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No-show and cancellation rate
Share of booked appointments that weren't kept, by day of week, provider and appointment type.
Why it matters: Shows whether missed visits are a few repeat patients or a scheduling pattern, which changes the fix.
Example, Art Dental Clinic: 33.5% of appointments missed; Fridays and Saturdays worst at 37% and 38%
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Hygiene and recall no-show rate
Missed visits among recall and hygiene appointments specifically, and the share of active patients with a recall booked at all.
Why it matters: Recall is the steadiest production a practice has, and the first place it quietly drops.
Example, Art Dental Clinic: 61% of recall and hygiene appointments missed; 19.6% of patients booked for recall
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Patient retention analysis
Share of new patients who return for a second visit, active patients who have lapsed, and what each lost patient's last appointment was.
Why it matters: Tells you whether marketing spend turns into long-term patients, and which lapsed patients are worth a call.
Example, Art Dental Clinic: 31.5% of new patients never returned; 99 patients in sixteen months, most after the new-patient exam
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Patient no-show risk scoring
A risk score for every booked appointment, from the patient's own history, the day, the time and the appointment type.
Why it matters: Tells your front desk which appointments need a call rather than a text, before the day rather than after.
Example, Art Dental Clinic: The ten worst repeat offenders caused only 5% of missed visits, so the risk was spread across the whole patient base
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Unscheduled treatment
Treatment that was diagnosed and accepted but has no appointment attached, in dollars and by how long it has waited.
Why it matters: It is the largest pool of already-agreed production most practices have, and the easiest to rebook.
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Production leakage
Scheduled production that was not done and not rebooked, measured month by month from your own records.
Why it matters: One number that adds up what the schedule promised and what actually happened, so you can see the size of the opportunity.
Example, Art Dental Clinic: $394,621 from January 2025 to April 2026