Many of your patients have unscheduled treatment and dental hygiene appointments.

It is not a great option however, it is the truth, that most dental patients depend on their insurance to pay for a lot of their dental treatment.

Most dental offices, when we begin working with them have over $100,000 in outstanding patient treatment plans.

I want to mention that right now, this month of October, is a great time to contact your patients who have unscheduled treatment and/or hygiene appointments, to call and schedule their appointment(s) before the end of year. Patients who depend on their insurance to pay for some of their treatment, will lose this benefit if they don’t come in soon.

Life gets busy and it is possible your patients got busy with life and forgot to schedule.

Reach out to your patients in a text message, email or last resort; send a letter. Also post a reminder to your patients to schedule their end-of-the-year appointments if they want to use their insurance benefits.

“USE IT OR LOSE IT!”

Today’s world allows you to communicate with your patients more easily than a mailed letter. Most people use text to communicate and you can add this message to a text or send out a newsletter (email).

If youf office has a Facebook page or Twitter page, etc.,  make a post each week over the next six weeks, reminding your patients to schedule their treatment and get that end of the year hygiene appointment scheduled.

Let them know if they have insurance, their benefit expires at the end of year.

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