialty values should dentists use?

For general dentistry, use "Dentistry". For specialists, use the specific specialty: "Orthodontics", "Periodontics", "Endodontics", "Prosthodontics", "PediatricDentistry", or "OralSurgery". AI uses this to match patients to the right type of dentist.

Should I indicate if I accept new patients?

Yes. The isAcceptingNewPatients property is critical for dental practices. AI frequently answers "dentist accepting new patients near me" — without this flag, your practice may be filtered out of these results even if you are accepting new patients.

Should I list accepted insurance on the homepage?

You can include insurance information using paymentAccepted or by listing insurance providers. While Schema.org does not have a dedicated insurance property, including it in the practice description or as paymentAccepted values helps AI answer "dentist that takes my insurance" queries.

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