Scheduling for
Dental Practices
Fill your chair more consistently. Let patients book cleanings, exams, and emergency slots online while automated reminders cut no-shows by up to 60%.
With automated SMS reminders 24 hrs before
Each missed dental chair costs $150 to $400 in lost revenue
Patients book nights, weekends, and holidays
Online scheduling captures demand you currently miss
Per practice that enables self-scheduling
Staff focuses on in-chair care, not phone tag
Automate every dental practices workflow
From first inquiry to completed appointment, Schedly handles the scheduling logistics.
New Patient Exams
First-time patients book online and complete health history forms before arrival. Your team is ready before they walk in.
Hygiene Appointments
Existing patients self-schedule recall cleanings via a link in your reminder email. No front-desk call required.
Emergency Slots
Maintain a dedicated emergency booking type with same-day availability. Patients in pain get help fast without calling during your busiest hours.
Treatment Consultations
Book comprehensive treatment planning consultations for implants, Invisalign, or cosmetic work with custom intake questions.
Specialist Referrals
Accept referrals from general dentists with a direct booking link. Patients schedule their own specialist appointment without calling your office.
Built for dental practices workflows
Purpose-built features that understand how you actually work.
Recall automation
Automatically send booking links to patients who are due for their 6-month cleaning. Fill your recall schedule without a single phone call.
Multi-chair scheduling
Manage multiple operatories and providers under one practice account. Each chair and hygienist gets their own calendar.
Deposit collection
Require a deposit for high-value procedures like implants or Invisalign consultations. Collected via Stripe at the time of booking.
"We were losing two or three hygiene slots per day to no-shows. After setting up Schedly's automated reminder sequences and enabling online booking, our chair utilization went up significantly. The recall automation alone has paid for the software ten times over."
The Dental Practice Guide to Online Appointment Scheduling
The modern dental patient expects to book appointments the same way they book everything else -- online, on their own time, without waiting on hold. Practices that still rely entirely on phone-based scheduling are losing patients to competitors who offer self-service booking. More critically, practices without automated reminder systems are accepting an unnecessary no-show rate that directly impacts revenue and chair utilization. Scheduling software designed for dental practices solves both problems simultaneously.
Reducing No-Shows in a Dental Practice
The industry benchmark for dental no-show rates hovers between 10% and 20% for practices without reminder automation. With a well-configured automated reminder sequence -- an email at 48 hours, an SMS at 24 hours, and a same-day text -- that number typically drops below 5%. The math is simple: if your average appointment generates $250 in revenue, and you have 20 appointments per day, a 10% no-show rate costs you $500 daily, or over $125,000 per year in missed production.
Online Booking as a Patient Acquisition Tool
Beyond reducing no-shows, online scheduling is increasingly a patient acquisition channel. When someone moves to a new city and searches for a dentist, practices with online booking options rank higher in local search results and convert at significantly higher rates than those requiring a phone call. Embedding a booking widget on your website home page and Google Business Profile means that patients can book the moment they decide to -- not the next day when your office reopens.
Common questions
Stop Losing Bookings to
Scheduling Friction.
Schedly puts your calendar to work around the clock. Every lead, every client, and every meeting lands exactly where it should, automatically.