Chair time is booked honestly
New patient exam with X-rays, routine cleaning, deep cleaning per quadrant, crown prep — each carries the time it really needs.
Online Booking for Dental Offices
Toothaches don't wait for Monday morning, and the front desk can't answer while it's checking someone out. A booking page takes the routine ones off the phone entirely.
What makes this trade hard to schedule
Your front desk is doing four things at once Checking a patient out, verifying insurance, answering the phone. The routine cleaning that could have booked itself is what gets dropped first.
A cleaning and a crown prep are different amounts of chair time 45 minutes versus 90. Booked loosely, the schedule drifts all afternoon and the last patient waits.
The emergency call comes when you're closed Pain peaks at night. If there is nowhere to leave a request, that patient finds a practice that takes them the next morning.
Pre-built for you
The menu created for you on sign-up
Choose "Dental" and these 4 categories and 11 services are created with realistic durations already in place. Rename, re-price, and you're open for business.
| Category | Service | Default duration |
|---|---|---|
| Preventive | New Patient Exam & X-Rays | 1 hr |
| Routine Cleaning | 45 min | |
| Deep Cleaning (per quadrant) | 1 hr | |
| Fluoride & Sealants | 30 min | |
| Restorative | Composite Filling | 45 min |
| Crown Preparation | 1 hr 30 min | |
| Crown Delivery | 30 min | |
| Cosmetic | Teeth Whitening | 1 hr |
| Veneer Consultation | 30 min | |
| Emergency | Emergency Toothache Visit | 30 min |
| Simple Extraction | 45 min |
Prices are yours to set — we only pre-fill the menu structure. This list is exactly what gets created in your dashboard.
What matters most in this trade
Hygienists and dentists have separate schedules
Assign which provider does which procedure. A cleaning goes on the hygienist's schedule; a crown prep goes on the dentist's.
Emergency slots can be their own service
A short emergency visit is a separate, short service. Patients in pain have somewhere to land instead of a voicemail box.
Questions people in this trade ask
Is this a patient record system?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. appt247 books appointments and captures name, phone and email. Charting, insurance and clinical records stay in whatever practice software you already use.
Can we review a request before it becomes a real appointment?
Bookings land on your schedule and you can cancel or reschedule any of them from the dashboard. Many practices call new patients back anyway to confirm insurance.
Can patients book in Chinese?
Yes. The patient-facing booking page can be switched between English and Chinese, which matters a great deal for practices in Flushing, Sunset Park and Chinatown.
Ready to let your customers book themselves in?
Pick this industry when you sign up and the menu above is already waiting in your dashboard.