Tuesday 9 August 2011

.mobi Dental Website: Is It "a Must Have" or "Just a Frivolous" for a Dentist?

By Thomas Stevenson


Dentists who specialize in children dentistry need to have a site that has a special appeal to a child, thus after reading this, you will agree that it is not frivolous at all, but actually is a must have. Of course if the child is 6 years old or under, it does not matter much as only the parent will be using the site, but thereafter children delight in going to the dental site if it's a good site. What differentiates a site from a good one for children, to one that children won't care about?

Children especially love smart phones above all and thus if you are trying to appeal to children it behooves you to have your health information forms available for use by Web phones. The older generation has problems filling those out but the younger generation is very fast in typing on small keyboards. Since smart phones allow one to surf the Internet from anywhere, smartphones are growing in popularity daily.

Your .mobi dental web site will definitely appeal to children if you hold contests at the site for a bike or any number of things that might appeal to children. Your contest might be one that is dental, for instance. A child may have to keep a diary of how often they brush, perhaps. For older children you might hold a contest based on their writing 5 different reasons why brushing after meals is important? Another example may be why it's important to see a dentist regularly?

A child's mobile dental site might include any number of games that can be played using a webphone. By having a game on your site, word of mouth alone from one child to another will bring children to your site and get them very interested in the fact that you provide children's dentistry.

Children delight in using construction equipment for some reason; it simply fascinates them, which is why so many sites that deal with children use construction equipment, robots, and the like. Thus be sure and use construction equipment and also robots in your own site. For your older children you might wish to use an interactive crossword puzzle with dental terms on it.

Believe it or not, children will absolutely be enchanted in making their own appointments using a webphone. Be sure to have your website set up for this particular activity and you will hear that parents have actually allowed their young child to create appointments for themselves as well as for the parent!

By having a special children's section aimed in a dental mobile website, children will learn that even dentists can be fun and rewarding. The website should be a fun, positive experience as can the visit to the dental practitioner, thus one actually becomes an extension of the other.

The answer to the question above is that it is not even remotely a frivolous idea to have a .mobi dental website, but in actuality is a definitely "must have" for any dentist contemplating treating children. The parents will thank you and your practice will thank you for it.




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