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AI Receptionist · Dentistsby Tactly

The front desk can't always pick up

Checking a patient in, taking a payment, walking someone to a chair: that is when the phone rings. The AI Receptionist answers the calls your team misses and after hours, so new patients reach a booking instead of voicemail.

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The short version: the receptionist picks up when your front desk cannot. It tells callers it is a virtual assistant, answers routine questions like hours and location from your notes, books open times on your calendar, and takes a message for anything clinical. Every call is emailed to the practice with a transcript.

Built around a busy practice

What it handles for a dental office

New patient calls

Someone looking for a dentist rarely leaves a voicemail. The receptionist answers and offers an open time for their first visit.

The questions you hear every day

Hours, parking, where you are and which services you offer, answered from the notes you write.

No clinical advice

It does not diagnose or advise. A patient describing a problem gets a message taken with a confirmed callback number, and an emergency is told to call 911.

Lunch hour and after hours

Choose missed calls only, after hours only, or both, so it covers the moments your desk is short-handed.

Step by step

Ready for your practice

  1. 1

    Write your notes

    Hours, location, services and how you want new patients welcomed.

  2. 2

    Choose its hours

    Missed calls during the day, after hours, or both, with the ring time your team needs.

  3. 3

    Test and forward

    Place a free test call, then forward unanswered calls from your practice number.

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Hear it answer

Listen to Tactly take a call

Example calls in Tactly's voice, with a sample voice playing the caller. Under each one is the summary the owner gets by email.

  • Plumbing · 0:26

    Books a repair

    Brightline Plumbing

    A caller with a leaking water heater booked a visit for Thursday at 9 a.m. The summary and full transcript were emailed to the owner.

    Read the transcript
    1. Tactly: Thanks for calling Brightline Plumbing. I'm the virtual assistant, and this call may be recorded. How can I help?
    2. Caller: Hi, yeah, my water heater's leaking. Is there any way someone can come out this week?
    3. Tactly: I'm sorry to hear that. I have Thursday at 9 or Friday at 1. Which works better?
    4. Caller: Oh, Thursday at 9 works. Thanks.
    5. Tactly: You're booked for Thursday at 9. We'll see you then.

  • HVAC · 0:41

    Repair booking

    Northwind Heating and Air

    Paula Reyes called because her furnace is blowing cold air. She booked a no-heat repair for tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at 41 Linden Court.

    Read the transcript
    1. Tactly: Thanks for calling Northwind Heating and Air. I'm the virtual assistant, and this call may be recorded. How can I help?
    2. Caller: Hi, yeah, our furnace is blowing cold air, and it's getting pretty chilly in here.
    3. Tactly: Sorry about that. I can get a technician out to you. May I have your name and address?
    4. Caller: Sure, it's Paula Reyes, at 41 Linden Court.
    5. Tactly: Thanks, Paula. I have tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Which works better?
    6. Caller: Oh, 8:30. The earlier the better, honestly.
    7. Tactly: You're booked for tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at 41 Linden Court. The technician will see you then.

  • Law firm · 0:34

    Transfer to a person

    Calder and Voss Law

    A new caller was in a car accident yesterday and has a sore neck. They are looking for a lawyer and were transferred to Dana in Intake.

    Read the transcript
    1. Tactly: Thank you for calling Calder and Voss Law. I'm the virtual assistant, and this call may be recorded. How can I help?
    2. Caller: Hi. So, I was in a car accident yesterday, and I think I need a lawyer.
    3. Tactly: I'm sorry that happened. Is anyone hurt and in need of help right now?
    4. Caller: No, no, I'm home now. My neck's just sore, that's all.
    5. Tactly: Thank you. Dana in Intake handles new cases. Would you like me to connect you to her now?
    6. Caller: Yes, please, that would be great.
    7. Tactly: Connecting you to Dana now. One moment.

  • Cleaning · 0:42

    Price question

    Sparrow Home Cleaning

    Dev Patel asked about a move-out clean for a three-bedroom house at the end of the month. He was told move-out cleans start at $250 up to two bedrooms and booked a walkthrough for Friday at 10 a.m.

    Read the transcript
    1. Tactly: Good morning, Sparrow Home Cleaning. I'm the virtual assistant, and this call may be recorded. How can I help?
    2. Caller: Hi, so I'm moving out of a three-bedroom house at the end of the month, and I was wondering how much a move-out clean is.
    3. Tactly: Move-out cleans start at $250 for homes up to two bedrooms. For three bedrooms or more, the team does a quick walkthrough first so the quote is exact. Would you like to book one?
    4. Caller: Yeah, sure. Could we do Friday?
    5. Tactly: Friday at 10 a.m. is open. Can I take your name?
    6. Caller: Yeah, it's Dev. Dev Patel.
    7. Tactly: You're all set, Dev. Friday at 10 a.m. for the walkthrough.

  • Bakery · 0:35

    A question it can't answer

    Larkspur Bakery

    Amy asked whether the bakery ships birthday cakes to another state, for her sister in Ohio. That was not in your notes, so she left a message for a call back.

    Read the transcript
    1. Tactly: Hi, thanks for calling Larkspur Bakery. I'm the virtual assistant, and this call may be recorded. How can I help?
    2. Caller: Hi! Quick question. Do you ship birthday cakes out of state? It's for my sister in Ohio.
    3. Tactly: I don't have that information, and I'd rather not guess. I can have the owner call you back with an answer. Would that help?
    4. Caller: Yeah, that's fine. It's Amy, at 555 0163.
    5. Tactly: That's Amy at 555 0163. The owner will call you back about shipping a cake to Ohio.

More sample calls, with transcripts and downloads, on Tactly.ai ›

Pricing

Plans for your practice

Every plan is the same receptionist with the same features. The only difference is how many minutes of calls it answers each month.

  • Starter

    $49/mo

    100 minutes of calls a month, then $0.35 a minute

    For a few missed calls a day.

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  • Most popular

    Pro

    $99/mo

    250 minutes of calls a month, then $0.29 a minute

    For a busy line most days.

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  • Growth

    $199/mo

    600 minutes of calls a month, then $0.25 a minute

    For a team that lives on the phone.

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Every plan includes

  • A local phone number for the receptionist
  • Answers after hours, nights and weekends
  • Books appointments, synced with your calendar
  • Transfers callers to a person
  • Email summary and transcript of every call

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Calls under 15 seconds are not billed. Switch plans any time, prorated. No website needed. Billed monthly through your 1Digital account, and you see the price before you pay. On a WorkspaceCMS Essentials website plan it cannot book appointments; booking by phone needs Growth or above. Extra charges outside the plan: each phone number outside the US (Mexico, Spain or Latin America) is $10 a month on top of your plan and takes calls only; it cannot send texts. Your US local number, and texting on it, are included in every plan with no extra fee.

Get AI Receptionist

Try it free first

7 days free on Tactly

Sign up on tactly.ai, pick a plan and the receptionist answers your calls the same day. The trial includes 30 answered minutes, with a card on file and nothing charged until it ends. Cancel anytime.

  • ›Keep your practice number: unanswered calls forward to the receptionist.
  • ›Bookings go on your calendar; anything clinical becomes a message.
  • ›Every call is emailed to you with a transcript.
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Common questions

Can it answer questions about treatments?
Only general information you put in its notes, like which services you offer. It does not give clinical advice, and it takes a message when a caller needs a dentist's judgement.
Is it HIPAA compliant?
We do not make that claim. Use it for scheduling and messages, and keep patient records and clinical details out of its notes.
Will patients know it is not our receptionist?
Yes. Every call starts with a notice that the caller is speaking with a virtual assistant.
What about dental emergencies at night?
Callers describing an emergency are told to call 911. For a problem that can wait until morning, it takes the details and a callback number so your team sees it first.

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See how it fits your business

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