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Dental scheduling that respects hygiene blocks and operatory capacity.

Schedule hygienists, assistants, front desk, and admin as distinct roles. Record each person's license (e.g. RDH) and its expiry date. Keep PHI out of group texts. Built for 1–10 chair private practices.

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What dental operators are tired of

The hygiene schedule lives in Dentrix. The staff schedule lives in a spreadsheet. They never agree.
RDH licenses expire without warning. A scheduled hygiene block becomes a billing problem retroactively.
X-ray cert lapses go unnoticed until the state inspector asks for the file.
Hygienists juggle multiple practices. Their availability changes weekly; you find out Sunday at 9pm.
Time-off requests pile up in someone's inbox, then somebody books the day off they "approved" verbally.
PHI ends up in group texts. Front desk coordinates patient blocks over channels you can't audit.

Built around how dental offices actually run

The features that matter for small private practices — separate from generic SMB scheduling.

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Hygiene / assistant / admin role split

Schedule hygienists, dental assistants, EFDAs, front desk, and back office as separate position types. Color-coded so you spot understaffed hygiene blocks in seconds.

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License expiry reminders (Pro)

Record each person's license or certification (one per person, e.g. an RDH license or X-ray certificate) with its expiry date. On Pro, email reminders go out before it lapses.

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Multi-practice clock-in with auto-routing

Float hygienists who cover multiple practices auto-route to the closest operatory geofence. Photo capture at punch for tamper-proof audits.

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Pre-publish overtime predictor (Pro)

Warning before publish when a clinician is on track to cross 40 hours that week. Fix it before the schedule goes out, not after payroll.

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QuickBooks + Gusto exports (Pro)

Pay-period CSVs with hours and OT at 1.5×. Your bookkeeper stops chasing time cards every other Friday.

Dental operator FAQ

The questions we get from private practices and small DSO operators.

Is PeopleBridge HIPAA-compliant?
PeopleBridge does not sign BAAs. It is for workforce management — staff schedules, time and onboarding — not patient data. Do not store patient data (PHI) in PeopleBridge; keep it in your practice management system.
Can I track RDH and X-ray cert expirations?
Each profile holds one license or certification with its expiry date, so you can track the RDH license or the X-ray certificate for each person, not both. On Pro, PeopleBridge emails you reminders before it expires.
Does it replace Dentrix or Open Dental?
No. PeopleBridge is workforce-only: who's on which shift, who clocked in where, who got paid for what. Patient scheduling, charting, billing, and insurance stay in your practice management system. We sit alongside, not in competition.
How do you handle hygienists who work at multiple practices?
Assign the employee to multiple locations. When they clock in, GPS auto-routes them to the closest practice geofence. Manager-only override exists if GPS gets confused. Each punch is tagged with its actual location for cost-center allocation.
Do you handle different pay rates for hygienists vs. assistants?
Yes. Each profile has its own hourly rate (or salaried flag). Labor cost reports break out by role, so you see hygienist hours vs. assistant hours vs. front-desk hours separately.
Can I start with one practice?
Yes — the Free plan covers 1 practice and up to 10 employees, with no credit card and no end date: scheduling, phone time clock, time off and timesheets. Team messages, the kiosk and breaks are on Team ($29/mo for your first practice and 30 employees); license reminders, onboarding, payroll exports and most AI features are on Pro: $2 per employee/mo + $10 per location/mo.

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Same Free, Team and Pro plans — PeopleBridge works the same way across adjacent industries.

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Run your practice without missed license renewals

Free for 1 location and up to 10 employees; Team is $29/mo for your first location and 30 employees; Pro is $2 per employee/mo + $10 per location/mo. Most dental offices are scheduling next week's hygiene blocks within an hour.

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