The reality

Why we don't post 5x a day on 6 platforms.

Daily-posts-on-every-platform is an agency margin strategy, not a patient-acquisition one. We ship 12 posts a month across 2-3 platforms picked for your specialty. Every clip cleared against HIPAA and ADA before it ships.

What we ship every month

The 12-post Growth-tier breakdown.

Specialty-tuned content plan

Cosmetic = before/after Reels and ceramist-craft clips. Ortho = transformation timelines. Pediatric = practice-culture and behind-the-chair. General GP = hygiene-myth debunks and procedure explainers. Implant = before/after with full HIPAA Authorization on file and FTC disclosure if any patient comp was involved.

7–15 second vertical-first format

The format that wins in 2026. Native upload per platform (never the watermarked TikTok re-post on IG — algorithms down-rank visible watermarks). On-screen text built for sound-off viewing, captions auto-generated and manually corrected.

HIPAA Authorization workflow

No identifiable patient appears in a single clip without a signed 45 CFR §164.508(a)(3) Authorization on file. The signed copy lives in your Notion vault before the clip ever enters the queue. The cost of a missed gate: $10K–$50K OCR penalty plus a state-board complaint.

ADA + state-board compliance review

No "best in the city" superlatives without proof. No "specialist" claims unless the provider is actually board-certified in the specialty. No diagnostic advice ("if you have this symptom, you have X") — that's practicing medicine via the platform and gets cited by state boards. We have the list of trigger phrases.

YouTube as an AEO play, not a social channel

On Growth, YouTube is treated as long-form indexed content — chapters that map to People-Also-Ask queries, schema, dentist on camera answering the procedure questions we already know are driving search volume. Perplexity, ChatGPT (via Bing), and Google AI Overviews all cite YouTube heavily for medical queries.

Stories and DMs are coached, not done-for-you

We ship the 12 polished posts. Stories are a daily behavior that has to come from inside the practice — front desk, hygiene team, the doctor between patients. We provide the templates and the prompts; you press record. Anything else is the agency pretending to be you, which is the thing patients can smell instantly.

Monthly cadence

How the month runs.

01

Week 1: planning + shoot day

Content plan approved by you and the consulting DDS reviewer. One in-practice shoot day (or a remote-direction call if you prefer to film yourself) produces 4–6 weeks of source footage.

02

Week 2: edit + compliance gate

Editor cuts to platform-native specs. HIPAA Authorization confirmed file-by-file. ADA + state-board sweep. You approve every clip before it queues.

03

Weeks 3–4: ship + monitor

Posts go live on schedule. Engagement and save-rate tracked. Top performers flagged as Spark Ad candidates for paid amplification (separately, from your ad budget — no markup).

04

End of month: report

Real numbers — saves, watch-through, DM volume, profile visits, follow conversions. Not "impressions." Written work log on your private client URL, same as the rest of the engagement.

Platform pick

Which 2–3 platforms, decided by specialty.

Cosmetic + Invisalign: Instagram Reels primary, TikTok secondary, YouTube long-form add-on. Pediatric: Instagram + Facebook (parents). General GP / family: Instagram + YouTube Shorts. Implant + full-arch: YouTube (long-form explainer) + Instagram + paid amplification on Meta. Ortho: TikTok + Instagram. We will not run LinkedIn for B2C dental — the audience is not in patient-acquisition mindset and the CPM is 8x what it should be.

Pricing

One simple choice. Month-to-month.

No contracts. No setup fees on Foundation or Growth. You own your assets from day one.

Foundation

For: AEO baseline + local visibility
$597 /month
  • AEO citation tracking · 4 AI engines
  • Schema deployment (one-time)
  • Google Business Profile management · 4 posts/mo
  • 2 blog posts / month (dentist-reviewed)
  • Review acquisition · 25 outreaches/mo
  • AI Visibility Score · monthly
  • AI Growth Simulator · view-only
  • Month-to-month — own everything
Most chosen

Growth

For: Our most chosen tier
$997 /month
  • Everything in Foundation, plus:
  • +4 long-form blog posts / month
  • +8 GBP posts + 12 social posts / month
  • AI Visibility Score · weekly
  • Schema audit + ongoing optimization
  • Reputation outreach · 50/mo
  • AI Growth Simulator · full
  • AI Multi-Language Outreach · drafts
  • AI Practice Valuation Tracker
  • AI Daily Huddle Brief · 7am email
  • AI Weekly Business Review · Monday 6am
  • Quarterly strategy call
  • Month-to-month
  • You own everything
  • HIPAA-aware on day one of registration

Not ready to commit? Start with the free 50-point AEO audit or the $497 deep audit.

Our promise

The Thorli Bill of Rights

Ten things every dental practice should demand from a marketing agency. Most won't put these in writing. We do — every engagement letter.

  1. 01 Month-to-month. Cancel anytime. No cancellation fee.
  2. 02 You own your domain. Always.
  3. 03 You own your Google Business Profile, social accounts, and all content.
  4. 04 No long-term contracts. Ever.
  5. 05 No setup fees on Foundation or Growth tiers.
  6. 06 Transparent pricing — published on the site, not hidden behind a sales call.
  7. 07 Monthly transparency report — every change, every shipped asset, every AI citation.
  8. 08 A signed BAA with every client. HIPAA by default.
  9. 09 No AI-generated medical content without licensed dentist review.
  10. 10 Clean handoff if you leave — all assets transferred within 7 days.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

What if TikTok gets banned in the US?

The same vertical 7–15 second clips repurpose to Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels with no rework — that's why we shoot for the format, not for the platform. If TikTok goes dark, the only thing that changes is where the post is published. We have a documented contingency plan and the rights to every clip we shoot are yours regardless.

Why only 12 posts a month? Agencies are selling me 30.

Because algorithms reward completion rate and save rate, not post volume. 12 well-edited, compliance-cleared, specialty-targeted clips outperform 30 recycled stock-photo carousels on every metric that actually correlates with consults. The 30-posts-a-month pitch is a unit-economics decision, not a results decision.

Do you handle the actual filming?

In two ways. We can do an in-practice shoot day quarterly (the higher-output model), or we coach your team on phone-shot vertical video and direct remotely (the lower-cost model). Both are on the pricing page. The doctor's face on camera consistently outperforms third-party stock footage by 3–5x in saves and follow conversion.

What about before/after photos — can I post them?

Yes, with a signed HIPAA marketing Authorization for the specific use, an FTC disclosure if the patient received any incentive (including free or discounted treatment), and an ADA "results vary by individual case" disclaimer. We will not queue a single before/after without all three. It is not optional and it is not paranoid — it is the floor.

Will you grow my follower count?

Followers are not the goal. Booked consults from social are the goal. We optimize for saves, DM volume, and link-in-bio clicks to the booking page — the metrics that correlate with patient acquisition. Practices that play the follower-count game end up with 50K random followers and zero new patients. We have seen that pattern enough times to refuse to chase it.

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