Dental Intelligence and LocalMed, two of the most powerful software solutions in the dental industry, are now fully integrated. So, as a customer of both Dental Intelligence and LocalMed, what does this mean for you? 

This means that you can send scheduling links through text and email to any of your patients. To make it even better, you can also schedule appointments in real-time for any of your patients inside of Dental Intelligence. Gone are the days of having to mindlessly jump back and forth between two or three systems.

To help you fully understand what this incredible news means for you, we've provided a short 3-minute video. Trust me! You want to watch this:

As a paying Dental Intelligence and LocalMed customer, this functionality will come at no additional charge to your practice. The ability to send texts, emails, book appointments in real-time and copy scheduling links will now be accessible for your practice. If you don't see that functionality inside of Dental Intelligence, please reach out to our support team.

The answer is yes! To send a one-way text message and email to a patient, access their patient card and click the Calendar icon below their name. Next, click on 'Send Now.' This section allows you to choose between the Reasons for Visit you have established in your LocalMed dashboard. These can range from, New / Returning Patient Cleaning & Exam, a Consult, or even for Emergency / Tooth Pain!

Just simply choose the Appointment Type that matches what you're wanting to schedule the patient for and then click send. A pre-built text message and email, along with a scheduling link will be sent to that patient.

If you are sending bulk online scheduling messages for a Hygiene Appointment Type, the message will include the following content:

"Hey Contact First Name. This is Messaging Name. It's time to get you | Patient First Name scheduled with your | their hygienist for a Teeth Cleaning.

We made this really easy for you to schedule. Just click the link below or feel free to give us a call. See you soon! Short Link"

If you are sending bulk online scheduling messages for a Restorative Appointment Type, the message will include the following content:

"Hey Contact First Name, you | Patient First Name have | has some dental work that needs to be taken care of at Messaging Name. Click here to schedule: Short Link

Yes you can. To do this, follow the Online Scheduling Send Message process for either bulk or individual messaging and then click on any of the appointment types. From here, you'll notice a box at the bottom of the tab that shows the Message Preview. In the top right hand corner of the preview box, you'll see a Pencil icon. To change the wording of the message, click Edit and then make the changes you'd like. Once your changes have been made, click Done and then click Send when you are ready.

There are no additional charges for sending text messages to patients. We cover the fee for you and it is included in your monthly LocalMed subscription.

Yes you will. Once your account is set up to use Online Scheduling, you'll notice a new icon at the bottom left-side navigation bar inside of your Dental Intelligence portal.

To view the Online Scheduling data in Dental Intelligence, click the Online Scheduling option, you'll have a complete look at all of your reports and also any appointments scheduled on your website, social media pages or Google business listing by your patients. If you click into the Patient Messaging tab you can view all texts and emails sent through Dental Intelligence.

All data, appointments & patients scheduled through LocalMed will be found in the Online Scheduling Tab:

All Online Scheduling Messages sent will be found in the Patient Messaging Tab:

When your patients receive a text message, it will come from a Dental Intelligence owned phone number. It will not come from your office number and we do not provide the ability to do that with this service.

You do however have the ability to change aspects of the email that patients receive like the email address it comes from. If you're interested in doing this, refer to this article, which will discuss White Labeling emails that get sent to your patients and how to adjust those settings.

Patients can, but will most likely not respond to text messages or emails. Every text and email that gets sent from Dental Intelligence will include a scheduling link, making it very obvious that scheduling an appointment is the action the patient needs to take. If your patients happen to respond to a text message they will receive an Error - Invalid Response message. If you're concerned about receiving text message responses from your patient's, we recommend using the Send Your Own option where you can copy and paste scheduling links into your own drafted text messages. Choosing to send your own messages does require you to use your own patient communication platform.

If you're concerned about receiving email responses from your customers, we recommend chatting with our support team about how you can view any email responses.

To do this, access the patient card, and select the Calendar icon under their name. Then click the Book Now option this will prompt you to choose which practice location - if you have more than one. From here, you’ll choose if the patient is a new or returning patient and what appointment type you’ll be scheduling them for. Next, open the schedule of the provider you’d like to schedule the patient with. Then, click on the preferred appointment time, gather the necessary patient information, click ‘schedule appointment’ and the appointment will be scheduled in your practice software.

First and foremost, your practice must be set up to use both Dental Intelligence and LocalMed.

If your practice is set up to use both LocalMed and Dental Intelligence and you still aren't seeing the new schedule feature, please contact our support team. They will be able to gather information for your practice and work with our team to ensure you're able to use this new scheduling functionality inside of Dental Intelligence.