What your patient sees

A patient describes the problem

Tekel's New York directory is now enrolling: founding specialists are invited from the national NPI (National Provider Identifier) registry and claim their own profiles.

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Step 1 — One smart box. The patient just types. Tekel reads the intent: if they know what they want it searches the directory; if they have a problem it sends them to Smart Match.
patient · wearetekel.com/dental/us
Tekel reads the intent
Knows what they want
name · specialty · treatment
“Dr. Ron”“Invisalign”“orthodontist in Midtown”
→ Directory search
Has a problem
symptom · vague need
“molar pain at night”“bleeding gums”
→ Smart Match
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Step 2 — Preliminary match. First, Tekel infers the likely specialty from the symptom — a weighted symptom→specialty map, not a keyword search.
inferring specialty…
Symptom→ Severe, throbbing molar pain, worse at night
Likely→ Endodontist (root-canal pain) · 0.86
Possible next→ Crown after the root canal · 0.41
⏱ Flagged urgent — nighttime pain. Tekel boosts specialists who welcome urgent cases.
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Step 3 — Smart Match refines & ranks. Now the engine ranks local specialists by fit — specialty weight, urgency, ratings, distance, languages, and a bonus for doing the whole treatment in one place.
3 specialists matched near Manhattan, NY
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Dr. Ron ✔ Verified phone & address

Endodontist · Root canal & tooth pain
★★★★★ 4.9 (132) · 15 yrs experience · 1.2 mi · English, Spanish
Best fit for this symptomWelcomes urgent casesRoot canal + crown in-house
Why #1: exact specialty match, welcomes urgent cases, and offers the full root-canal→crown cycle in one place — fewer referrals for the patient.
96match
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Dr. John ✔ Verified phone & address

Endodontist
★★★★☆ 4.7 (88) · 9 yrs experience · 2.6 mi · English, Korean
Strong specialty match
Why #2: right specialty, slightly farther and not flagged for urgent cases.
89match
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Dr. Maria ✔ Verified phone & address

General Dentist · Emergency care
★★★★½ 4.6 (210) · 12 yrs experience · 0.8 mi
Can assess & refer
Why #3: closest and well-reviewed, but would likely refer out for the root canal.
74match
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Step 4 — The patient reaches you their way. Book on your own scheduler, request an appointment, call, or WhatsApp — whatever they prefer.
Dr. Ron · Endodontist · Manhattan, NY

Quick contact

Book online
Request appointment
📞 Call office
The patient picks a channel — every one of them reaches you. Online booking links to your own scheduler.
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Step 5 — You get the lead instantly, with the patient's contact details and their note — plus one-click buttons to record what happened, straight from the email, no login needed.
your inbox · [email protected]
🦷 New appointment request from Mike Smith
from [email protected] · just now
PatientMike Smith
Phone(347) 555-0148
Preferred contactWhatsApp
NotesSevere nighttime lower-molar pain (3 days)
What happened with this lead?
Contacted patientBooked appointmentAlready visited
One click updates your lead tracking — this is what powers your ROI numbers.
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Step 6 — Patient-acquisition ROI. Your dashboard follows each lead from request to a patient-confirmed first office visit — so you see exactly how many new patients Tekel helped bring in.
your dashboard · lead lifecycle
New leadMike Smith
Contactedcalled back
Bookedsame week
Visitedpatient confirmed ✓
9leads this month
4booked
3confirmed first visits
💡 Visits are confirmed by the patient too — Tekel separately asks them "did your visit happen?" — so your numbers aren't self-reported homework.
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That's the whole loop — the right patients, your way of being reached, and every lead tracked to a patient-confirmed first visit. No ad spend, no per-click directory tax.
This is the experience — for your patients and for you.
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Guided demo with sample profiles for illustration. Doctors, patients, ratings and figures shown are fictional.