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Missed-call texts for busy dental front desks

Weave texts back callers your front desk couldn't answer, so new patients book with you, not the next office. From $199£150€178A$287C$281 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costs$199£150€178A$287C$281 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$602–1,204£453–905€539–1,077A$869–1,738C$851–1,702 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn about a week

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

At 8am and lunchtime the phones ring while the desk checks patients in. If 10 calls a week go to voicemail and 2 were new patients who then call another office, at an assumed $350£263€313A$505C$495 for a new-patient exam, x-rays and cleaning, that's about $3,000£2,256€2,684A$4,331C$4,241 a month of first visits (2 x $350£263€313A$505C$495 x 4.3) walking away.

What the AI does

Weave is a phone and texting platform for healthcare practices. Its missed call texting sends an automatic text to a caller nobody answered, so they can reply instead of trying the next office, and the front desk picks up the thread in two-way texting. Weave also lists appointment reminders, text confirmations and online scheduling. HIPAA: Weave publishes a Business Associate Addendum that applies to its clients; have it on file before patient conversations move to text.

A worked example

An illustrative example built from typical figures, not a named business.

A one-dentist practice in Austin with two front desk staff misses about 10 calls a week at peak times and adds Weave for missed call texting.

Before

About 10 missed calls a week; 2 new patients a week lost to other offices

After

1 of those 2 replies to the text and books each week

What it's worth

About $602£453€539A$869C$851 a month in profit, against Weave's starting price of $199£150€178A$287C$281. One extra new patient a week at $350£263€313A$505C$495 is about $1,505£1,132€1,347A$2,173C$2,127 of first-visit production (x 4.3); at an assumed 40% margin that's $602£453€539A$869C$851 before any later treatment. If both missed new patients book, it doubles to $1,204£905€1,077A$1,738C$1,702.

How to set it up

  1. Get a written quote: Weave's pricing page shows only a $199£150€178A$287C$281 a month starting price, so confirm which plan includes missed call texting, whether it's per location, and the contract length.
  2. Put Weave's Business Associate Addendum on file with your HIPAA records before texting patients.
  3. Write a short missed-call text with the practice name, an apology for missing the call and an invitation to reply or book. No clinical questions by text.
  4. Make one front desk person responsible for answering texts during business hours, and set a reply for after hours.
  5. Keep replies to the reason the patient called; add promotional texts only for patients who gave prior express written consent, as the TCPA requires.

What goes wrong

  • Only the starting price is public; the higher plans are priced on request, so the real cost may be more than $199£150€178A$287C$281.
  • An automatic text answers no one's question. If nobody replies for hours, it only delays the patient calling elsewhere.
  • Patients may text symptoms or insurance details. Keep replies short, move clinical questions to a call or visit, and never forward texts to a personal phone.
  • Weave's pricing page doesn't mention A2P 10DLC registration fees. Ask during the quote.

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Last updated October 18, 2026.