AI receptionist
for dental practices.
An AI receptionist for dental practices books cleanings, captures insurance details, and sends confirmation reminders so your front desk stays focused on patients in the chair. AI Phone 360 helps cut no-shows and captures new patient calls even while you are mid-procedure.
AI receptionist for dental practices handles every call type.
Trained on the calls your industry actually gets — not a generic answering script.
New patient intake
Collects name, date of birth, and reason for visit, then creates a chart record before the call ends.
Insurance details captured
Asks for the carrier, member ID, and group and records them on the chart so your front desk can verify coverage before the visit.
Appointment booking & reminders
Books cleanings, exams, and consults into your calendar and sends a 24-hour SMS reminder to cut no-shows.
Reschedule & cancellation triage
Handles same-day moves, offers the next available slot, and reopens the freed-up time to your waitlist.
Hear a real dental practices call.
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The calls you stop dropping.
- Cut no-shows with automatic reminders
- Free your front desk from the phone
- Capture every new patient call — even at lunch
- Insurance details captured before the chair is booked
AI receptionist for dental practices — in depth
The new-patient call is the one you cannot afford to miss
Dental practices lose most of their phone revenue in a narrow window: the front desk is checking a patient in, on hold with an insurer, or at lunch, and a prospective new patient calls. That caller has a fixed intent and no loyalty yet. If they reach voicemail they call the next practice, and the lifetime value of a new patient walks out with them.
Existing patients are more forgiving but more numerous — appointment changes, insurance questions, post-op worries, and the after-hours toothache that has someone deciding between your voicemail and an emergency room. Each one is quick, and together they are the reason the front desk never gets through the day's admin.
An AI receptionist takes the whole first layer: it answers immediately, identifies whether the caller is new or existing, books or reschedules directly into the practice calendar, answers routine insurance and hours questions, and escalates genuine emergencies by your rules. The front desk gets the calls that need a person and stops triaging the ones that do not.
What dental answering services cost, and what to ask
Dental-specific answering services and general services with a healthcare tier both tend to price above the general market, and add-ons stack quickly. AnswerConnect's published guide, for example, bills HIPAA handling at $40/mo, transcriptions at $30/mo and Spanish answering from $30/mo on top of an entry plan that starts at $350/mo for 200 minutes plus a $49.99 setup fee.
AI Phone 360 is $19.99/mo (Basic), $59.99/mo (Pro) or $199.99/mo (Enterprise) plus $0.18–$0.35 per AI minute, with transcripts, recordings, routing, bilingual English/Spanish answering and unlimited team members included rather than sold separately.
One question to put to any vendor, us included: what are your obligations around protected health information, and will you sign a business associate agreement? Any practice handling PHI should get that answer in writing before routing patient calls to a third party, whatever the price.
Questions, answered.
Can it capture insurance details before booking?
Yes. The AI asks for the carrier, member ID, and group and records them on the chart so your front desk can verify coverage before the appointment. You can add carrier-specific questions per plan.
Does it help cut no-shows?
Yes. The AI sends a confirmation SMS the moment the appointment is booked plus a 24-hour reminder, and patients can reply to confirm or reschedule directly through the same thread — which helps keep more chairs filled.
Will it sound like a real front-desk person?
Yes. You can choose from a library of professional voices or clone your own, and the AI uses your practice greeting, your provider names, and your scheduling rules so the call feels like a member of your team.
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