Card machine for your dentist

Professional card payments for your dental practice - reliable terminals with competitive rates for treatment payments.

Common challenges

  • Higher-value transactions for private treatments
  • Need professional payment experience at reception
  • Patients expect modern payment options
  • Reception staff need something simple and reliable
  • Don't want to chase payment after treatment

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Portable/countertop Android terminal with 4.9-inch touchscreen, built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, and thermal printing. Its form-factor means it's ideal when payments need to be taken away from the counter. Easily handles over-the-phone payments, and is configurable for full POS integration with many third-party POS systems.

  • 4.9-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Can be integrated with multiple POS systems
  • Android payment-only terminal
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Why dental practices choose uno

Dental practices process a wide range of payments - NHS band charges, private check-ups, and treatment plans running into the thousands. You need a card machine that handles all of it reliably and professionally.

Take payment at the desk

Patients pay at reception after treatment. A modern terminal with contactless, Chip & Pin, and Apple Pay makes this smooth and professional.

Competitive rates on larger treatments

Private dental work often runs into hundreds or thousands. We compare provider rates to make sure you’re not overpaying on fees for those larger transactions.

Reliable and professional

Your practice projects clinical precision. The payment experience should match - no declined transactions, no “sorry the machine isn’t working” moments.

What you get from uno

  • A terminal suited to dental practice payment patterns
  • Competitive rates especially on higher-value treatments
  • Professional reception-counter terminal
  • On-site setup and responsive support

Common questions from dentist owners

Patients pay at reception - do I need anything more than a countertop terminal?

For most dental practices, a single countertop terminal at reception is all you need. Patient pays after treatment, receives a receipt, and leaves. If you run multiple surgeries with staggered appointment times, one terminal at the front desk handles the flow without queuing issues.

Can I take staged payments for treatment plans?

Each stage payment is processed as a separate card transaction - there's no limit on how many payments a patient makes over time. For a £2,000 treatment plan split across four appointments, you simply process £500 at each visit. The terminal handles each payment independently.

General questions about uno
Which card machine is right for my business?

The right card machine depends on how the business trades. A fine-dining restaurant in Covent Garden, a market trader at Glasgow's Barras and a pub beside Cardiff Arms Park take payments in completely different ways, and no single machine suits all three. uno starts by understanding how a business actually operates, and only then recommends - from a range of providers rather than from one.

Do all the card machines uno recommends take contactless?

Yes, every one of them. Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards are accepted as standard on every machine uno recommends; contactless is how most UK customers now pay, and every machine features it as standard.

Will I be able to take 'over-the-phone' payments?

For most merchants, yes - available on-screen along with contactless and Chip & Pin. The small minority of high-risk business-types that are not offered over-the-phone payments by default are the exception - for the vast majority, 'over-the-phone' payments will be offered as standard.

How can we process refunds?

From the card machine, in a few taps. Refund a sale on the same day and it is cancelled outright, with the money never leaving the customer's account; refund it after the provider's daily cut-off and the customer's bank typically takes 3-5 days to return it. Every machine uno recommends handles both, and the difference is only in how quickly the customer sees the money.

Is PCI compliance as much of a chore as it is with my current provider?

With several of the providers uno works with the merchant does nothing at all, because the provider handles PCI on their behalf; with the others it is a few minutes once a year. Nobody uno works with makes it complicated, and uno tells a merchant which they are getting before anything is signed.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are up and running within a few days. uno handles the installation and configuration, then walks the merchant and their staff through everything.

Ready to choose the right card machine?

We make the effort to understand how you operate, and only then recommend the solution that's right for your business - not the provider's.

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