Dental ROI Calculator
How much hygiene revenue are you leaving on the table?
This tool answers one question: how much hygiene revenue is sitting in your overdue recall list right now? For a full picture across recall, no-shows, restorative follow-on, and front-desk labor, use the interactive dental AI ROI calculator instead.
Your numbers
Numbers are directional estimates based on industry benchmarks. Your mileage will vary.
Assumptions
- Recovery rate: 35% of overdue patients book a hygiene visit after a multi-touch recall sequence — a planning assumption, not a guarantee for any specific list.
- Overdue patients are defined as 3+ months past their recommended recall interval with no future appointment scheduled.
- Recovered visits are valued at your entered average hygiene visit production only — restorative follow-on and insurance effects are not included in this tool.
- Figures shown are monthly and annualized estimates based on the inputs you enter, not a forecast of your practice's actual results.
Illustrative example
- Overdue patients: 400
- Recovery rate: 35% → 140 patients recovered
- Average hygiene visit value: $180
- Monthly recall revenue: 140 × $180 = $25,200
- Annualized: $25,200 × 12 = $302,400
- [VERIFY: replace every input with your own practice's numbers before using this for a budget decision]
Why the overdue recall list is worth measuring on its own
Hygiene recall is one of the most predictable revenue streams in dentistry, and also one of the most commonly ignored once a list grows past what a front desk can call by hand. [VERIFY: current source for typical recall lapse rate before citing a percentage publicly]. Each lapsed hygiene patient represents not just the missed cleaning, but the diagnostic work and restorative referrals that tend to follow a hygiene visit.
Where the recall system breaks
Most practices rely on a single postcard or phone call from a front desk that is also juggling check-ins, insurance verification, and patient questions. When a patient doesn't respond to the first attempt, follow-up usually stops there. A multi-touch sequence across SMS, email, and voice reaches patients who never respond to a single channel.
How AI recall systems work
AI recall systems pull the overdue list directly from Dentrix, Eaglesoft, or Open Dental and run a multi-channel sequence automatically. Patients get a text, an email with available times, and in some cases a voice call, spaced out over one to three weeks. Patients self-book through a link, and front desk staff only handle confirmations and exceptions.