Dental marketing since 1989

Dental marketing that fills your schedule with new patients

New Patients Inc (NPI) is a dental marketing agency that has worked only with dental practices since 1989. We run your Google Ads, local SEO, website and direct mail, help your team answer every call, and show you which marketing produced each new patient.

  • Dental practices only
  • Online and offline marketing
  • Every call tracked
  • A YiB Inc. company

From the mailbox to the appointment book

1 Direct mail

The right households get your mailer

We mail only to the top 40% of households nearest your practice, ranked by distance, household income, credit and marketability. Nothing is spent on the rest of the market. The piece gives people a reason to choose you, and your website is there when they want to look you up before they call.

2 Search

When they search, your practice is the one they find

Local SEO puts you in the map results, dental SEO builds your organic rankings, and our Google Ads team manages your campaigns on call data, adjusting as the numbers come in. For Dr. Siranli in Washington DC, map optimization took about 60 days to kick in, and her ads were retooled twice on what the data showed.

3 The phone

The phone rings at 6:47 PM, and someone answers

Most new patients still call. Our call management training teaches your front desk to turn callers into appointments without any hard sell. After hours and on busy lines, Kate, the AI receptionist distributed by Yobi, picks up and books routine appointments into your schedule. Anything complex goes to your team.

4 The ledger

You see where every new patient came from

Practice Control Center records every call to your tracking numbers. Calls are classified and rated, so your monthly report shows what is working in under 15 minutes of your time. After eight years with NPI, Dr. Ryan Shearer's new patients came from here:

  • Referrals25%
  • Mailers25%
  • Found online50%

From the Dr. Shearer case study. His practice doubled in revenue, staff, size and profit over those eight years.

What we run for you

One team plans and runs your whole marketing mix

We size the plan to your budget and your market, then run it. Many practices start with a website and a mailer and add pieces as the practice grows.

Case files

Results from real practices, charted like a patient

We write up client work the way you would chart a case: the exam, the diagnosis, the treatment plan and the outcome. These three are published in full on our site.

Dr. Lori Cockley

East Berlin Smiles, Pennsylvania

Fee for service
Top 1%of solo-owned practices in production and collections
Dx
Bought a small fee-for-service practice in 2002, in a quiet town in a Pennsylvania river valley.
Tx plan
  1. Targeted direct mail
  2. Practice website
  3. Search optimization
  4. First Impression Video
  5. Online scheduling
Outcome
A 100% fee-for-service practice that sees patients three days a week, and kept growing through the 2008 to 2009 recession while the dental industry lost 18%.

Dr. Ryan Shearer

Springhill Dental

First-time owner
2×revenue, staff, practice size and profit in 8 years
Dx
Bought a practice in 2011 buried inside a four-story medical building with no outside signage, on a first-time owner's budget.
Tx plan
  1. Website
  2. Monthly mailer to the top 40%
  3. Local and organic SEO
  4. Call tracking
  5. Review software
  6. Online scheduling
Outcome
New patients now come 25% from referrals, 25% from mail and 50% online. He stayed within a reasonable marketing budget every year.

Sheron Dental

Two-doctor family practice

Competitive market
205appointments booked online, plus 103 Google reviews at 4.9
Dx
Father retiring, a competitive market, new patients down to 20 to 25 a month, and no history of budgeting for marketing.
Tx plan
  1. 60/40 offline and online budget
  2. Mail to the top 40%
  3. New website
  4. SEO
  5. Review software
  6. Online scheduling
Outcome
Rising new patient volume, higher revenue per new patient and higher revenue overall, on the same work hours.

A YiB Inc. company

The calls that come in after you lock up get answered too

Marketing that works makes the phone ring at inconvenient times. Kate, the AI receptionist distributed by Yobi, answers your practice line 24 hours a day, books routine appointments in real time and hands anything complex to your team the next morning. We sign a BAA with your practice.

Kate will

  • Answer every call, day or night
  • Handle scheduling, hours and common questions
  • Book appointments while the caller is on the line
  • Pass complex calls to your team

Kate won't

  • Replace your front desk
  • Handle every insurance question, which still needs people
  • Sound human on every call. Most callers don't notice, some do.

See how Kate works with your practice software

Since 1989

Dental practices have been our only clients since 1989

We have spent more than 35 years testing what gets the right patients to call, in mailboxes, on search pages and on the phone. A few dates from our clients' files:

  1. 1989

    NPI starts marketing dental practices. Dentistry stays our only focus.

  2. 2002

    Dr. Cockley buys a fee-for-service practice in a small Pennsylvania town.

  3. 2007

    NPI takes over most of her marketing. Her growth turns into a steady stair step.

  4. 2008 to 09

    The dental industry loses 18% in the recession. Her practice keeps growing.

  5. 2011

    Dr. Shearer buys a practice nobody can find and starts small with NPI.

  6. 2019

    Eight years on, his practice has doubled.

  7. Today

    NPI is a YiB Inc. company, alongside Yobi and CallSumo, pairing its marketing with AI that answers the phone.

There is never one thing which creates an end result like this. Too many dentists don't think this is possible. Not only is it possible, we have a hundred or so clients doing it!
Mark Dilatush, President, New Patients Inc, on Dr. Cockley's practice
★★★★★
It's been five years now and my practice is growing. I don't have to call them and figure out what they're doing all the time. I know the system's working because I see the patients coming in.
Dr. Rami Tahhan, NPI client for five years
★★★★★
You keep us on track by holding me and the team accountable to the data which results in improved numbers.
Dave Taler, practice owner

Read more NPI client testimonials

Questions dentists ask us

Dental marketing FAQ

What does New Patients Inc do?

NPI is a dental marketing agency. Since 1989 we have planned and run marketing only for dental practices: Google Ads, local and dental SEO, websites, direct mail, radio and TV, reputation management, call tracking and front desk call training. NPI is a YiB Inc. company, alongside Yobi, so we can also answer your calls around the clock with Kate, an AI receptionist.

How much does dental marketing with NPI cost?

It depends on your market and the services you choose. Most practices on the complete Growth Engine invest $4,000 to $8,000 a month, month to month after a 90-day implementation. Many clients start smaller, with a website and a mailer, and add pieces as the practice grows.

How long before marketing brings in new patients?

Some pieces work quickly and some build over months. For Dr. Siranli, map optimization and organic SEO each took about 60 days to start showing improvement, and her Google Ads improved as we retooled them on real data over the first nine months. We set those expectations before we start.

How will I know which marketing is working?

Every campaign gets its own tracking number. Practice Control Center records the calls, each call is classified, and your monthly report shows calls and new patients by source in under 15 minutes of your time.

Do you work with businesses other than dental practices?

No. Dental practices have been our only clients since 1989, so we are not learning dentistry on your budget.

Do you sign a BAA?

Yes. We sign a business associate agreement with your practice before we handle call recordings or any patient information.

Will Kate replace my front desk?

No. Kate takes after-hours calls, overflow and routine scheduling so your team can focus on the patients in front of them. Complex insurance questions and anxious callers go to your people.

Free practice analysis

Get your custom growth plan

Tell us about your practice and your market. A senior NPI strategist reviews it and sends back a written plan: where new patients are slipping through, which marketing we would start with for your budget, and what to expect in the first 90 days.

  • A written analysis of your market and current marketing
  • A look at how your calls are being handled
  • Specific recommendations, yours to keep whether you work with us or not

Prefer to talk it through? Call 866-336-8237

Tell us about your practice

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