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Priya's Thursday, two ways

8 lessons · 24 prompts

A day in the life of a Dentist: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya is a dentist at a three-chair family practice.

Priya starts her Thursday at 7:45 with a coffee and a full schedule. Her first patient, Mr. Chen, needs a crown on tooth 14. She opens ChatGPT and types a quick note: 'Patient needs crown on tooth 14, two visits, cost around $1,200, insurance covers half.' She uses the Treatment Plan Explanations prompt to turn that into a clear, friendly explanation. She edits it to sound like her own voice.

At 9:30, the front desk gets a call from a patient with a throbbing tooth. Priya uses the Patient Questions and Triage prompt to build a short phone script. It asks about swelling, fever, and how long the pain lasts. The script helps her team decide if the patient needs to come in today or can wait.

After lunch, she has two root canals to document. She uses the Clinical Documentation prompt to turn her bullet points into clean notes. Later, she drafts an insurance narrative for a patient who needs a bridge. She uses Claude for that one, then checks the details and adds the patient's history.

By 5:00, her notes are done and her patient messages are sent. Instead of staying late to catch up, she leaves on time and picks up her daughter from soccer. The time she won back goes to her family, not to more paperwork.

Before

  • Charting after hours, again.
  • Patient questions pile up by noon.
  • Insurance letters take too long.
  • Rushed explanations, worried patients.

After this course

  • Notes finished before I leave.
  • Clear answers for every patient.
  • Insurance letters drafted in minutes.
  • Home on time for soccer.

What you'll learn

  • Patient communication: Turn dental jargon into clear, reassuring messages and instructions for patients.
  • Treatment plan explanations: Convert exam findings into understandable treatment options, timelines, and costs.
  • Clinical documentation: Draft, tighten, and organize clinical notes, referrals, and records from your bullet points.
  • Patient questions and triage: Prepare phone scripts, triage questions, and red-flag advice for patients describing dental problems.
  • X-rays and records: Explain radiographic findings from your notes, prepare image requests, and document consent.
  • Medications and post-op care: Draft medication instructions, pain plans, and interaction questions for pharmacist or prescriber review.
  • Insurance and estimates: Draft estimates, insurance narratives, and appeal letters that explain dental needs and costs.
  • Practice and staff admin: Prepare staff meetings, onboarding checklists, and job posts for a smoother dental practice.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from patient communication basics to practice and staff admin.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.