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🦷 Dental

AI answering service for dental practices

New patient intake, insurance questions, emergency triage — answered in your practice's voice.

Built for general dentists, orthodontists, pediatric, and oral surgery. Front desk handles dentistry. RingOwl handles the phone.

7-day trial · 30 minutes included · No credit card

The cost of a missed call

What you're losing right now

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Front desk drowning in calls

Insurance questions, reschedules, new-patient intakes — the phone pulls your front desk away from patients in the chair, all day long.

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New patients walk to a competitor

A new-patient call that hits voicemail rarely calls back — they dial the next practice on the search results instead. Each one lost is real lifetime revenue gone.

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After-hours emergencies

Severe pain calls at 9pm don't wait for Monday. Either you carry the phone, or the patient finds an emergency clinic — and you lose them forever.

A real call, handled

Here's what RingOwl does on a dental call

Incoming call · Wednesday · 6:18 pm

J. Morgan

Live

Caller

Hi, are you accepting new patients?

RingOwl AI

Yes — we'd love to see you. Do you have dental insurance, or will this be self-pay?

Caller

I have Delta Dental PPO.

RingOwl AI

Great — we're in-network. I have Thursday at 10 am with Dr. Patel for a new-patient exam and cleaning. Does that work?

Caller

Perfect.

Booked

Thu, 10:00 am · New patient exam · Insurance captured

Calendar syncedSMS sent

Illustrative exampleAn after-hours new-patient call booked instead of lost — without pulling anyone off the floor.

Hear it

Call an AI receptionist for dental

We pre-built a dental AI receptionist for a fictional business. Click Call now and talk to it from your browser — no signup. The business is made up; the AI is real.

Dental

Bright Smile Dental

Receptionist · Dana

Family + cosmetic dentistry. New-patient intake, insurance, emergencies.

Try asking

  • Are you taking new patients?
  • How much is a cleaning without insurance?
  • I have a toothache — can I come in today?

Demo only — RingOwl is HIPAA-aware, not HIPAA-certified.

Setup

Live in 15 minutes. No IT.

1

Pick the Dental pack

We pre-load the FAQs, intake scripts, and calendar rules for your trade.

2

Forward your number — your way

Dial one code on your existing line. Forward every call, or just the ones you can't get to — after hours, weekends, or when you're already on the phone. Your customers keep calling the same number.

3

Get texts and emails, not voicemails

Every call answered, every booking confirmed, summarized to your phone and inbox.

Works with your calendar

Books straight into the calendar you already use

RingOwl checks availability and books appointments in real time.

Live today

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On the roadmap

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Pricing

Simple pricing. One job — answer the phone.

Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial — 30 minutes included, no credit card. After the trial, pick a plan to keep RingOwl answering.

Starter

Solo owner. One number, one calendar.

$49/mo

  • 250 minutes / month
  • 1 forwarded number
  • 1 calendar (Google)
  • SMS summaries to your phone
  • Email support
Start 7-day free trial
Most popular

Growth

Most popular. For practices booking 5+ appointments a week.

$99/mo

  • 600 minutes / month
  • 1 vertical pack (real estate, dental, salon, …)
  • CRM + calendar integrations
  • 60-second callback for missed calls
  • Priority support
Start 7-day free trial

Scale

Multi-location. White-glove setup.

$199/mo

  • 1,500 minutes / month
  • All vertical packs
  • Multi-location / multi-number routing
  • Dedicated onboarding call
  • White-glove support
Start 7-day free trial

No credit card · Cancel anytime · Replaces a $300/mo virtual receptionist at 1/10th the cost.

What an AI answering service does for a dental practice

The front desk is the busiest seat in the practice — and every minute spent on the phone is a minute not spent with the patient in the chair. An AI answering service takes the phone off their plate. RingOwl answers new-patient calls, captures insurance details, books and reschedules appointments against your calendar, states your policies, and triages after-hours emergencies — so your team stays focused on patients and no new-patient call slips to voicemail and then to the practice down the street.

Insurance questions and new-patient intake, handled

New-patient calls are the ones you can least afford to miss, and they almost always start with the same questions. RingOwl handles them in your practice's voice and hands your team clean, structured data.

  • "Are you accepting new patients?" answered instantly, 24/7
  • Insurance carrier, group number, and member ID captured, with in-network status flagged from your list
  • New-patient exams and cleanings booked into your calendar
  • Reschedules and cancellations handled with your policy stated to the caller
  • A structured summary of every call texted to your front desk

After-hours emergency triage

Severe pain, swelling, and knocked-out teeth don't wait for Monday. You define the emergency trigger phrases, and the moment RingOwl hears one it routes the call straight to your on-call dentist or paging service — no menu, no hold. Routine after-hours calls are captured for the morning. On compliance, RingOwl is HIPAA-aware rather than HIPAA-certified: it doesn't log or expose PHI by default, call data stays in your account, and it doesn't sign BAAs today — so review it against your own requirements, which for appointment scheduling and intake is typically straightforward.

Questions

Dental owners ask us

  • Does RingOwl capture dental insurance details?+

    Yes — it captures the insurance carrier, group number, and member ID, then flags whether you accept that plan based on your in-network list. Full eligibility verification still runs through your normal carrier portal; RingOwl gets the data into your hands in seconds.

  • What about HIPAA?+

    RingOwl is HIPAA-aware, not HIPAA-certified — we don't log or expose PHI by default, and your call recordings live in your account only. We don't currently sign BAAs or hold a HIPAA certification. For appointment scheduling and intake the practical risk is low, but review it against your own compliance requirements before you rely on it.

  • How does it handle dental emergencies?+

    You set the trigger phrases (severe pain, swelling, knocked-out tooth). When detected, RingOwl routes the call directly to your on-call dentist or paging service immediately — no menu, no hold music.

  • Can patients book and reschedule through RingOwl?+

    Yes. RingOwl books appointments against your connected Google Calendar today. It identifies the patient by phone number and offers next-available slots. Direct sync with practice-management systems is on our roadmap.

  • Will it remind patients of upcoming appointments?+

    RingOwl handles inbound calls. Outbound appointment reminders are not part of v1 — RingOwl's job is to answer every call that comes in, book it, and text you a summary.

Stop losing dental calls

Forward your line, keep your number, and let RingOwl answer every call 24/7.

7-day trial · 30 minutes included · No credit card