How to grow your payments app with dental hygienists
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Dental hygienists clean teeth, help patients look after their gums and give advice on keeping teeth healthy. Many are self-employed, working at several practices or running their own rooms, and patients usually pay per appointment, often every few months. Missed appointments cost them income, and patients who book directly may not want to pay at a reception desk. A payments app that handles appointment payments, deposits and regular visits can win dental hygienists, and every patient who pays them sees your app.
Talk to dental hygienists
Ask local dental hygienists:
- How do patients pay for an appointment?
- Do you take a deposit when patients book?
- How do you handle missed appointments?
- How are you paid when you work at several practices?
Take a deposit at booking
A small deposit paid by link when the appointment is booked means fewer missed visits, and the rest can be paid by link on the day.
Make regular visits easy to pay
Patients who come back every few months can pay each time from a link sent with their reminder, without handing over card details at a desk.
Grow through dental and health practices
Hygienists work with dentists, small clinics and other health practitioners. When those practices take payments through your app, each hygienist can bring more of them onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about dentists?
The dentists and opticians guide covers independent practices handling deposits, larger bills and patients who want to spread the cost.
Dentists and opticians →What about small clinics?
The small clinics and pharmacies guide covers small clinics, dentists and local pharmacies that take payments every day and want to get paid quickly with clear records.
Small clinics and pharmacies →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.