AI receptionist for dental practices

What Clara solves for you

Visitors arrive after hours — and leave without booking.

Most dental site visits happen evenings and weekends, when your front desk is closed. Without anyone to ask, prospective patients click back to Google and call the next practice. Clara answers their first question — "do you take my insurance?", "do you do Invisalign?", "when's your next opening?" — in real time, then captures their name and phone number so your office can confirm a booking the next morning.

Your team is on the phone, the chair, or running insurance.

A dental front desk juggles incoming calls, in-office check-ins, and insurance verification simultaneously. Website inquiries get the lowest priority because the in-person patient is right there. Clara picks up every web inquiry instantly, so the visitor never feels ignored and the lead never goes cold.

Same-day procedure questions need same-second answers.

Toothaches and emergencies don't wait for office hours. Clara explains your emergency protocol, your accepted insurance, and your first-available appointment window without anyone on your team picking up. She can also speak her replies — useful when the visitor is on a phone, in pain, and would rather hear an answer than read one.

New patients book with whichever practice answers first.

When someone is comparing dentists, the practice that responds in the moment usually wins the appointment — a site that only takes a message loses to the one that books on the spot. Clara answers instantly and books or captures the visit, so the practice that responds first is yours. A single new patient can be worth hundreds to thousands of dollars over their time with you, so even a few extra captured bookings a month pays for Clara many times over.

Insurance questions decide whether a new patient books at all.

"Do you take my insurance?" is the question that stops a booking cold — if nobody answers it in the moment, the patient moves on. When you list your accepted plans, Clara answers in real time, in the patient's own language, then books or captures the visit before they leave the page.

How Clara fits your business

Paste your practice's URL on the homepage. Clara reads your site, identifies your services (general, cosmetic, orthodontics, pediatric, emergency), your accepted insurance providers if you list them, and your scheduling system. She books straight into your practice management system — Open Dental directly, or Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Dentrix Ascend, Denticon, Curve Dental, and Cloud9 through NexHealth — plus Cal.com, Calendly, and Acuity. If you don't use any of these, she captures the request for your front desk. She's ready to handle patient inquiries in about ten seconds.

You hear her speak on a live preview tuned to your office. If she sounds right, you embed one <script> tag on your site — it works on every common dental-practice CMS, including dental-specific platforms. Every contact she captures is emailed to your office in real time and forwarded to your CRM via webhook if you want.

Pricing is flat per practice — $49/mo for text-only chat or $99/mo for the voice tier where Clara speaks her replies inside the widget. No per-seat charges, no per-conversation fees.

Frequently asked questions

Can your website answer patient questions and book appointments after the front desk has closed for the day?

Yes. I'm your practice's 24/7 receptionist, so when your front desk is closed in the evenings or on weekends I answer the visitor's first question in real time, book the appointment, and capture their name and phone number so your office can confirm the booking the next morning.

How does the chat handle someone with a toothache or dental emergency outside of office hours?

Toothaches and emergencies don't wait for office hours, so I explain your emergency protocol and your first-available appointment window without anyone on your team picking up. I can also speak my replies out loud, which helps when the visitor is on a phone and in pain.

Will it tell prospective patients whether the practice takes their dental insurance?

Yes. If you list your accepted insurance providers on your site, I answer questions like "do you take my insurance?" in real time, so visitors get an instant answer instead of clicking back to Google and calling the next practice.

Does it connect to our practice management system to book real appointments?

Yes. If your practice runs on Open Dental, I book appointments directly into it. For Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Dentrix Ascend, Denticon, Curve Dental, and Cloud9 I book through NexHealth. I also support Cal.com, Calendly, and Acuity — and I can reschedule or cancel a patient's appointment right in the chat.

Can it answer questions about services like Invisalign, implants, or teeth whitening?

Yes. I read your website, so I answer questions about the treatments you offer — Invisalign and clear aligners, implants, whitening, crowns, emergency care — using your own information, then guide the patient toward booking a consult.

Can Clara talk to patients in Spanish or other languages?

Yes. I answer each patient in their own language, so Spanish-speaking and other non-English visitors get a real answer instead of clicking away — and the booking still lands in your schedule in the format your team expects.

How long does it take to set up?

Most practices are live the same afternoon. You paste your website URL, hear me on a live preview in about ten seconds, connect your scheduling system, and embed one script tag on your site. No new hardware and nothing complicated for your team.

Does Clara replace our front desk?

No — I cover the moments your front desk can't. I handle website questions and bookings after hours, on weekends, and when your team is on the phone or chairside, and I hand every contact to your staff by email and into your schedule so nothing falls through the cracks.

How much does Clara cost for a dental practice?

Pricing is flat per practice — $49/mo for text-only chat or $99/mo for the voice tier where I speak my replies inside the widget. No per-seat charges and no per-conversation fees, whether you're a single office or a group.