Newton

AI front office platform for dental practices, from calls to insurance

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What is Newton?

Newton is an AI calls tool. A dental-specific AI front office platform centered on Sophia, a voice agent that answers calls, books into the PMS, works recall and waitlists, verifies insurance overnight, and reports production across every location.

Newton is an AI-native platform built specifically for the dental front office, not a general purpose receptionist bolted onto a practice management system. It runs the operational layer that sits around the chair: inbound calls, scheduling, recall and waitlist outreach, insurance eligibility checks, and collections. The centerpiece is Sophia, a voice agent that answers when the front desk cannot, including nights and weekends, and writes the outcome of each call back into the practice management system with real-time read and write access rather than leaving staff to reconstruct what happened. In daily use the platform behaves like a coordinated set of modules sharing one patient record. Sophia picks up overflow and after-hours calls, triages them, and books appointments directly into open slots. Engage works recall lists, cancellations, waitlist gaps, and outstanding balances on a recurring schedule, while Phones gives the team one call log where every inbound and outbound call carries a tagged outcome. Insurance runs eligibility overnight and attaches verified coverage to the chart before the morning huddle. Growth traces new patients back to the source that produced them so acquisition cost is counted against production, not clicks. The product is aimed at dental groups rather than solo practitioners: emerging groups consolidating somewhere between five and twenty locations, and larger DSOs that need every site measured against the best performing one. Leadership gets a location index showing booked-from-calls rates, recall currency, and production side by side, plus a natural language assistant for questions about open chairs or weekly collections. Compared with generic AI receptionists, Newton's advantage is dental specificity and a single data model; the tradeoff is that it is a platform commitment, not a lightweight phone add-on. Onboarding is presented as a guided process measured in weeks: practice management connection on day one, call handling rules by day three, team training by day five, and a Monday morning go live. Published customer results include a four office pilot that added $121.8k in new patient revenue and a group reporting roughly 25 percent fewer calls handled directly by front desk staff.

How do you use Newton?

  1. 1Book a demo and scope your locations
    Start with a walkthrough of the platform. Bring your location count and current call volume so the fit for emerging groups or enterprise can be assessed up front.
    Newton — Book a demo and scope your locations
  2. 2Connect your practice management system
    Day one of onboarding is the PMS connection. Newton establishes two-way sync so patient records can be read and appointments written back.
    Newton — Connect your practice management system
  3. 3Configure call handling rules
    Days two and three are spent setting rules: how same-day emergencies route, which chairs hygiene occupies, and which days new patients are accepted.
    Newton — Configure call handling rules
  4. 4Turn on Sophia and review the call log
    Once live, Sophia answers overflow and after-hours calls and books visits. Every call lands in the Phones call log with an outcome tag.
  5. 5Add outreach and insurance modules
    Layer in Engage for recall, waitlist and balance work, and Insurance for overnight eligibility checks attached to each chart.
    Newton — Add outreach and insurance modules
  6. 6Track performance across locations
    Use the location index and Ask Newton to compare booked-from-calls rates, recall currency and production, then target the gap with your best site.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Purpose-built for dental workflows, including insurance eligibility and recall, rather than a generic receptionistAI
  • Sophia books directly in the practice management system with real-time read and write, so calls do not need manual cleanupAI
  • All modules share one patient record, and leadership sees every location measured against the best performerAI
  • Publishing concrete pilot figures, such as a four office pilot adding $121.8k in new patient revenueAI
  • Handles after-hours and overflow calls without sending patients to voicemailAI

Cons

  • No public pricing, so cost has to be established through a demo conversationAI
  • Built for dental only, which rules it out for medical, veterinary or other front desksAI
  • No self-serve trial; the homepage positions onboarding as a guided, multi-week processAI
  • Published outcome data comes from vendor-selected customers and pilot periods, so independent verification is limitedAI
  • The value depends on PMS integration quality, and the homepage only names Open DentalAI

How much does Newton cost?

Integrations

The homepage shows a practice management system connection with two-way read and write, naming Open Dental as an example. Other integrations are not detailed on the homepage.

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Features

Five modules on one patient record: Phones logs and routes every call with a tagged outcome, Inbound puts Sophia on overflow and after-hours calls with direct PMS booking, Engage runs recall and waitlist outreach plus balance collection, Insurance verifies eligibility overnight down to the code, and Growth traces new patients to true acquisition cost. An Ask Newton assistant answers questions across all locations.

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Frequently asked questions about Newton

  • How do you use Newton?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Book a demo and scope your locations 2. Connect your practice management system 3. Configure call handling rules 4. Turn on Sophia and review the call log 5. Add outreach and insurance modules 6. Track performance across locations.
  • What platforms does Newton support?
    Newton is available on Web App.
  • What does Newton integrate with?
    The homepage shows a practice management system connection with two-way read and write, naming Open Dental as an example. Other integrations are not detailed on the homepage.
  • What are the limitations of Newton?
    No public pricing, so cost has to be established through a demo conversation. Built for dental only, which rules it out for medical, veterinary or other front desks. No self-serve trial; the homepage positions onboarding as a guided, multi-week process.

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Added10/21/2026

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