Can patients actually book appointments through the new site?

Yes. We build in real online scheduling so patients can pick a time and book without calling your office. It works on phones, tablets, desktop — wherever they find you. Your front desk gets notified, and you cut down on phone tag.

What happens to my current site while the new one is being built?

Your current site stays live the entire time. We build the new one separately and only switch it over when everything's ready and you've approved it. No downtime, no awkward half-finished pages showing up for patients.

Can I add before-and-after photos myself later?

You'll be able to update the gallery whenever you want. We set it up so adding new photos is straightforward — no coding, no calling us every time you finish a case you're proud of.

Do I actually own the website when it's done?

You own the code. It's yours. If you ever want to move it somewhere else or have someone else work on it, you can. No platform lock-in, no proprietary system holding your site hostage.

Will the patient forms work on mobile?

They will. The forms are built to work on any device, so patients can fill out their intake paperwork from their phone before they even walk in. No PDFs, no printing, no pen-and-clipboard routine.

Website Redesign · Athens, TX

Website Redesign for Dentists in Athens

Most dental websites in a town like Athens are doing almost nothing for the practice. They exist, sure. But existing and working are two very different things, and if yours was built more than a few years ago, it's probably closer to a liability than an asset.

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Your Website Is Probably Filtering Out Patients Before They Ever Call

Here's my actual hot take on dental practices in Athens — the dentistry is usually fine. Henderson County has solid practitioners. The problem is that the online presence for most of them looks like it was set up as an afterthought, and it shows. Someone searches for a dentist near the courthouse square or over by the college district, they find your site, and within a few seconds they're gone. Not because you're a bad dentist. Because your site didn't give them a reason to stay.

And the thing that really gets me is what these sites are missing. Patients want to book an appointment without picking up the phone. They want to see before-and-after photos of cosmetic work — actual results, not clip art of a smiling family. They want to know if you take their insurance before they drive across town. They want to fill out paperwork from their couch at 9pm, not on a clipboard in your waiting room. These aren't fancy requests. This is just how people use the internet now. If your site can't do these things, you're asking patients to work harder than they should have to. And they won't.

A lot of dental sites in smaller East Texas towns got built on template platforms — Wix, Squarespace, maybe some dental-specific website company that charges monthly and won't let you touch the code. You can't add real booking. You can't build a proper gallery. You can't get the forms to work right. And you definitely can't make it fast on mobile, which is where more than half your visitors are showing up. You're stuck. That's the real cost — not just an ugly site, but a site that actively gets in the way of people choosing you.

What a Rebuilt Site Actually Looks Like for a Dental Practice

We'd rebuild your site from scratch. Not reskin it, not move it to another template. Actually rebuild it — mobile-first, because that's how Athens folks are finding you. Fast loading, because nobody's waiting around on a slow connection. Clean SEO structure so Google actually knows what you do and where you do it. And a real call-to-action on every page, not just a phone number floating in the corner.

The specific stuff matters for dental. We'd build in online appointment booking so patients can schedule at midnight if they want to. A before-and-after gallery that actually looks good and is easy to update as you do more cosmetic work. A clear insurance and payment page — not buried somewhere, right where people expect it. And patient intake forms they can fill out ahead of time, on their phone, without downloading a PDF and trying to print it somehow. All of this gets built into your site. You own the code. No monthly platform fees trapping you. No calling some support line when you want to change your hours.

A full website redesign like this starts at $1,500 and takes about a week. If you want to pair it with proper SEO work so you're actually showing up when someone in Athens or the surrounding Henderson County area searches for a dentist, that starts at $3,500 and takes a week or two. Hosting runs $50 a month — that's the site, maintained, secure, and fast. No mystery about what you're paying for or why.