The Transformative Power of Dental Plan Training
Introducing a dental plan or aiming to grow an existing plan base can feel like a big challenge for a practice team. While many practices introduce plans to support better..
Want to launch a dental practice plan?
We can help you introduce a simple, flexible, practice-branded solution.
With us, you’ll make significant cost savings over the long-term compared to other providers.
Why introduce private dental plans?
Offering tailored, practice-branded dental plans can benefit your practice and your patients. Read on to discover the numerous positives of private dental plans and how they can help a dental practice better serve their patients and practice team.
The benefits of dental plans for a practice:
- Generate recurring monthly income
- Build resilience to withstand disruptions like pandemics, staffing issues, etc
- Encourage regular attendance so there is less white space
- Increase patient loyalty
The benefits of dental plans for patients:
- Regular attendance is a preventative measure to reduce the risk of serious oral issues
- Manageable monthly payments make appointments more affordable
- Guaranteed appointments
- 24/7 A&E cover for patients with our Global Dental Accident & Emergency Scheme
For more details on the Global Dental Accident & Emergency Scheme, click here.
Types of dental practice plans
We can support your practice by administering any type of dental practice plan for patients.
Maintenance or Membership Plans
Maintenance or Membership plans are ideal for squat dental practices and NHS conversions. This is our most popular plan service, which typically includes standard routine dental care. Patients on this plan will pay for any additional treatment required.
- The plan promotes preventative dentistry.
- Typically includes a set number of examinations and hygiene visits per year.
- Gives patients access to other benefits you decide on, such as discounts on other treatments.
- Ensures a recurring monthly income for your practice.
Full Care/Capitation Plans
A Full Care or Capitation plan is a comprehensive dental practice plan for your patients, covering preventive and restorative oral care treatments, enabling you to customise the patients’ fees, depending on their oral health.
- The plan categorises patients by their oral health needs, and sets their monthly plan price accordingly.
- Offers comprehensive care to your patients at an affordable monthly rate.
- Allows patients to budget for the care they need.
- Ensures a recurring monthly income for your practice.
Hygiene Plans
This type of plan typically includes a set number of hygienist appointments per year to ensure that patients keep on top of their oral hygiene.
- The plan promotes preventative dentistry.
- Appointments provide the opportunity to upsell other treatments to these patients.
- Ensures a recurring monthly income for your practice.
Children’s Plans
To ensure children get access to a private dentist at a lower cost, we also offer plans specifically for under-18s.
- Some practices offer ‘family discount’ plans, which offer a discount on the standard plan price.
- This ensures you nurture patient loyalty for the years ahead.
Squat Dental Practice Pathway
Starting a new dental practice is an exciting journey filled with opportunities—and challenges. As a dental professional opening a squat practice without an existing patient base, you’re not just setting up a practice but creating a brand and a loyal patient community from scratch. That’s where Patient Plan Direct’s bespoke Squat Dental Practice Pathway comes in.
A key element of success is introducing a private dental plan right from the start. This approach helps generate recurring revenue, giving patients affordable access to high-quality dental care while ensuring financial stability for your practice.
The Squat Dental Practice Pathway is designed to remove the guesswork from launching your private dental plan and ensure its success. Our team, with years of experience, will guide you through every step—from an in-depth consultation to crafting a bespoke plan that appeals to potential patients. We’ll support you with determining pricing, the design of promotional materials, team training, developing a highly effective patient journey to encourage sign up, and ongoing check-ins to track your progress.
Pathway Post-Launch Support in 4 Steps
Month 1 – Early Intervention
We review your first few weeks, assess progress, and adjust your dental plans if needed to keep things on track.
Month 3 – Progress Check
Time to review plan growth, with the opportunity to reassess targets and set new goals.
Month 6 – Momentum Check-In
We address any challenges your team may have faced and work on solutions to keep moving towards your goals.
Month 12 – 1-Year ‘Planniversary’
A comprehensive annual review covering dental plan growth, cancellations, trends, and current plan fees sets a precedent for the year ahead.
Continuous Client Support
We don’t just help you get started; we stay by your side throughout your journey. We are committed to helping your squat dental practice grow, adapt, and thrive—creating a solid foundation for long-term success in the competitive dental market.
Drop us an enquiry for more information about our proven squat dental practice support package if you’re about to open or are looking to open a squat dental practice.
Low and transparent administration fees
We are the UK’s most cost-effective major dental practice plan provider, with an administration fee that starts from £1.06 per patient per month.
We offer a highly focused solution to keep our costs low, passing on the savings to the practices we work with.
Our low-cost, simple, and transparent fee structure enables your practice to maximise the profitability of your dental practice plans.
| Number of plan patients | Administration fee per patient per month (includes Global Dental A & E Scheme) |
|---|---|
| Up to 1,499 | £1.36 |
| 1,500 to 2,999 | £1.21 |
| 3,000+ | £1.06 |
For those practices (or groups of practices) with 7,000 or more plan patients, Patient Plan Direct offers the added benefit of a further reduction in our administration fee, implemented on a sliding scale.
All of our fees are INCLUSIVE of VAT.
Compare dental plan providers
Discover a more profitable plan when choosing Patient Plan Direct over other major plan providers such as Denplan, Practice Plan, and DPAS. The savings tool below will show you the substantial difference in our fees.
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- Save approx. £3,019 pa
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- Save approx. £7,500 pa
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- dental practices supported by Patient Plan Direct nationwide
- 16
- years we’ve been making practices more profitable across the UK
- 150+
- years of combined conversion experience across our team
- 22
- happy members in our team, that strengthen our services for clients
Client reviews
Don’t take our word for it! Hear from our clients as they share their experiences of launching a new dental practice plan with the help of Patient Plan Direct.
Frequently Asked Questions about New Plan Launch
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We take pride in adopting a very transparent fee structure and are the only major dental practice plan provider that publishes our monthly admin fee on our website. We have a three tier structure for our admin fees, and the most you will ever pay is £1.36 per patient (including VAT and Global Dental A&E cover for patients).
Our admin fees are outlined here.
Additionally, there is a nominal annual licence fee, which is thoroughly explained to ensure complete transparency. Our fees not only provide substantial long-term savings but also deliver exceptional value compared to other major plan providers.
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We are here to help and support you with getting your dental plan fees right, ensuring they are profitable to your practice and affordable and attractive for patients. We can guide you on how to structure a range of different plans to suit a variety of patients’ needs, and how to price these plans. However, there is complete flexibility and discretion in what your plans include and their price point.
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We currently work with over 600 dental practices across the UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland. This comprises a mix of independent practices and those affiliated with corporate groups.
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Every client has access to one of our dedicated and highly experienced Business Development team who provide the necessary tools, advice, training, and support to ensure you achieve your dental plan objectives.
Alongside our Business Development team, you will also have access to a highly responsive Client Services team, who are on hand to help with all aspects of dental plan administration. Whether it’s a patient query or help using our online client portal, you can expect efficient and thorough service from a team that genuinely cares about delivering first-class support.
We provide dental practice-branded marketing materials to help promote your plans, including promotional leaflets, posters, TV assets, and social media templates. We also offer further advice, tools, training, and tips to ensure you are best placed to market your plans effectively.
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We charge a one-off set-up fee of £395 inc. VAT that covers:
- training from our Client Services team on the patient sign-up process and using our easy-to-use online client portal for all plan management, reporting and insights;
- team training from one of our Business Development team members to cover all aspects related to achieving your specific plan objectives, including but not limited to; communication tactics, the patient journey, understanding the Global Dental A&E Scheme benefit etc;
- the design of dental practice-branded promotional leaflets and posters;
- other optional marketing resources, such as waiting room TV assets and social media templates;
- comprehensive management of all steps involved in the Simple Switch process if you are switching from another plan provider;
- organising patient communication mailings as required
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Patients pay a one-off fee of £8 when they join one of your plans – collected with the patient’s first payment. This fee does not apply to patients transferring from another dental plan provider or to any plans specific to children. Your patient pays the fee and is not a cost to your practice.
Our registration fee is lower than that of other major dental practice plan providers. In our experience, a nominal registration fee does not deter patients from joining a plan. It helps them commit to the plan and lessens the risk of patients cancelling shortly after joining.
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