Inquiries arrive on every channel
Web forms, Instagram DMs, calls and referrals all land in different places with no single owner.
Healthcare & Wellness · Orthodontics
AI automation for orthodontics
Orthodontic inquiries are high-intent and slow to decide. The practice that answers first, follows up properly and keeps treatment-plan conversations alive wins the case.
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The context
What orthodontic demand actually looks like
A parent researching aligners on a Sunday evening, a teen asking about retainers by DM, an adult who took a consult and went quiet — three very different conversations your desk has to handle.
Consults are booked but not followed up
A prospective patient who “wants to think about it” is rarely contacted again.
Alignments and retainers slip
Scheduled alignment checks and retainer replacements depend on whoever checks the list.
Compliance framing
Agents route orthodontic questions rather than answer them: they book consults and flag clinical questions. PHI handling is kept to a minimum by design.
Leak points
Where orthodontic practices lose cases
The decisions are slow, so the leaks are usually in follow-up rather than in the first touch.
The unanswered aligner inquiry
A parent submits a form at night and books with the first practice to reply in the morning.
The stalled treatment plan
A patient who said “maybe” is never re-approached, so the plan goes cold.
Consults that do not convert to starts
No structured follow-up between the consult and the decision.
Missed alignment-check reminders
Routine appointments slide because nobody chases them.
In action
From inquiry to booked consult
The whole path is administrative: capture, qualify, book, remind. Clinical suitability is decided by your orthodontist, not the agent.
Illustrative example — the conversation is a hypothetical, not a client transcript. The AI only works from your approved knowledge base and hands off to a human when it should.
Illustrative inquiry path (hypothetical)
- Sun 21:10 — A parent submits an aligner inquiry form. The agent replies instantly, asking age and preferred days — nothing clinical.
- Sun 21:12 — The lead is tagged Aligner inquiry — consult not yet booked in the CRM.
- Mon 08:05 — A consult is offered; the parent picks a slot and gets a confirmation with what to bring.
- Wed 18:00 — The consult has not converted yet. A gentle follow-up asks if they would like to revisit the plan with the orthodontist.
- +3 days — A second follow-up offers a review call. Replying to either stops the sequence.
- Ongoing — Once treatment starts, alignment-check reminders are scheduled automatically.
End to end
What the AI handles for your practice
The administrative spine of an ortho case — before it is a case.
Aligner and retainer inquiries
Captured, qualified with generic questions and routed to a consult.
Consult booking
Slots placed into the live calendar with confirmations and directions.
Treatment-plan follow-up
Polite, non-clinical nudges for anyone who paused after a consult.
Alignment-check recalls
Scheduled check-ins run on cadence, with easy rescheduling.
Missed-call recovery
Every unanswered call gets a text within moments.
Past-patient reactivation
Dormant inquiries and lapsed retainers are re-engaged from your list.
Follow-up
Sample treatment-plan follow-up sequence
Built for the reality that ortho decisions take time — and that most practices stop following up after two attempts.
Illustrative consult follow-up (hypothetical)
- Day 0 — Thank-you message after the consult with a link to ask questions.
- Day 3 — A check-in: “Ready to talk through next steps with the orthodontist?”
- Day 7 — An email recapping what was discussed and how to proceed.
- Day 14 — A final nudge offering a review call.
- On reply — Sequence stops and the practice is notified to take over.
- On start — Patient moves to the alignment-check cadence.
Why the sequence stops
Ortho leads rarely convert on the first follow-up. A short, respectful sequence keeps the conversation open without pressure.
- Opt-out on every message and honoured at once.
- No clinical claims, no promises about results, no outcome framing.
- Clinical questions are routed to the orthodontist, never answered by the agent.
- A reply stops the cadence and alerts the team.
Sequences include opt-out handling on every message and pause the moment a person replies.
Human in control
What stays with your orthodontist and team
The agent organises the path. Suitability, treatment and outcomes are clinical matters.
- Whether aligners, braces or a retainer are appropriate for a patient.
- Any discussion of treatment duration, results or expected outcomes.
- Pricing, payment plans and insurance decisions.
- Complaints and sensitive conversations, escalated immediately.
- Approval of scripts and the knowledge base the agent may use.
Illustrative handoff (hypothetical)
- 15:20 — Agent is booking a consult for a new aligner inquiry
- 15:21 — Patient asks whether aligners can fix a specific bite issue
- 15:21 — Agent does not judge suitability — offers a consult and flags the team
- 15:22 — Orthodontic coordinator takes over with full context
- 15:25 — Consult booked; question logged for the orthodontist
Visibility
What you can see in the admin view
Enough to know which stage of the funnel is leaking.
Inquiry-to-consult conversion
How many inquiries became booked consults, by channel.
Consult-to-start follow-up
Whether paused plans were followed up and what came back.
Recall performance
Alignment-check reminders sent, replied to and booked.
FAQ
Questions we get from orthodontists and treatment coordinators
Can it answer aligner questions?
It can share approved, general information from your knowledge base and book a consult. Anything specific to a patient’s case is routed to your orthodontist.
Does it handle Instagram DMs?
Yes — DMs, web forms and calls can all feed the same qualification and booking workflow.
How does it help treatment-plan conversion?
By running a short follow-up sequence for anyone who paused after a consult, so the conversation stays open without staff chasing manually.
Will it pressure patients?
No. The sequence is short, includes an opt-out, and stops the moment someone replies.
Does it work with our practice software?
It works alongside your existing calendar and practice system; we confirm integrations during the audit.
Where do we start?
Usually with inquiry capture and consult booking, then treatment-plan follow-up and alignment recalls.
Next step
Map the leaks in your ortho funnel
Tell us where inquiries or consults are stalling and we will walk the capture, booking and follow-up workflows on a free strategy call.
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Start with the biggest leak
Orthodontic practices usually start with instant inquiry response and consult booking, then add treatment-plan follow-up.
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