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Answer the photo of a broken tooth that arrives at eleven at night.

For most clinics WhatsApp is now the front door: a picture of a chipped tooth, a question about aligner cost, a request to move tomorrow's slot. It is also the easiest place to irritate a patient and to leave their photographs where anyone can scroll them. GullySales sets up the business number, the replies and the rules around both.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What WhatsApp marketing means

WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.

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Sales and marketing for dental clinics, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For dental clinics

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The first message is a photograph, not a question”

    Somebody sends a picture of a broken front tooth and waits. A reply saying please visit the clinic loses them. A reply that names what the visit will involve and offers two slots tomorrow books them.

  • “A broadcast about whitening is advertising, and dentistry restricts advertising”

    Rules on how a dental practice may promote treatment differ between councils and change, so take the current position from yours before any offer reaches a patient list. There is a practical cost too: patients who never agreed to it report the number, and a reported number stops delivering.

  • “The clinic number is a shared handset”

    Intraoral photographs, x-ray pictures and a patient's reports sit in a gallery anyone at the desk can scroll through. Put the number on a business account, decide who holds access, and get the rest off the phone.

What we do

What we deliver for dental clinics.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A business account running on the clinic's own number

    Verified profile, address, hours and treatment list set up properly, with the dentist's personal handset taken out of the enquiry loop.

    Result: Patients message the clinic, not somebody's private phone.

  2. Saved replies for the four messages you get every day

    Ready answers for the photograph of a broken tooth, the cost question, the slot change and the directions request, each one ending in an offer of a time.

    Result: The desk answers in seconds instead of retyping the same thing.

  3. A written rule on who sees patient photographs

    Access to the handset, what gets deleted, what is moved into the patient record, and what is never forwarded to a staff group.

    Result: A patient's mouth is not in somebody's camera roll.

  4. Consent taken at booking and recorded once

    A single question when the appointment is made, about reminders and messages, with the answer stored against the patient.

    Result: You can show who agreed to be messaged.

  5. Reminder wording kept to the appointment itself

    The message that goes out before a slot carries the date, the time and the dentist's name, and carries nothing else.

    Result: Reminders stay welcome instead of turning into promotion.

  6. Enquiries from the number counted separately

    Messages, replies and bookings arriving on WhatsApp tracked against the enquiry baseline recorded before the work started.

    Result: You can see what the number is worth beside the phone line.

How the result is measured

  • Messages delivered
  • Reply rate
  • Enquiries from WhatsApp

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What must be in place first

Settle these before the clinic number is used for patients.

Consent at the front desk
Add WhatsApp permission to the registration form and record it once on the patient file, with the number to use. A number given to book a slot is not agreement to treatment offers.
Photographs moved to the patient file
Decide that photographs and X-rays sent in chat are moved to the patient file and removed from the handset gallery. A lost clinic phone full of mouths is a privacy problem.
Advertising rules for the profession
Rules on how dentists may advertise differ and change, so check your own dental council's current guidance before any broadcast about a treatment. When unsure, keep messages to the appointment itself.
Templates for reminders and check-ins
A reminder or a post-treatment check you start yourself may need an approved template, and may be charged separately. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing.
What the desk may say about a photograph
Tell front-desk staff what they can say from a photo, such as that you should be seen, and what only the dentist can say. Route clinical questions to the dentist or to a booked visit.
An away message with hours
State clinic hours and what a patient with severe swelling or bleeding should do. Do not promise a night reply, because a patient who waits for one may delay getting care.

Who it is for

This is written for these dental clinics.

  • Single-dentist clinics
  • Multi-chair general dental clinics
  • Orthodontic and aligner-only practices
  • Implant and oral surgery centres
  • Cosmetic and smile-design clinics
  • Paediatric dental clinics
  • Dental clinics inside a multi-speciality centre
  • Multi-branch dental groups
  • New clinics in their first year

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the whatsapp marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand current WhatsApp use

    We review how customers currently message you and how consistently, if at all, it is answered.

  2. 2

    Audit common questions

    We identify the questions that come up repeatedly, which decide what should be automated first.

  3. 3

    Set up automation and templates

    An automated first response and quick reply templates are built for the most common needs.

  4. 4

    Connect to the CRM

    Conversations are linked to customer records so context carries over between team members.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track response time and conversion, refining automated responses based on what customers actually ask.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Can we send appointment reminders on WhatsApp?
Yes, where the patient agreed to it at booking and the message is about their own appointment. Keep it to the date, the time and who they are seeing. A reminder is not the place to add an offer on whitening.
Should we put treatment prices in the WhatsApp catalogue?
Only what you can state flatly, such as a consultation fee or a cleaning. An implant figure depends on the bone, the brand and the number of sittings, and a catalogue price you cannot hold becomes an argument at the desk. Check with your council what a practice in your state may publish.
Can we send a treatment plan and estimate over WhatsApp?
To the patient who asked, yes, as a document showing the dentist's name and date. Consent to treatment is still taken at the clinic. Keep a copy in the file and share with relatives only if the patient agrees.
A patient asks to see another patient's case. Can we send photos?
No, not without that patient's written consent, and rules on showing treatment results differ by council. Say the dentist can discuss what is likely at consultation. Do not forward anyone's photographs.
How soon would we see more patients?
Fixing reply time and the Maps profile shows in weeks, since the searches are already happening. Building reviews and ranking treatment pages takes months.
Do we need to advertise?
Most clinics benefit first from the profile and the reply routine. Advertising makes sense for a treatment where you need a chair filled this month.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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