Google Calendar sync for dentists,
your appointments on your phone's calendar
Each dentist creates a private link in Settings and adds it once to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. From then on their own appointments show up there, from seven days back to ninety days ahead, with no patient details unless they choose to show a first name.
Included in Basic and Pro.
Synora's calendar subscription gives each dentist a private link that adds their own appointments to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, from 7 days back to 90 days ahead. It is one-way and not instant, shows no patient name by default, and the link can be rotated or turned off. It is part of Basic and Pro.
| Plan | Basic and Pro. Not on Free. |
|---|---|
| Works with | Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook, from one private link |
| Shows | The user's own appointments, from 7 days back to 90 days ahead; cancelled ones are marked cancelled |
| Direction | One-way, from Synora to your calendar |
| Speed | Not instant: Google refreshes about every 12 to 24 hours, Apple Calendar usually within minutes |
| On each event | "Appointment", the branch and the room; optionally the patient's first name only |
| Never shown | Surname, phone number, notes or treatment |
| Link control | Rotate it (the old link stops working at once) or turn it off, in Settings → Calendar subscription |
| Last updated |
The clinic's schedule lives in Synora, but your day lives in your phone's calendar. Checking two places before you agree to a dinner or a lecture is how a clinic day gets double-booked.
How does the calendar subscription work?
One private link per dentist
In Settings → Calendar subscription, create your link. Each user has their own, and it shows only that user's appointments.
Add it once
Use the "Add to Google Calendar" button, or "Open in my calendar app" to open the link in Apple Calendar or Outlook. After that there is nothing to repeat.
Seven days back, ninety ahead
The calendar shows your appointments from the last 7 days to the next 90 days. A cancelled appointment stays on the calendar marked as cancelled.
Private by default
Each event says "Appointment" with the branch and the room. No patient name, phone number, notes or treatment. You can choose to show the patient's first name only, and Synora warns you before you turn it on.
Rotate or turn off any time
Create a new link and the old one stops working at once. Turn the subscription off and nothing is shared.
What doesn't it do yet?
- One-way only: changes made in Google, Apple or Outlook do not come back into Synora.
- Not instant: the time it takes to refresh is set by Google, Apple or Outlook, not by Synora.
- It shows the user's own appointments, not the whole clinic's.
Questions about this feature
No. Your calendar app fetches the link on its own schedule. Google Calendar refreshes subscribed calendars about every 12 to 24 hours; Apple Calendar usually does it within minutes. A change made in Synora can take that long to show up.
No, it is one-way, from Synora to your calendar. Something you add or move in Google, Apple or Outlook does not change Synora. Book and move appointments in Synora.
Not by default. Each event says "Appointment" with the branch and room. You can choose to show the patient's first name only; the surname, phone, notes and treatment are never included.
Rotate it in Settings → Calendar subscription. The old link stops working at once, and you add the new one to your calendar. You can also turn the subscription off.
Basic and Pro. It is not on the Free plan.
