Medical & Healthcare AI Voice Agents

How a Dental Clinic Booked 3x More Appointments with AI Voice Agent

From 19 missed calls/week to zero — and 3.2x more bookings

Single-location dental practice, 4 chairs, Houston TX

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3.2x
More appointments
From 18 to 58 new patients/month in 45 days
0
Missed calls
From 19/week to zero — 24/7 pickup
78%
Fewer no-shows
With voice + SMS reminders
16h
Saved weekly
Front desk time back to care

The Challenge

Bright Smile Dental was missing 19 calls/week (27% of inbound). Front desk with 2 people couldn't handle check-ins + phones + insurance verification. After-hours calls went to voicemail — lost $8k-$12k/month. New patient follow-up took 4 hours avg, 60% went cold.

Our Approach

We shadowed 30 calls, mapped top 12 intents (insurance Q, booking, emergency, price). Built VAPI voice agent with ElevenLabs voice (warm, professional). Integrated with Dentrix calendar via API + Twilio number. Added SMS fallback: if caller hangs up, instant text 'Sorry we missed you — book here'. Built automation: new call → transcript → Airtable → Slack notification.

What We Built

VAPI AI voice agent with natural conversation, handling 12 intents
Real-time calendar booking into Dentrix with conflict check
SMS reminder sequence: 48h, 24h, 2h before + AI voice 2h before
Insurance FAQ bot (chat + voice) trained on fee schedule
Call analytics dashboard: transcripts, sentiment, outcomes

Visual Showcase

How the system looks in production

Dashboard showing call volume, answer rate, booking rate

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Type: Dashboard UI

Before/After missed calls chart

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Type: Chart comparison

Voice flow diagram: call → qualify → book → SMS

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Type: Flow diagram

Before / After

Metric
Before
After
100% capture
19 missed calls/week
0 missed calls
-73%
22% no-show rate
6% no-show rate
160x faster
4hr follow-up
90 sec follow-up
★★★★★
"We thought we needed to hire a 3rd front desk. Turns out we needed AI. We saved $38k/year and booked more patients than ever."
DJL
Dr. Jennifer L.
Owner, Bright Smile Dental

Tools Used

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