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AI receptionist for dentists

A calm AI receptionist for new patients, routine care and urgent dental calls

Available answers calls and website chats, explains approved services and fees, captures new-patient details, and flags urgent dental enquiries for the practice without offering clinical advice.

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Set up for you · Keep your existing number · Test privately before launch
Available — virtual receptionLive example
CallerI’ve had toothache for two days and it’s getting worse — can I be seen?
AvailableSorry you’re in pain. Is there any facial swelling, and are you an existing patient with us?
Urgent slot request flagged for front desk
Where enquiries are lost

Dental demand does not pause when reception is busy

Patients call during treatment sessions, lunch breaks and evenings. Available gives them an immediate, practice-approved response while preserving clear clinical boundaries.

Businesses find this page searching for dental practice call answering and dentist appointment enquiries — different words for the same problem: enquiries arriving faster than a busy team can answer them.

What Available can handle
  • Answers calls and website chat 24/7 in your tone of voice
  • Answers approved questions about services, guide prices, hours and coverage
  • Captures contact details and qualifies each enquiry
  • Sends your booking link or creates structured booking requests
  • Transfers important calls and sends summaries with urgent flags
Common enquiries

The enquiries it handles for dental practices

New-patient registrations
Check-ups and hygiene appointments
Dental pain and urgent enquiries
Fillings, crowns and root-canal enquiries
Implants and cosmetic consultations
Fees, finance and practice policies
Example conversation

What a real enquiry looks like

Wording adapts to your business — this is a typical journey from first ring to structured summary. Nothing is booked or promised beyond the rules you approve.

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Available — virtual receptionExample journey
CallerI’ve had toothache for two days and it’s getting worse — can I be seen?
AvailableSorry you’re in pain. Is there any facial swelling, and are you an existing patient with us?
CallerNo swelling, just constant ache. Yes, I’m registered.
AvailableThank you — I've logged an urgent appointment request for a registered patient with worsening toothache, no swelling, and the front desk will call you first thing to fit you in.
Urgent slot request flagged for front desk
Qualification

It asks the questions your team would ask

Example qualification questions for dental practices — the exact wording follows your services, policies and escalation rules.

QIs the caller new or existing?
QWhat appointment or service are they seeking?
QIs there pain, swelling, trauma or bleeding?
QWhich practice location is preferred?
QWhat days are suitable?
QWhat is the best number for the team?
Safety & escalation

Boundaries your business controls

Every rule below is configured and approved by you before launch — and anything outside its knowledge becomes a captured callback, never a guess.

  • Dental emergencies — uncontrolled bleeding, facial swelling affecting breathing or swallowing — are given your approved urgent guidance and escalated at once, never booked as routine
  • Never diagnoses, assesses suitability or gives clinical advice — those conversations belong to your team
  • Urgent or symptom-led calls drop the routine flow and escalate to your staff immediately, with an urgent flag on the summary
  • Answers only from the information you have approved; anything outside it becomes a callback, never a guess
Setup

Live within a week, without disruption

We learn the business

Your services, coverage, guide pricing, hours, FAQs, escalation contacts and preferred tone become one approved knowledge base.

You test it privately

A private demo line and chat built on your information. Your team asks the difficult questions and signs off the behaviour.

Calls and chats go live

A simple call divert and website snippet. Every conversation is summarised and sent to the people who need it.

Available works alongside your existing booking process and software: it can send booking links and create structured requests without a deep integration. Direct integrations may be available depending on your system — confirmed honestly during setup.

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Questions

What dental practices usually ask

No. It can sit behind your existing team and answer only when the line is busy, unanswered or closed. It can also handle all first-response enquiries if that suits your workflow.

Available can send booking links and structured requests without a deep integration. Direct availability and booking can be enabled where your calendar or business software provides suitable authorised access.

It says that your team will confirm, captures the caller or visitor details, and routes the enquiry. It does not invent answers.

Yes. It is trained on your approved services, pricing guidance, policies, coverage and tone. You test it privately and sign off before it handles live enquiries.

No. Your existing number can divert calls on busy, no answer or after hours. A separate campaign number can also be used when required.

A focused deployment can usually be prepared within about a week once your services, rules and escalation contacts have been supplied and approved.

See it handling your enquiries — before you pay anything

A tailored demo built from your website and approved information. Ring it, chat to it, try to break it.

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