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Cancellation waitlist filler for dentists
Dental practices know this one well: empty chair time from last-minute cancellations and no-shows. The waitlist filler handles it for you, between chair time, recalls and treatment plans. When someone cancels, the next person on the waitlist gets offered the slot automatically.
The problems it takes off your list
- Empty chair time from last-minute cancellations and no-shows.
- Recall reminders for hygiene visits slip through the cracks.
- Patients ask the same questions about insurance, prices and parking.
What it looks like in practice
Say you run a family dental office with three hygienists and a busy front desk. A patient cancels an appointment at 9 in the morning. Three people on the waitlist get a message offering the slot. The first to reply is booked into Dentrix, and the others get a polite note that it's been taken.
How it works for dentists
Step by step, this is what the waitlist filler does with your patients.
- An appointment is cancelled in Dentrix.
- The waitlist is checked for people who want that time.
- They get a message offering the slot, first come first served.
- The first to reply gets booked automatically.
- Everyone else is told it's gone.
Tools it connects to
You keep working in Dentrix, Open Dental and Google Calendar. The waitlist filler sits alongside, built with Twilio, WhatsApp Business API and n8n.
Questions from dental practices
Does the waitlist filler work with Dentrix?
Often, yes. Before building the waitlist filler I check your Dentrix account and plan, because some features depend on API access. If there's a gap for your dental setup, you'll know before you pay anything.
How is patient data handled?
For the waitlist filler, data stays in your own accounts where possible, and each step only gets the details it needs. We go through your rules, such as HIPAA or GDPR, before I build anything, and confirm the setup with your compliance adviser if you have one.
What does the waitlist filler cost to run each month?
Setup for the waitlist filler starts at $300 while the launch offer is on, for dental practices and everyone else. Tools like OpenAI, Twilio and n8n hosting usually cost $5 to $30 a month, billed to you directly. I'll tell you the exact number before we start.
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