AI Receptionist for Dental Practices
A dental emergency at 8pm shouldn't go to a machine. The AI answers every call, triages the emergency, and books the appointment directly into your schedule, in English or Spanish.
Keep your number. Remote setup, most businesses live within 48 hours.
“Severe toothache that is constant, throbbing, or keeping the caller awake.”
Jessica flags it urgent, gets the address and details, and texts your on-call team in seconds.
Why dental practices lose jobs to voicemail.
After-hours pain calls need a real answer
A patient with a broken tooth or an abscess calling after close doesn't want a voicemail; they want to know whether to come in tomorrow or go to the ER. The AI gives them a real answer and books the slot.
Your front desk can't answer while seating a patient
Every call during a procedure goes unanswered, and a new-patient lead who hits voicemail usually calls the practice down the street next.
No-show risk starts at the very first call
A patient who can't reach anyone to confirm details is a patient who forgets to show. The AI confirms details on the spot and texts a summary.
What Jessica asks your callers.
The questions a good dispatcher asks, asked every time, so the lead that lands on your phone is ready to schedule.
- Can I get your full name and date of birth so we can pull up your patient record?
- Can you describe what is going on with your tooth or mouth today?
- On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate the pain, and how long has it been going on?
- Are you noticing any swelling in your face or jaw, or do you have a fever?
- Have you been seen at this office before, or would you be a new patient?
- What is the best phone number to reach you, and is there a time that works best for a callback?
Emergencies she flags right away.
When a caller describes one of these, Jessica gives any safety instruction first, including telling the caller to call 911 when a life may be at risk, then treats it as urgent and gets it to you fast instead of filing it with the routine calls.
Urgent
- Severe toothache that is constant, throbbing, or keeping the caller awake
- Visible swelling of the jaw, cheek, or floor of the mouth, especially if spreading toward the neck or eye
- Tooth knocked out completely, with the caller having the tooth in hand
- Cracked or fractured tooth with sharp pain when biting or exposure to temperature
- Lost filling or crown leaving a tooth sensitive or with a sharp edge causing pain
Routine, booked normally
- Caller is due for a regular cleaning or check-up with no pain
- Mild sensitivity to hot or cold that comes and goes
- Cosmetic concern such as whitening or minor chipping with no pain
- Inquiry about Invisalign or orthodontic options
- Follow-up appointment after a recent procedure with no new symptoms
She knows the words your callers use.
- prophylaxis
- A routine professional cleaning to remove plaque and tartar, often called a prophy.
- caries
- The clinical term for tooth decay or cavities.
- periapical abscess
- An infection at the root tip of a tooth, often causing severe throbbing pain and swelling.
- crown
- A cap placed over a damaged or weakened tooth to restore its shape and function.
- implant
- A titanium post placed into the jawbone to support a replacement tooth or bridge.
- Invisalign
- A brand of clear removable aligners used to straighten teeth without traditional metal braces.
Have Jessica call you.
Jessica is the AI receptionist on this page. Leave your number and she calls you in about a minute, answering the way she would for a dental practice. Your trade is already filled in.
Or use the form and she calls you.
Live in a day or two. Nothing to install.
Forward your existing number
No new number for customers to learn. Forward your current business line to your After Hours AI number. Takes one code, no hardware, no app.
The AI answers, every time
Nights, weekends, lunch rushes, all of it. It answers in your business's name, in English or Spanish, and follows the caller's language mid-call.
It captures the job, not just a message
Name, number, address, and the details specific to your trade -- equipment, service type, urgency -- captured before the call ends.
You get a text, not a voicemail
The lead lands in your phone in seconds, ready to schedule or dispatch. No inbox to check, no messages to return.
What dental practice owners ask.
Do I have to change my phone number?
No. Customers keep calling the number on your truck, sign and Google listing. Your carrier forwards unanswered calls to After Hours AI. Turning it off takes one code.
How is this different from an answering service?
A live answering service reads a script and takes a message. The AI actually answers questions about your business, captures job-specific details, and books or dispatches, the same as a trained employee would.
How fast can I be live?
Most dental practices are live within 48 hours of signing up. Setup is entirely remote, no one has to visit your shop.
What does it cost?
Plans are month to month with no long-term contract. Current plans and what each includes are on the pricing page.
Stop sending dental practices calls to voicemail.
See every plan on the pricing page, or start with the number you already have.