How much revenue are you losing to lapsed patients?
The average US dental practice loses ~9% of its active patients every year to broken appointments and missed recall. Plug in your numbers. See the dollar figure. Built on public industry benchmarks you can audit below.
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Lapse rate · 9%
ADA & Levin Group benchmarks.Average US practice loses 8–12% of active patients each year to broken-appointment + missed-recall attrition.
Per-visit production · $285
ADA 2023 Survey of Dental Practice.Blended average production per patient visit across hygiene + restorative + diagnostic. Swap in yours.
Reactivation rate · 8%
Multi-touch campaigns > one-off.Public case studies from RevenueWell, Weave, Solutionreach show 3–7% for templated; 8–15% for dedicated reactivation. usdpr. benchmark: 8%.
Visits per reactivated patient · 1.5×
Hygiene + treatment combined.Reactivated patients typically complete one cleaning + one restorative procedure in the first 12 months. 1.5× is conservative.
Sources. ADA Health Policy Institute · ada.org/research. Levin Group benchmarking. Public case studies from Weave, RevenueWell, Solutionreach, NexHealth. Our own production data will supplement these benchmarks as clients onboard — we'll publish an annual transparency report starting Q4 2026.
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