The dental practice diary that replaces your paper book
- Multi-clinician
- Clash protection
- Works on any device
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What is a dental practice diary?
A dental practice diary is the appointment book, in software: it replaces a paper daybook or a generic booking tool with a book built for a dental practice. It keeps your appointments, patients and clinicians in one place, lets patients book online around your real availability, and holds a complete record for every patient. DentiPoint is an all-in-one dental practice diary for UK practices and dental groups, free to try for 30 days.
What a dental practice diary does for you
DentiPoint brings your whole week into one book you can run from reception or your phone:
- A multi-clinician diary, colour-coded by treatment and clash-protected, so a clinician or a patient is never booked twice at the same time.
- Online booking that lets patients book around your genuine availability, cutting the endless phone-tag at reception.
- Patient records so every appointment updates a clear, complete record of each patient and their visit history.
- Reminders and patient recalls that bring patients back on the right interval and cut DNAs.
- Medical histories and consent on the record: structured allergies and medications, clinical notes and signed consent forms kept on each patient's record, not in a filing cabinet.
- A branded practice website on your own domain, with a new-patient enquiry form, included in your subscription.
Built for how a dental practice actually runs
Because the book understands clinicians, treatments and recalls, it does the admin a paper daybook cannot: it protects your day from double-bookings, surfaces the next recall due, and shows each patient's record at a glance before they sit in the chair. NHS, private and plan patients all sit in the same book, so reception is never juggling two systems.
Recalls are where a good diary earns its keep. NICE recommends recall intervals set by clinical risk, anywhere from 3 to 24 months rather than a blanket six, and DentiPoint works out when each patient is due from the interval their clinician sets, then prompts them automatically to book so they do not slip through the net.
Still keeping the book in a spreadsheet? Read dental practice software vs spreadsheets first. Two things worth getting right early: a clear recall and reminder routine so patients return on schedule, and online booking so new enquiries never slip through the cracks.
See simple, per-practice pricing or start your free 30-day trial.
07Thinks like a practice
A diary that understands your practice, not just appointments
A paper daybook treats every appointment the same. DentiPoint knows each treatment has its own length and each clinician their own list, so it colour-codes by treatment, blocks clashes before they happen, and lets you move an appointment to a new time with the patient notified automatically.
- Every clinician's list on one colour-coded view
- Clash protection so two patients never take the same slot
- Move an appointment and the patient is told automatically
Gentle dentistry, booked in under a minute.
Your whole week, connected
The book is the heartbeat of the practice, so everything else flows from it automatically.
- Online bookingPatients book into your book 24/7 around your real availability.
- Patient recordsOpen a complete patient record straight from the diary.
- Recalls & remindersAutomatic recalls and reminders so patients return on time.
- Fewer DNAsConfirmations and reminders before each appointment that cut DNAs and keep the book full.
A digital diary does what a paper daybook can't
Why practices move off a paper daybook or a spreadsheet.
- Real-time availabilityPatients only ever see slots you can genuinely offer, across every clinician.
- Self-service bookingPatients book online and can cancel from their portal, no phone-tag.
- Never double-bookedClash protection catches conflicts a paper book can't.
- Nothing lostAppointments, notes and patient records are held in the cloud, not on paper.
- Recalls built inThe book surfaces who is due a recall, which a paper daybook can't.
- On every deviceCheck or change your day from reception, the surgery or your phone.
08Single site or group
Built for single practices and dental groups
Start as a single practice with your own book, and grow into a multi-location group without changing software. Each site keeps its own diary, owners switch between sites from one login, and each clinician sees only their own day, with patient records consistent no matter who the patient sees.
- A diary per practice, from one surgery to a whole group
- Roles so each clinician sees only their own day
- Consistent <a href='/patient-records'>patient records</a> any clinician can pick up
- Riverside DentalRiverside · 4 chairs/riverside
- Market Street DentalMarket Street · 3 chairs/market-street
- Harbour Dental CareHarbour · 6 chairs/harbour
Each practice keeps its own diary, price list and booking page. The group sees all three.
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Switch from your old diary in four steps
No tech skills needed.
Create your account
Add your practice details and set your opening hours.Add your patients
Add your existing patients one at a time, or as they book.Set availability
Clinicians, working hours and days closed.Go live
Switch on online booking, recalls and reminders.
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Dental practice diary FAQs
Is there a free dental practice diary?
Can patients book into my diary themselves?
Does the diary handle multiple clinicians?
Will it work on my phone and at reception?
Can I switch from a paper diary or another app?
Run your whole week from one diary
Try the DentiPoint dental practice diary free for 30 days.
