For dental practices

AI Receptionist for Dentists

When your front desk is chairside, on another line, or closed, calls go unanswered and new patients call the next practice. AI Receptionist Now answers every call 24/7 in a natural voice, books new patients straight into your calendar, and triages after-hours emergencies to your on-call rules.

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On every call

Your dental practice, answered 24/7

  • Answers every call 24/7 while your team is chairside or the office is closed
  • Books new-patient exams and cleanings straight into your practice calendar
  • Triages after-hours toothache and knocked-out-tooth calls to your on-call rules
  • Answers hours, location, insurance, and pricing questions from your brief
  • Sends confirmations and reminders to cut no-shows
  • Takes messages or transfers to a human based on the rules you set
  • Handles patients in 25+ languages and switches language mid-call
  • Texts and emails you a transcript and summary after every call
24/7
coverage, including nights and weekends
Every call
answered, no busy signal or voicemail
25+
languages, switched mid-call
~10 min
typical setup time
The problem

Why the calls slip through

Every unanswered call is a customer who dials the next number. Here is where a dental practice loses them today, and where an always-on AI receptionist steps in.

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The front desk is chairside

Your team is placing a crown or turning over an operatory, so the phone rings out. The caller who wanted a new-patient exam hangs up and dials the practice down the road.

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Two callers, one line

A patient is rescheduling while a new caller tries to get through. One of them hits a busy signal or voicemail, and most people will not leave a message for a dentist they have never met.

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Emergencies after hours

A toothache or a knocked-out tooth does not wait for 9am. When the office is closed the call goes to voicemail, and by morning that patient has found emergency care elsewhere.

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No-shows and empty chairs

Appointments booked weeks out get forgotten, and a missed hygiene slot is revenue you cannot recover. Manual confirmation calls take time your front desk does not have.

A real call, handled

After-hours toothache

This is the kind of conversation the AI handles on its own, in a natural voice, ending in a concrete outcome you can act on.

After-hours toothache
AI Receptionist Now · live call
CallerHi, I think I cracked a tooth and it's really throbbing. Are you open?
AI receptionistI'm sorry you're in pain. The office is closed right now, but I can help. Is the tooth bleeding heavily, or do you have any swelling or trouble breathing or swallowing?
CallerNo, no swelling. It just hurts a lot when I bite down.
AI receptionistOkay. That sounds like something the dentist will want to see quickly, but it isn't an emergency-room situation. Are you an existing patient with us?
CallerYes, I've been coming for a couple of years. Name's Daniel Reyes.
AI receptionistThank you, Daniel. I have an emergency slot at 8:10am tomorrow. In the meantime the office note says over-the-counter ibuprofen can help and to avoid chewing on that side. Shall I book the 8:10?
CallerYes please, that would be great.
AI receptionistBooked. You'll get a text confirmation at this number, and the on-call notes are flagged for the morning team. Feel better, Daniel.
Emergency exam booked for 8:10am, patient sent a text confirmation, and the practice got a transcript flagged for the morning team.
What it does

Built for dentists

One AI phone agent, configured to how your dental practice actually works. You brief it once, and it handles these on every call.

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New-patient booking

Captures the caller's name, reason for the visit, and insurance, then books a new-patient exam or cleaning into an open slot on your calendar during the call.

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After-hours emergency triage

Asks the screening questions you define, directs true emergencies to care per your rules, and books urgent same-day or next-morning slots for everything else.

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Insurance and pricing questions

Answers whether you take a plan, what a hygiene visit or whitening costs, and where you are located, straight from the FAQs and prices you brief it on.

04

Reschedules and cancellations

Handles patients moving or canceling appointments, updates the calendar with two-way sync, and frees the slot so another patient can take it.

05

No-show reduction

Sends appointment confirmations and reminders by text and email so fewer chairs sit empty and your hygiene schedule stays full.

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Multilingual patients

Greets and books patients in 25+ languages and switches language mid-call, so a Spanish- or Mandarin-speaking caller is understood without a staff scramble.

Works withGoogle CalendarGoogle CalendarOutlookOutlookCalendlyCalendlyZapierZapier+ thousands more via Zapier
The results

What changes when every call is answered

The figures below are illustrative of what practices typically aim for when every call gets answered. They are not audited results from a specific customer.

Before & after
After-hours callsStraight to voicemailAnswered and triaged
Two callers at onceBusy signalBoth answered
New-patient inquiryCallback next dayBooked on the call
Appointment remindersManual, if time allowsSent automatically
A week of calls, once it is on
Calls answered100%
Booked or captured~68%
Handled after hours~35%
Sent to voicemail0%

Illustrative view of a typical week once the AI answers every call. Actual figures depend on your call volume and mix.

ROI estimate

What answered calls are worth

A quick, honest estimate. Set your own numbers and see the monthly revenue those recovered calls could represent against the flat €99 plan.

Estimate what answered calls are worth
Missed calls per week12
Share that would become customers30%
Average value of a new patient€600
Calls recovered / mo
52
answered instead of missed
New customers / mo
16
at 30% conversion
Added revenue / mo
€9,353
~94x the €99 plan

This is an illustrative estimate based on the numbers you enter, not a guarantee of results.

Hear it answer a dental practice call

The fastest way to judge it is to listen. Have the AI handle a real conversation for your dental practice, in the language your callers use. Free to start, live in about 10 minutes.

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Reviews

Loved by busy businesses

We were paying two people just to answer phones. Now the AI takes the overflow and after hours calls. Cut our front desk costs almost in half.

Priya Sharma
Priya Sharma
Dental Clinic

switched from a call center that kept messing up bookings. this never gets the appointment wrong and it actually sounds friendly.

Linda Park
Linda Park
Chiropractic Clinic
FAQ

Questions dental practice owners ask

Is it HIPAA-ready and are patient calls kept confidential?

Yes. The service is HIPAA-ready and GDPR-first, hosted in the EU. All call data is encrypted, and it is never sold or used to train external models. You set the escalation and confidentiality rules the AI follows on every call.

Can it handle a real dental emergency?

The AI is not a clinician and does not diagnose. It asks the screening questions you define, directs true emergencies to appropriate care per your rules, and books urgent slots for cases that can wait. You decide exactly how it triages and when it escalates to a human.

Will it book directly into the software my front desk uses?

It books into your calendar during the call with two-way sync for Google Calendar, Outlook or Microsoft 365, and Calendly. It also connects to HubSpot, Salesforce, and thousands of apps through Zapier, so bookings and lead details flow where your team already works.

What happens when it does not know the answer?

It admits when it does not know rather than guessing, then follows your rules: take a message or transfer to a human. You brief it on your hours, services, prices, and FAQs up front, so it answers the common questions accurately and hands off the rest.

Can it answer more than one patient at a time?

Yes. It answers unlimited calls at once, so there is no busy signal and no hold queue. That covers overflow when the front desk is chairside and every call that comes in after hours or on weekends.

How long does setup take and what does it cost?

It is self-serve with no code and goes live in about 10 minutes after you brief it on your practice. It is free to start with no card. The Solo plan is EUR 99 per month for 1,000 talk minutes then EUR 0.09 per extra minute with one phone number, and Team is EUR 299 per month for 3,000 minutes, three numbers, and outbound calls.

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The bottom line

A 24/7 receptionist that answers every call, books new patients on the spot, and triages after-hours emergencies to your rules, so no caller reaches a busy signal or a voicemail again.

Never miss another dental practice call

Answer every call 24/7, book appointments, and capture every lead in 25+ languages. Free to start, EU-hosted, live in about 10 minutes.

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