Your dental practice has used Practice-Web for 15 years. It works. Charts are familiar. Staff know every click. But patients changed. They search Google, read reviews, and call expecting immediate answers. Practice-Web manages the practice your patients walk into. Marketing determines whether they walk in at all.
TL;DR
Practice-Web works for clinical management. Add modern marketing — SEO, voice AI, reputation — and your legacy PMS practice grows like a modern one.
Legacy Operations + Modern Marketing
Compare: Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental.
| Era | Practice-Web | Webevo Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical ops | ✅ Legacy | N/A |
| SEO | ❌ | ✅ Modern |
| Voice AI | ❌ | ✅ 24/7 |
| Reputation | ❌ | ✅ Review AI |
Legacy Software Paradox: Practices using legacy dental PMS systems report higher staff satisfaction (familiarity reduces training costs and errors) but 31% lower new patient acquisition compared to practices investing in digital marketing. The software you use matters less than the marketing you do. A practice running 15-year-old software with modern SEO outgrows a practice running modern software with no marketing.
Practice-Web and similar legacy systems (SoftDent, Dentrix G5, older Eaglesoft versions) manage daily operations adequately. Treatment plans get created. Insurance claims get submitted. Appointments get scheduled. Staff know every shortcut and workflow. Switching PMS costs $20,000-$50,000 in migration, training, and lost productivity.
But investing $500-$1,500/month in growth marketing — SEO, voice AI, reputation — generates 10-30 new patients per month at $1,500+ lifetime value each. The ROI question is clear: spend $50,000 on PMS modernization for operational improvement, or spend $6,000-$18,000/year on marketing for revenue growth. Marketing wins on ROI every time.
The Webevo platform works alongside any PMS — legacy or modern. SEO does not care which charting software you use. Voice AI answers calls regardless of your scheduling system. Reviews generate trust independent of your clinical documentation tool.
When Practice-Web Makes Sense
Practice-Web fits practices where staff familiarity and workflow consistency outweigh the benefits of modern PMS features. If switching PMS disrupts operations, keep Practice-Web and invest in marketing.
For growth — add the Webevo platform. Marketing modernization is more impactful than PMS modernization.
The smartest investment for a dental practice on legacy software is not modernizing the PMS — it is modernizing the marketing. Keep Practice-Web for clinical stability. Add the Webevo platform for growth velocity. You can always modernize the PMS later with the revenue that marketing generates.
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