For dental practices

Front office services for dental practices

Refo runs your dental front office. We answer every patient call and text, book and confirm appointments, verify insurance before visits, follow up on unscheduled treatment and overdue hygiene recall, and collect balances. Behind the desk, we handle claims, HIPAA-ready IT and your books.

Last reviewed 2026-09-30 by the Refo team.

What we solve

What dental practices tell us

New-patient calls go to voicemail.

Every call and text answered, including evenings and weekends, and the appointment booked.

Insurance surprises at checkout.

Eligibility and benefits verified before the patient arrives.

Treatment plans never get scheduled.

We follow up on unscheduled treatment until it's booked or closed out.

Recall slips and chairs sit empty.

Hygiene recall and reactivation run every week, and cancellations get filled from a waitlist.

What's included

What Refo handles

Patient calls and scheduling
  • New-patient calls answered 24/7
  • Booking, confirmations and reminders
  • Cancellations filled from a waitlist
Insurance and billing
  • Eligibility and benefits checked before visits
  • Claims and follow-up on unpaid claims
  • Patient statements and balances
Recall and treatment
  • Hygiene recall
  • Unscheduled treatment follow-up
  • Reactivation of lapsed patients
Behind the desk
  • HIPAA-ready IT and backups
  • Bookkeeping and payroll
  • HIPAA policies and training records
First stepFree
A dental front office audit

We review 30 days of calls, schedules and open treatment and show missed calls, unconfirmed appointments, unscheduled treatment and overdue recall, with the revenue involved.

What affects the price
  • Number of providers and chairs
  • Call and message volume
  • Insurance verification and claims volume
  • Which back-office services you add
Questions

Common questions

Is Refo HIPAA compliant?

We sign a HIPAA business associate agreement with your practice and follow HIPAA safeguards, and so does every vendor that touches patient information.

Which practice management software do you work with?

We work in common systems such as Dentrix, Eaglesoft and Open Dental where they give us access, and confirm the setup during the audit.

How do you verify insurance?

Before each appointment we check eligibility and benefits through payer portals or by phone and note the results in the patient's record.

Does this replace our front desk team?

It supports them. We take overflow, after-hours calls, verification, recall and follow-up, so your team can focus on patients in the office.

Can patients' AI assistants book with you?

Yes. When a patient's AI assistant calls or messages to book, we answer with available times and book it, the same as for any patient.