Dental Postcards

A postcard arrives with no envelope to open, so the patient sees the recall date or the offer the moment the mail comes in. Comparing it with other mailers? Browse every option on postcards printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

Fifty cards cost $16.48, enough to test a reactivation message on one list. Mail the whole patient base and the per-card cost falls fast: the tiers below give the set total at each of the 40 steps up to 100,000.

What Are Dental Postcards

Dental postcards are full-color marketing postcards that a practice mails to patients and prospects, printed on one or both sides in 14 sizes, from a 2.5" x 2.5" card up to a 6" x 11" mailer, on any of 22 stocks. Practices reach for them when an email would get buried: appointment reminders, six-month recall notices, new patient welcomes, seasonal promotions, and thank-you notes after a first visit. For the last one, read how to design thank you postcards people keep. Because the card lands in a real mailbox, it gets handled and read instead of filtered into spam. If you want a card patients keep in a wallet instead, the Mini Cards cover that, and the postcard sits beside it as the one built to mail.

To order custom dental postcards, you set five things: one of the 14 sizes or a custom size up to 6" x 11", one of the 22 stocks, full color on one or both sides, a Standard or High Gloss UV finish, and a quantity from 50 up to 100,000. Rounded corners at a 3/8" or 1/8" radius are optional, and standard production is 3 business days. Upload finished art built on the blank template for your size, or design the card in the online editor.

What Size Should a Dental Postcard Be

The right size comes down to how much you need to say. A 2.5" x 2.5", 3" x 3", or 3" x 4" card is plenty for an appointment reminder or a recall notice with your logo and a phone number. When you are mailing an offer, step up toward the largest 6" x 11" format for room to fit a headline, a photo, your hours, and a map to the office. All 14 sizes and both finishes are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it. A larger card can affect postage, so size your message and your mailing budget together.

Two choices shape how a recall card lands in the mailbox.

Pick a stock that feels like more

Start with weight. The default 14pt Gloss Cover keeps a big recall run clean and cheap, while a 24pt ultra-thick or 18pt cover feels substantial, the kind of card that does not get tossed with the junk mail. There are recycled uncoated options with post-consumer content, a soft touch that reads velvety, white linen with real texture, and metallic pearl that catches the light. A High Gloss UV Coating makes a smile photo snap. For a card that has to survive a purse or a fridge, the synthetic plastic and rigid PVC stocks hold up.

Design it without a designer

A recall card needs three things on the front: the practice name, the reason to call, and the phone number in type big enough to read from the kitchen counter. Pick a layout in the postcard design templates, set those three in the online editor, and put your hours and address on the back.

Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank dental postcard template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Dental Postcards Cost

Dental postcards start at $16.48 per set of 50, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, so the cost of a mailing really comes down to how many you send. An 800-card run is $73.60, 7,000 land at $176.61, and 25,000 run $491.20, which is under 2 cents each. A full 100,000-card campaign is $1,721.38, roughly 1.7 cents a card. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

Can You Print a Name on Each Card

Yes. Turn on variable data and every card in the mailing can be different: the patient's name in the greeting, their next appointment date, a one-off offer code, or a recall reminder tied to their last visit. The layout stays the same, and a spreadsheet with one row per patient fills in the rest, so a whole batch of personalized cards prints in a single run. A patient who sees their own name and date reads the card as a note from the office. Choose a free online proof so you can check the merge before the run prints, then pair it with full color on both sides and a finish that fits.

How Do Dental Postcards Compare to the Rest of the Range

Weighing a dental postcard against a standard postcard, a metallic foil accent or a pocket-sized card? The chart below puts their starting prices side by side.

See How a Finished Dental Postcard Lands

Check the prints below for how a headline and a phone number read at mailer size. Every one was printed in-house, across different sizes, stocks and finishes. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Dental Postcards

Dental postcards print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a recall date or a promotion deadline sneaks up you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same Day orders need to be approved by noon EST to ship that day. Compare every turnaround tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick.

See the Rest of Our Postcards

The full print product range covers the rest of what a practice mails and hands out. If a plain Standard Postcard or a Metallic Foil Postcard would serve the message better, each card below opens its own product page with its starting price.

Print Your Dental Postcards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock or finish you pick, these dental postcards are built to land in a mailbox and bring a patient back to the chair. Need them before a campaign goes out? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your dental postcards today.