Dental Now
What Dental Now gives you
Dental Now is a free, NPI-verified profile for your practice. The most common way it starts: a pre-dental student you supervise logs their shadowing hours and names you by NPI. You confirm the session in one tap, and your profile is ready to claim. From there you get three live, free tools: one-tap student hour verification, patient booking you confirm on your own terms, and an automated waitlist that notifies waiting patients when a slot opens. You decide which ones to switch on.
Free for providers. No setup fees, no monthly subscription, no per-booking commission.
Verification, not endorsement. Dental Now confirms your identity and NPI against the federal registry. It does not evaluate or endorse the quality of care provided by any listed practice.
Dental NowFree for verified providers
What you get, free
ValueEverything below is free for verified providers and working today. Student hour verification is where most profiles begin, and patient booking with an automated waitlist is live and ready whenever you want to take appointments.
One-tap student hour verification
When a student you already supervise logs a shadowing session, you confirm it in one tap. The hours are tied to your NPI, the student earns a signed certificate, and every verification you have ever issued stays organized in one dashboard. This is usually the first thing you do on Dental Now, and the reason your profile exists.
NPI-verified practice profile
Your practice profile is matched to your record in the federal NPPES registry, so it carries a verified-provider badge. It can appear in search for your city and the procedures you offer. You decide what to publish and when, and you can keep it limited to student verification if that is all you need.
Patient booking, on your terms
Patient booking is live and free. Patients send booking requests, and you confirm, decline, or offer an alternative time, all from your dashboard. You set your own availability and confirm every request yourself, so the calendar stays under your control while the scheduling work happens for you.
Automated waitlist that refills your slots
When a slot opens up, offer it and Dental Now automatically notifies your waitlisted patients for you. No phone tag, no scrambling to fill a last-minute cancellation. You stay in control of which slot to release, and the platform does the outreach. Free, like everything else here.
Patient reviews and ratings
Patients who book through Dental Now can leave a verified review. Your rating shows alongside your listing, so the reputation you build belongs to you and follows your profile. Reviews are tied to real booking records, not anonymous drop-ins.
Your practice dashboard
See your student verifications, any booking requests, and confirmation activity in one place, in real time. No spreadsheets, no chasing email threads at certificate time. Everything you confirm is logged and ready when a student or a school asks.
Built for healthcare
Encrypted at rest and in transit, row-level security so you only ever see your own data, automatic sign-out after inactivity, and a signed BAA on HIPAA-eligible hosting. Your records and your students' records are handled to a clinical standard.
Claim your free, NPI-verified profile.
Most providers start when a student logs their first session. You can also claim your profile directly and have it ready before the next request arrives.
Free for providers. NPI-verified. HIPAA-eligible hosting with a signed BAA.
Confirming a student's session takes about 30 seconds.
How your profile starts
The real hookYou do not have to hunt for patients or sit through a sales pitch. The most common way a profile begins is a student you already supervise.
A pre-dental student who is shadowing in your practice logs their session in Dental Now and identifies you by your NPI number. We match that to your record in the federal NPPES registry and prepare a profile in your name. You receive a request to confirm the session, which takes about 30 seconds and needs no account to review. Once you confirm, the student earns a signed, NPI-verified certificate, and the profile is yours to claim and grow.
That is the honest version of how this works: the student brings you in, and confirming their hours is the whole first step. From there, the public listing, patient booking, the automated waitlist, and reviews are all live and free for you to switch on. You set your own availability and confirm each request yourself, so taking appointments stays entirely on your terms. How busy your listing gets grows as the platform does, but the tools are here and working today.
Claiming your profile
Three stepsWhether a student starts it for you or you claim it directly, getting set up takes a few minutes.
Confirm or claim
If a student logged hours with you, confirm the session in one tap. If you are starting on your own, enter your NPI number and we match it to the federal NPPES registry. Either way, your profile begins NPI-verified.
Set up what you need
Add as much or as little as you want: your services, hours, and photos if you plan to take appointments, or nothing more than your verification details if you only want to confirm student hours. You are in control of what is public.
Manage it from one dashboard
Confirm student sessions, review any booking requests, and track your activity from a single screen. Everything you verify is logged and ready the moment a student or a school needs it.
Common questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There are no monthly fees, no per-booking charges, and no setup costs. The student-verification side and your practice profile are free for verified providers.
How does a student logging hours create my profile?
When a student you supervise logs a session, they name you by NPI number. We match that to your record in the federal NPPES registry and prepare a profile for you to confirm and claim. There is nothing to set up before that first request arrives.
Do I control when I take patient appointments?
Yes, completely. You set your own availability, and you confirm, decline, or reschedule each request yourself. Patient booking and the automated waitlist are live and free when you switch them on. Some providers start by only confirming student shadowing hours and turn on appointments later. Either way, the calendar is yours to control.
How do I get verified?
You submit your NPI number and dental license. We verify your identity and NPI against the federal NPPES registry, typically within 1 to 2 business days. Dental Now does not evaluate or endorse the quality of care provided by any listed practice.
How is my data protected?
We host on HIPAA-eligible infrastructure with a signed BAA. Data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.2+). Row-level security limits each provider to their own data, and sessions auto-expire after 15 minutes of inactivity.
How does Dental Now stay free?
We are building the platform first. Optional premium features (digital health forms, insurance verification) may be offered as paid add-ons later. Your profile, student verification, patient booking, and the automated waitlist stay free.
Ready when you are. Claim your free profile.
Confirm a student's hours, or set up your practice directly. Either way, it starts NPI-verified and stays free.
Free for providers. NPI-verified. HIPAA-eligible hosting with a signed BAA.
Confirming a student's session takes about 30 seconds.