Website Tools & Gamesfor Dentists
Innovative Website Tools and Games for Dental Professionals
In today’s competitive dental market, having a static website that merely displays your services and contact information is no longer enough.
At Chicago Web Services, we’ve helped numerous dental practices transform their online presence with interactive tools, applications, and games that engage patients, generate leads, and set practices apart from their competition.
Our Dental Digital Experience
Over the years, we’ve developed a deep understanding of the dental industry’s unique needs. We’ve created and implemented numerous successful tools for dental professionals across Chicago and beyond, including:
- Intelligent appointment scheduling systems that integrate with practice management software
- AI-powered chatbots that answer common patient questions and schedule consultations
- Interactive dental health games for children that educate while collecting valuable parent contact information
- Virtual smile design tools that showcase potential cosmetic dentistry outcomes
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Benefits for Your Dental Practice
🦷 Enhanced Patient Experience
Adventure in Toothland transforms wait time into an educational opportunity. When played in your office, it can significantly reduce perceived wait times and pre-appointment anxiety.
🦷 Powerful Marketing Tool
The game serves as an innovative lead generation tool that sets your practice apart from competitors. Parents appreciate practices that go the extra mile to make dental care fun and less intimidating for their children.
🦷 Educational Resource
By reinforcing proper dental hygiene concepts through play, the game supports your educational mission and helps build healthy habits that continue at home.
🦷 Valuable Lead Generation
The game can be configured to collect parent contact information before allowing full access, providing your practice with qualified leads from families interested in pediatric dental care.
Beyond the Basics: Innovative Tools for Forward-Thinking Dental Practices
Looking to truly differentiate your practice? Here are some outside-the-box tools and applications that can transform your dental website into an engaging, lead-generating platform:
1. Treatment Time and Cost Estimator
Give patients the ability to input their dental concerns, answer a series of questions about their symptoms and condition, and receive an estimated treatment plan with approximate costs and timeframes. This transparency builds trust while capturing leads from prospective patients seeking information before making appointments.
2. Dental Insurance Benefits Calculator
Create a tool that allows patients to select their insurance provider, plan type, and remaining annual benefits to calculate their out-of-pocket costs for various procedures. This eliminates financial uncertainty and encourages patients to maximize their benefits before they expire.
3. Virtual Dental Office Tour Creator
Develop an interactive, customizable office tour where prospective patients can “walk through” your practice, click on different areas (reception, operatories, sterilization area), and learn about your technology and approach. This reduces new patient anxiety and showcases your state-of-the-art facilities.
4. Symptom Assessment Quiz
Build a branching quiz that helps patients identify potential dental issues based on their symptoms, providing general information about possible conditions and treatment options while encouraging them to book an appointment for a proper diagnosis.
5. Post-Procedure Care Interactive Guide
Create personalized, interactive aftercare instructions for common procedures that patients can access on their phones. Include timers for medication, animated demonstrations of recommended care techniques, and the ability to send questions directly to your team.
Engaging Games and Interactive Elements for Patient Education
Games and interactive content aren’t just for entertainment—they’re powerful tools for education and lead generation. Here are some innovative game concepts we can develop for your dental practice:
1. “Plaque Attack” AR Game
An augmented reality game where young patients use their phone camera to “find and destroy” virtual plaque monsters hiding around your office or at home, learning about dental hygiene while having fun. Parents provide contact information to access the full game.
2. “Brushing Timer Adventure”
A customizable brushing timer game where children select a character who explores a magical world for the dentist-recommended two minutes of brushing time. Parents can receive weekly reports on brushing consistency when they register.
3. “Dental Decision Maker”
An interactive story game where players make choices about dental hygiene and diet, seeing the long-term consequences of their decisions on their virtual character’s dental health. Perfect for educating adolescents about the importance of oral care.
4. “Smile Design Studio”
A simplified version of smile design software where patients can upload their photo and see approximations of different cosmetic procedures, from whitening to veneers. This generates high-quality leads for cosmetic services.
5. “Dental Trivia Challenge”
A family-friendly trivia game testing dental knowledge, with separate question sets for different age groups. High scores can be submitted to a monthly contest for prizes like electric toothbrushes or discounted treatments.
Implementation Strategies for Maximum Impact
These tools and games aren’t just novelties—they’re strategic assets for your practice when properly implemented:
- Email Capture Integration: Configure tools to request contact information in exchange for detailed results or full access
- Waiting Room Entertainment: Make games available on tablets in your waiting area to improve the patient experience
- Social Media Promotion: Use these interactive elements as shareable content for social media campaigns
- School Outreach Programs: Offer educational games to local schools as part of community dental health initiatives
- Referral Generation: Encourage patients to share interactive tools with friends and family
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Measuring Success Through Analytics
Each tool we develop includes comprehensive analytics tracking, allowing you to measure:
- Number of tool/game interactions
- Contact information captured
- Conversion rates from tool users to appointments
- Time spent engaging with your website
- Social shares and referral traffic
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Add To Your Dental Practice
Website Tools for Small Businesses
Add a problem solving tool or entertaining game to your website, use this as a LEAD Generating tool. Have people give you their email to use the tool or advanved features on it.Â
Either way by having a website tool or game of any kind is going to add value to your website. This is because you are now adding a possible page that people will link to. Getting links is good for SEO, but people will only link to your site if you have something useful or entertaining.Â
The best thing is to make it FREE and just collect some contact info to build your lead list.Â
Ready to Transform Your Dental Website?
At Chicago Web Services, we combine dental industry knowledge with cutting-edge development expertise to create custom tools and games that engage patients, educate visitors, and generate qualified leads for your practice.
Whether you’re looking to implement one of the innovative ideas mentioned above or have a unique concept of your own, our team can bring it to life as a seamless extension of your website and brand.
Contact us today at 630-393-0460 or info@echicagoweb.com to discuss how we can enhance your dental practice’s online presence with custom interactive tools and games.
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