Patient Birthday Cards for Dental Offices

A dental office's birthday card should wish the patient a happy birthday from the whole team, in a sentence or two. Leave out cleaning reminders, treatment and offers so the card stays a greeting, not an appointment notice. With our birthday program, we print your branded card, address every envelope with a real Pilot G2 gel pen in blue ink, and mail each card the week of the patient's birthday, all year.

Keep anything about a patient's care off the card. Below are messages you can use as written.

Birthday messages for patients

• Happy birthday from all of us at [Practice Name]! Thank you for letting us care for your smile.
• Wishing you a happy birthday and a year full of reasons to smile.
• Happy birthday! We're grateful to have you as part of our practice family.

For kids and teens

• Happy birthday! Have a great day, and enjoy the cake. From your friends at [Practice Name].

For long-time patients

• Happy birthday, and thank you for trusting us all these years. It's always good to see you.

For referring dentists and specialists

• Happy birthday, and thank you for the trust you place in our team. We value working with you.

What to keep off a patient card

• Cleaning or appointment reminders.
• Anything about treatment, procedures or a patient's care.
• Discounts and offers.
• Requests for reviews or referrals.

Our post on what to write in a business birthday card has more message ideas.

How the birthday program works for your practice

• Your card: a design from our birthday collection, with your message, logo and signatures inside.
• Your list: a spreadsheet with each patient's name, mailing address and birthday (month and day; we don't need the year). Excel, Google Sheets or CSV works.
• The mailing: we mail once a week, so each card goes out the week of the patient's birthday. Envelopes are addressed with a real pen by default. If you'd rather have printed addresses, we can do that too.
• Changes: add or remove patients any time with at least a week's notice before the birthday. If a patient leaves the practice, you can put someone new in their spot at no extra charge. See how adding and removing names works.

What it costs

One price per recipient: your card, plus mailing, plus postage at cost. Pricing runs from $1.75 per recipient for larger mailings on a digital design to $3.75 for a foil design at 100 recipients, before postage. One payment at checkout covers your cards and the mailing. Programs start at 100 recipients.

When to start

As soon as your cards are printed and we have your list, we start with that week's birthdays. Want to start on a set date, like January? Tell us when you send your list.

Our charity program

Each year, we donate at least 10% of net proceeds from greeting card sales to charity. Read how our charity program works.