Filling appointment spaces

Type “book a dental appointment” into any search engine and you’ll find a plethora of dental practices offering patients the opportunity to do just that – or so it seems. Often on clicking the link the patient is actually taken to a contacts page where they are required to fill out a form so that the practice can “get back to them”. This is not only frustrating for patients it is also quite a lot of increased administration for the reception team.

Imagine if these online responses didn’t have to be collected though, and valuable reception time lost following up each and every reply, but in fact the patient had already booked a dental appointment with one of your dentists or hygienists at a time convenient for them (and you).

Set to become the next big thing in dentistry, real-time online booking is now here, providing a smart, powerful and secure online solution for both NHS and private practices. Allowing your practice to be open for bookings 24 hours a day, seven days a week effectively ensures increased visibility to patients and reduces stress on reception staff. Despite the evident cost-effectiveness of this innovative marketing approach and the potential practice profitability, there are still some discerning dentists that need convincing and some questions to be answered before many realise this will become a lifeline for your practice, as online booking sweeps the globe.