Privacy
Privacy policy
How Ostrom Dental collects, uses and protects what you share through this website and by text message. For your dental records and other health information, see our Notice of Privacy Practices.
What this policy covers
This policy covers our website and our text messages. Your dental records and other health information are protected by HIPAA, and our Notice of Privacy Practices explains how we handle them.
Information you give us
Your name, phone number and email when you book or send a request
Your insurance plan name when you ask us to check your coverage
Your choices about text messages
Our website forms are not for health details. Please don’t include symptoms, conditions or medicines in a form. We ask about your health securely at your visit or through our patient forms provider.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our site host records basic technical details, such as your browser type, the pages you visit and the time of your visit. We use simple analytics to count visits and see which pages help people.
We don’t use advertising pixels or tracking for ads, and we never sell your information.
Cookies
Our site uses only the cookies it needs to work and to count visits. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and the site still works.
How we use your information
To reply to your request and book your visit
To check your insurance before your visit
To send appointment reminders and confirmations, if you agree
To send offers and news by text, only if you choose them
To keep our website working and secure
Text messages
If you check the appointment box on a form, we text you about your appointments: reminders and confirmations, up to 4 messages per visit. If you also check the offers box, we text you offers and news, up to 2 messages a month.
Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to any message to opt out, or HELP for help. Consent is not a condition of purchase.
We don’t sell, rent or share your mobile number or your text consent with third parties or affiliates for their marketing.
Who we share it with
We share information only with service providers who help us run the practice, such as our scheduling, patient forms, texting and website providers, and only so they can do that work. Any provider who handles health information has signed a business associate agreement with us.
We may also share information when the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep website requests only as long as we need them to reply and book your visit, unless the law asks us to keep them longer.
Your choices
Reply STOP to stop texts at any time
Ask us to see, correct or delete what you sent through our website
Turn off cookies in your browser
To make a request, call or text (412) 555-0162 or email hello@example.com.
Children
Parents and guardians book visits for their children. We don’t knowingly collect information from children under 13 through this website.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy from time to time. The date below shows the latest version. Questions? Call or text (412) 555-0162, email hello@example.com, or write to Ostrom Dental, 3600 Butler Street, Suite 2, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 (Sample address).
Effective November 1, 2026.
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Template text
This template helps you follow common rules for dental websites in the US. It is not legal advice.