Turn missed calls at a kids' dental office into new patients with AI text-back
Quick answer
Danville Pediatric Dentistry in Danville, Kentucky was drowning in missed calls and voicemails. Its AI assistant "Evie" now texts every missed caller, day or night, and sends the team daily and weekend summaries. It also showed when calls peak: 8 AM, lunch hour and Thursday afternoons.
Business type: Clinics & dental. Tool used: Resonate AI. Result: In a 30-day pilot the source reports 583 missed calls handled (19% after hours), 416 patients replying, 59 new patients and 250 existing patients helped.
Source: Resonate AI case study (Company case study) · Added Tue, Oct 27 · Last updated 2026-10-27
Get daily summaries by email and flag the new patient leads.
Look at when you miss the most calls and staff those times.
Have one person on rotation follow up on AI-captured leads.
Result
In a 30-day pilot the source reports 583 missed calls handled (19% after hours), 416 patients replying, 59 new patients and 250 existing patients helped. (as reported by the source)
Danville Pediatric Dentistry in Danville, Kentucky was drowning in missed calls and voicemails. Its AI assistant "Evie" now texts every missed caller, day or night, and sends the team daily and weekend summaries. It also showed when calls peak: 8 AM, lunch hour and Thursday afternoons.
Which tool did they use?
Resonate AI.
What was the result?
In a 30-day pilot the source reports 583 missed calls handled (19% after hours), 416 patients replying, 59 new patients and 250 existing patients helped. (as reported by the source)
How did they set it up?
Turn on an AI that texts back every missed call. Get daily summaries by email and flag the new patient leads. Look at when you miss the most calls and staff those times.
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Here is when our office gets calls: [times]. Write a friendly text our AI sends parents after a missed call, and suggest which hours we should add front desk help.
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