Ways You Can Attract New Patients to Grow Your Dental Practice

Getting a new dental patient!

1. Create an Optimized, Responsive Website

First impressions are everything.

In other words, your website's primary purpose should be to drive prospective patients to your practice. Think of your website as a full-time salesperson that is working 24x7 for your practice.

Your website should work for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, helping you to attract more patients.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Dental Webpages

  • Dental Funnels

  • Page & Website builders

2. Focus On Getting Positive Reviews

If you want to get new dental patients choosing your dental office in online searches, positive reviews are a must. Dental practices that don't prioritize reviews have no online reviews to speak of. Testimonials build trust, and trust is what sells. That’s the goal of a marketer — to build trust and add value.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Review Request & Management

  • Review Webpages

  • Review Email, Whatsapp and SMS automatisation

  • Video Testimonial Request

3.   Step up your social media presence

If you want to attract dental patients to your new office, dental social media

 is something you'll want to try. Having a presence on social websites like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, GMB and more helps give your brand a human element.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • posting and planing social marketing

  • Facebook

  • Instragram

  • Linkedin

  • Google My Business

4. Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC)

PPC is one of the most common marketing ideas for dentists you hear about. Google Ads is the largest pay-per-click (PPC) platform. With Google, PPC ads appear above organic search results, making it easy for your target audience to see them.

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  • connect with Google Ads

  • analytics and metrics

  • start workflow contact automatisation

5. Offer New Patient Specials

If you want to attract patients to your dental practice, new patient specials

 are the solution. People tend to avoid routine dental care and treatments because of cost, but if you offer a special discount, they are more likely to respond.

Use a new patient special to get people to book that first appointment, then you can nurture them as recurring patients for years to come.

Here are some examples of simple incentives you can give:

Free teeth whitening , Money off Invisalign / Clearcorrect treatment Discount service bundles (e.g., oral exam, cleaning, and X-ray)

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  • Dental Funnels Templates

  • FB Ads Templates

  • Workflow Patients Automatisation

  • Email , Whatsapp and Sms campaigns

6. Offer 24/7 Online Appointment Scheduling

One of the biggest mistakes dental professionals make with their websites is putting obstacles in the way of new visitors who may want to make an appointment. The good news is that this is an easy fix. Our software almost always includes a patient booking option that you can add to your practice website. With a few clicks, patients can book an appointment that your staff can confirm as needed.

 

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Appointment Scheduling 24/7 Online

  • Appointment Scheduling 24/7 Offline

  • Appointment Workflow (booking, reminder)

  • Calendar

7. Offer Teledentistry (Zoom, Video answer, Online Chat)

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the patient demand for telehealth and teledentistry has dramatically increased. Teledentistry allows dentists to connect with patients remotely, do preliminary exams, and recommend services and treatments while minimizing the risk for patients and staff members.

 

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  • connect with zoom app for online meeting

  • speak with Patients over Videochat

  • online live chat

  • Offer Patients Online Calendar for Videocall

8. Offer Local Awareness Facebook and Instagram Ads

Local Awareness ads are a great way to reach a local audience, and you can now use the new map card to share locally relevant details about your dental business, like the address, distance to the business, hours of operation, and a “Get directions” link. Your CTA can even be a call button, an easy prompt to make an appointment.

 

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Facebook and IG ads in 3 click from our app

  • complete analytics and measurement

  • FB Template Ads for dentist

9. Offer Video-Testimonials

Ask your patients for video testimonials that you can put on your website and other online verticals.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Video request automatisation

  • Video record web page

10. Contact immediately with Patients on all channels (Live Chat, IG messenger, FB messenger, SMS, Whatsapp,)

Our #1 focus isn’t about selling to consumers, it’s about meeting our patients’ needs and maintaining their health. We are dealing with people that want to be seen as human and have their concerns heard. We are dealing with fears and pain. We need give the Patient opportunity to contact with us on all possible channels!

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • CRM management

  • All patient information in one place

  • Connect with all platforms (email, sms, whatsapp, facebook messenger, instagram messenger, webchat, Google my Business Chat..

11. Update and Optimize Your Google My Business Page

For leveraging a location based marketing strategy, nothing beats Google My Business. This is usually step one for any veteran SEO. If you don't have a Google My Business listing, you'll need to create one.

Make POST on GMB!

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  • Post directly on Google My Business Page

  • Connect with GMB Chat

  • Connect with Google Reviews

  • Google Analytics (call request, direction request, visitor, age, gender...)

12. Answer Phones!

The phones are the most vital connection to acquiring those new patients.

 If you’re not answering your phones between normal business hours and during lunch, the patient is going to hang up and find a dentist who will. You think you are already answering your phones, but you are only answering your phones sometimes – not all the time. I guarantee if you picked up every single phone call that came in to your office, your numbers would improve.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Missed Call Text Back

  • Call me Back

  • Contact Management

  • 2 Way SMS

13. See what's happening outside of working hours

Bring Your Business On The Go!

You’ll never miss a sales opportunity again!

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Mobile App for dentist

  • Make & receive calls

  • Chat with your clients & leads

  • Get notifications straight to your phone

You’ll never miss a sales opportunity again!

14. Make it easy

Whatever you are asking patients to do – make an appointment, write a review, or send a referral – make it easy and quick.

Nothing stops a positive review or a repeat appointment like a 12-step process to get to a form to fill out. Good website design that facilitates actions is crucial.

included in Smile 4 All app.

  • Online Forms for all situation

  • Online Survey

  • Forms analytics

  • Payment over Stripe and Paypal

  • Increasing Treatments acceptance