Knowledge base

What Is a Recovered Opportunity?

This is one of the core proof terms in LIZ reporting.

Direct answer

What Is a Recovered Opportunity?

A recovered opportunity is a patient opportunity that showed recoverable intent after a missed call or stalled follow-up and was moved back into an office-visible workflow with enough context for staff to act.

Fact type: Proof definitions Last updated: September 22, 2026

What qualifies

The opportunity should show patient intent, not just a raw phone number or an irrelevant contact.

What does not qualify

Spam, duplicates, unsupported assumptions, non-patient inquiries, and ambiguous contacts should not be counted as recovered opportunities.

Why conservative counting matters

When evidence is ambiguous, public proof should use the lower defensible count instead of inflating outcomes.

FAQ

Questions Dental Owners Ask

Is every missed call a recovered opportunity?

No. A missed call becomes a recovered opportunity only when recoverable patient intent is identified and moved into an office-visible workflow.

Is a recovered opportunity the same as a patient?

No. A recovered opportunity may or may not become a booked or came-in patient.

Why does LIZ use this term?

It separates raw missed-call volume from patient opportunities that were actually brought back into the office workflow.