Dental virtual receptionist
A dental virtual receptionist that answers every patient call — books new patients and cleanings, handles reschedules, and routes dental emergencies to your on-call dentist.
7-day trial · 30 minutes included · No credit card.
A dental virtual receptionist answers the calls your front desk misses — the new patient calling on their lunch break, the broken-tooth emergency at 8pm, the reschedule while you're chairside. RingOwl uses AI trained on your practice to book new patients and cleanings against your calendar, capture insurance questions, and route genuine dental emergencies to your on-call dentist — flat $49–$199/mo, no per-minute answering-service bill.
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Related: Dental answering service.
What you get
Why RingOwl is the right fit
New-patient calls never go to voicemail
A missed new-patient call is a patient who books with the practice down the street. RingOwl answers in one ring, 24/7, and gets them on the schedule.
Books and reschedules against your calendar
Cleanings, checkups, consults — booked live on the call. Reschedules and cancellations update your Google Calendar without front-desk work.
Dental emergencies routed fast
Knocked-out tooth, severe pain, swelling, post-op bleeding — you define the triggers and RingOwl pages your on-call dentist immediately instead of leaving a message.
Insurance and cost questions handled
"Do you take my insurance?" and "how much is a cleaning?" get your standard answers, or a clean captured note for the office to follow up — no caller left hanging.
Setup
Live in 15 minutes. No IT.
Paste your website
We auto-extract your hours, services, and FAQs. You can edit anything.
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.
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
Live today
On the roadmap
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
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
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
No credit card · Cancel anytime · Replaces a $300/mo virtual receptionist at 1/10th the cost.
Questions
dental virtual receptionist — FAQ
How is this different from a dental answering service?+
Same outcome — every call answered, every new patient booked, emergencies escalated — at a flat $49–$199/mo instead of a per-minute answering-service bill. The AI works nights, weekends, and holidays without a shift premium.
Can it book new patients, not just take messages?+
Yes. RingOwl checks your live calendar and books the appointment on the call — new patients, cleanings, consults — instead of leaving a message for someone to call back.
What about after-hours dental emergencies?+
You define what counts as an emergency — severe pain, swelling, a knocked-out tooth, post-op bleeding — and RingOwl routes those calls to your on-call dentist immediately, while routine calls are queued for the morning.
Can we keep our current phone number?+
Yes. Forward your existing line to RingOwl with a single carrier code. Patients keep dialing the number on your website and cards.
Stop sending dental virtual receptionist callers to voicemail
Forward your line, keep your number, and let RingOwl answer every call.
7-day trial · 30 minutes included · No credit card.