An AI receptionist for your dental office that answers and books patients 24/7
Target Dial gives dental practices an AI voice agent that answers every inbound call and places outbound ones around the clock, booking appointments, running new-patient intake, handling insurance questions, and flagging pain or swelling for same-day attention, all without adding front-desk headcount.
When the front desk is on another line, at lunch, or gone for the day, new-patient calls go to voicemail, and most callers just dial the next practice instead of leaving a message. Dentists already name staffing as their hardest problem, and a full-time receptionist costs more every year. Target Dial answers on the first ring in 20+ languages, handles up to 20 calls at once, and books straight into your schedule, 10x better than voicemail, 10x cheaper than hiring staff, and live in under an hour.
- of dentists named staffing shortages their single biggest practice challenge for 2025 (ADA Health Policy Institute, late-2024 poll)
- 62%of dentists named staffing shortages their single biggest practice challenge for 2025 (ADA Health Policy Institute, late-2024 poll)
- of recruiting dentists found it very or extremely challenging to hire clinical and front-office staff in late 2024 (ADA Health Policy Institute)
- ~90%of recruiting dentists found it very or extremely challenging to hire clinical and front-office staff in late 2024 (ADA Health Policy Institute)
- median wage for a receptionist as of May 2024, a full-time hire covering only part of the week (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- $17.90/hrmedian wage for a receptionist as of May 2024, a full-time hire covering only part of the week (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
+5 new patients every week
“Calls that used to hit voicemail now turn into booked appointments, the AI answers every time, day or night.”
Dental practice using Target Dial's AI receptionist
Built for dental offices, live in under an hour
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We learn your practice
We feed your AI agent your services, providers, hours, insurance and financing answers, and booking rules, so from day one it sounds like a trained member of your front-desk team, not a generic bot.
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Forward your calls, no new phone system
Keep your number. A simple call-forward sends overflow, after-hours, and missed calls to your AI receptionist. Nothing to rip out, nothing for patients to learn.
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It books, intakes, and triages
The agent answers in 20+ languages, schedules new and returning patients into your calendar, collects intake details, answers insurance and pricing questions, and flags pain or swelling so urgent cases reach you fast.
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You get every call, logged
Instant SMS and email summaries for every call, who booked, who had a question, who to follow up with, so nothing slips and your team works from real data, not guesswork.
Every call answered, every lead captured
Works with your stack
- Dentrix
- Eaglesoft
- Open Dental
- Google Calendar
- Calendly
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Zapier
- n8n
- Answers every call 24/7, after hours, weekends, holidays, and during phone overflow
- Books new and returning patients directly into your schedule
- Runs new-patient intake: contact info, reason for visit, insurance, referral source
- Answers insurance, financing, and pricing questions in your own words
- Flags pain, swelling, and emergencies so urgent cases get same-day attention
- Handles up to 20 simultaneous calls so no patient hits a busy signal
- Speaks 20+ languages with automatic detection
- Transfers to a human with full context when a call needs a person
- Sends instant SMS + email call summaries to your team
- Places outbound calls, recare reminders, confirmations, reactivation
Dental Offices, answered
Will the AI receptionist book directly into our dental scheduling software?+
Yes. The agent books appointments into your calendar and works alongside common practice management systems like Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and Open Dental, plus calendar and CRM tools such as Google Calendar, Calendly, and HubSpot. We set up the booking flow to match how your front desk already schedules.
Can it handle dental emergencies like pain or swelling?+
Yes. The agent is trained to recognize urgent symptoms, severe pain, swelling, trauma, a knocked-out tooth, and follows your protocol: collecting the details, flagging the call as urgent, and transferring to a person or your on-call line when your rules call for it.
Do we have to change our phone system or number?+
No. You keep your existing number and phones. A simple call-forward routes after-hours, overflow, and missed calls to your AI receptionist. Most practices are fully live in under an hour.
Is it cheaper than hiring another front-desk person?+
For most practices, yes. The median U.S. receptionist earns $17.90/hour as of May 2024 (BLS) and covers only part of the week, nights, weekends, and lunch breaks still go unanswered. The AI answers every call, 24/7, in 20+ languages, for a fraction of a full-time hire, which is why dentists facing staffing shortages turn to it.
Will patients be able to tell it's an AI?+
Most don't. The conversations use advanced, natural-sounding voice AI, and the agent knows your services, providers, and policies, so it answers like a trained team member. When a call genuinely needs a person, it transfers with full context.
What about patient privacy and sensitive health information?+
Handling protected health information requires the right agreements and configuration. If your practice needs a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in place, talk to us during setup and we'll scope the deployment to your compliance requirements before going live.
Sources
- American Dental Association, "Staffing shortages top expected challenges this year" (ADA Health Policy Institute poll, late 2024: 62% named staffing the biggest practice challenge for 2025)
- American Dental Association, "Five years later: Staffing shortages, infection control since the COVID-19 pandemic" (ADA HPI: ~90% of dentists found hiring very/extremely challenging in late 2024)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Receptionists (median wage $17.90/hour, May 2024)
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