Appointment Scheduling AI · Implant Dentists
Appointment Scheduling AI for Implant Dental Practices
Inbound booking, outbound recall, reschedules and cancellation backfill handled as one system rather than four manual chores. Configured for the call mix a implant dental practice actually receives.
Scheduling is a two-directional problem. Inbound calls fill some of the book; the rest depends on outbound work — recall, reactivation, and filling the hole a cancellation just made. Most practices do the first well and the second sporadically.
In a implant dental practice the stakes are different from general dentistry. Implant cases are researched for months and decided in a single phone call. The practice that answers with a credible cost range and an immediate CBCT consult wins a $30,000 full-arch case.
Implant practices generally recover the annual cost of Wavez from a single full-arch case. Automated backfill typically recovers half or more of same-week cancellations that would otherwise stay empty.
What a appointment scheduling AI handles in a implant dental practice
Shares are typical for this kind of practice. Wavez reports your real split from the first week.
A implant dentist call handled end to end
I lost most of my upper teeth. What does All-on-4 run here?
Upper arch cases here are typically $22,000 to $27,000 including the CBCT, surgery and final prosthesis, with financing from around $340 a month. Dr. Haddad has a scan-and-consult slot Monday at 10am — shall I hold it?
Yes, please.
Held. I've texted the medical-history form and a financing pre-qualification link so Monday can be spent on your plan rather than paperwork.
Why implant dentists choose this over the alternatives
Cancellation backfill in minutes
The open slot is offered to your short-notice list immediately, not at end of day.
Outbound recall that never stops
Overdue hygiene and maintenance patients are contacted on your schedule, every week.
Reactivation campaigns
Lapsed patients are re-engaged by call and SMS with a bookable offer.
One system, one report
Inbound and outbound scheduling measured together instead of guessed at.
Traditional front desk vs Wavez
| Traditional | Wavez | |
|---|---|---|
| Cancellation backfill | Manual, often skipped | Automatic within minutes |
| Outbound recall | First thing dropped when busy | Continuous |
| Reactivation | Occasional campaign | Scheduled and measured |
| Reporting | Fragmented | Single dashboard |
| Monthly cost | Multiple tools | From $599 all-in |
Appointment Scheduling AI, tuned to implant dentist workflows
The sporadic half is where the money is. An unfilled hygiene hour is roughly $200 of lost production, and a cancelled restorative slot is considerably more. Filling those holes requires calling the right patients within minutes, which no busy front desk can reliably do.
Implant practices commonly pair Dentrix or Open Dental with separate CBCT scheduling; Wavez can book both in one call.
- Full-arch (per arch) — typically $24,000: A single recovered call can exceed annual front-desk salary.
- Single implant + crown — typically $4,600: The volume backbone of most implant practices.
- Bone graft — typically $900: Usually bundled; explained during the booking call.
- CBCT consult — typically $350: The conversion event Wavez is optimised to book.
The objections worth taking seriously
Can it discuss bone grafting credibly? It answers from the explanations your clinicians write, at the depth you allow, and hands anything clinical beyond that to the doctor. It never speculates.
Does it pre-qualify for financing? It sends your lender's pre-qualification link during the call and records the response against the appointment.
Does outbound calling risk annoying patients? Frequency caps, quiet hours and opt-out handling are enforced, and outbound is excluded for patients with active appointment sequences unless you opt them in.
How fast is cancellation backfill? The short-notice list is contacted within minutes of the slot opening, which is where the fill-rate difference comes from.
Going live takes days, not months
Discovery call
We map your call types, providers, hours, insurance list and escalation rules — usually 30 minutes.
PMS connection
Wavez connects to Dentrix, Open Dental, Eaglesoft, Curve or Dolphin and reads your live availability.
Script review
You approve every line the AI can say, including pricing ranges and clinical escalation thresholds.
Supervised go-live
Day one is monitored call by call. Adjustments are made same-day, and you keep full transcripts.
A practice that made the change
We were missing 40% of our calls. Now we miss zero — and patients can’t tell it’s AI.
Dr. Maria Chen, Owner — Sunrise Family Dental, Phoenix, AZ (4-chair family practice)