Night receptionist for dental practices

When patients call at night, never let them hit voicemail.

We answer late-night calls and texts, ask what hurts, wake the doctor only for real emergencies, and write notes for everything else.

Calculate ROI
Works with Open Dental & DentrixOpen DentalDentrix
After-hours activity
Live

Incoming call · 11:42 PM

A patient needs help.

Urgent
“The swelling has gotten worse and I’m running a fever.”
“I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. I’m alerting your on-call team now.”

Escalation

Doctor paged

Practice record

Note synced

Play Sample Emergency Call0s / 9s

Illustrative AI-generated voices. No real patient information.

Watch how it works

See a night at your practice, handled.

A short look at how your nights change.

Try it yourself

Test the receptionist right here.

Call it out loud, or type a message below, and see exactly what your practice gets.

Talk to it out loud

Call the receptionist from your browser.

Pretend you're a patient calling at midnight — describe a toothache, swelling, or a lost crown. It listens, asks follow-up questions, and tells you how a real practice would handle it.

Needs a microphone. Calls last up to 5 minutes.

Demo only — no doctor is paged. Please don't share real patient information.

What your practice would see

Once the receptionist has screened your call, the result appears here: emergency, urgent, or routine.

What it changes

What changes for your practice.

More patients, less cost, better sleep.

$1,500–$2,500+

Keep emergency patients

They come to you, not to another office.

$800–$1,200+/mo

Spend less

Costs $499 a month instead of a pricey answering service.

Zero interruptions

Doctors sleep

No 3 AM calls for simple questions.

No typing on Monday

Notes done for you

Already saved in Open Dental or Dentrix by morning.

From first ring to follow-up

What happens when someone calls at night.

From the first ring to the notes on your desk.

  1. 11:42 PM

    A patient calls or texts at night

    01 / 04

    A friendly voice picks up right away and listens.

    Call connected00:08

    “Severe swelling near my lower molar — it’s throbbing and I can’t sleep.”

    SMS thread opened with the same patient
  2. A few questions

    We ask what hurts

    02 / 04

    Swelling, bleeding, or bad pain? That's an emergency. Anything else waits for morning.

    Screening checklist

    • Facial swellingReported
    • FeverReported
    • Pain levelSevere
    • Routine requestNo

    Meets your escalation rules

  3. Under 30 seconds

    The doctor's phone buzzes

    03 / 04

    Real emergencies reach the doctor in under 30 seconds. If they don't answer, we try a backup.

    Emergency alert11:42 PM

    Adult patient · facial swelling with fever · severe pain. Callback number attached.

    Call backView notes

    Alerted 24 seconds after the call began

  4. Before morning

    Notes are ready by breakfast

    04 / 04

    Everything is already typed into Open Dental or Dentrix when your team arrives.

    Patient recordSaved
    Reason for callSwelling and fever
    Time11:42 PM
    Action takenOn-call doctor contacted
    Follow-upMorning callback
    Nothing to retype on Monday

Do the math

Average Practice ROI: 8x-12x

What could your nights be worth?

See what one saved emergency case a month is worth.

Your practice, your numbers

Adjust inputs

Net annual savings / revenue retained

$60,012

Per year, after the $499/month Prefermox Ops price

Potential retained cases3.0
Potential case revenue$4,500
Call-center cost replaced$1,000
Gross opportunity$5,500
Prefermox Ops−$499

Illustrative estimate only. Assumes entered case volume, retention, value, and that your current call-center spend can be replaced. Actual results vary; no outcome is guaranteed.

Straightforward pricing

Better coverage shouldn’t cost your nights.

A full after-hours front desk for less than answering services charge.

Common questions
A calm, tidy dental practice front desk on a Monday morning
Monday, handled

Prefermox Ops

AFTER HOURS
$499/ month
  • AI voice and SMS intake
  • Emergency screening and on-call escalation
  • Open Dental and Dentrix note sync
  • Routine request capture
Or start your 14-day pilot →

See how emergency screening and Open Dental / Dentrix sync work for your practice — no commitment.

FAQ

A few good questions.

Clear answers before you commit.

The night shift is calling

Don’t let the next emergency reach voicemail.

Keep the high-value cases, protect your nights, and skip the Monday catch-up.