Open Dental

About Open Dental

Open Dental is a powerful practice management software that is suitable for single offices or multi-clinic locations.

Schedule and manage appointments using the Appointments Module. In addition to the seven modules, Open Dental offers robust customized reporting, eServices for patient communication (e.g., 2-way texting, online scheduling, mobile access, etc.), patient forms that can be tailored to the practice and filled digitally additional third-party integrations, and so much more.


Key benefits of Open Dental

View a 3D Graphical Tooth Chart that displays patient dentition and treatment over time. Integrated eServices allow seamless communication with patients before, during, and after their appointment. Easily customize patient forms for a paperless patient experience. Integrated with electronic prescription services to help meet regulatory requirements. 30+ internal reports coupled with 1000+ custom queries give practices access to the data they need.


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Open Dental Software - Appointments Module. Used for managing appointments. Image displays examples of scheduled appointments and includes appointment-related features, such as the Pinboard and calendar.
Open Dental Software - Account Module. Used to track patient balances and send claims. Image displays example of patient account.
Open Dental Software - Family Module. Used to store patient information and insurance information. Image displays example of patient with insurance plan.
Open Dental Software - Treatment Plan Module. Used to display treatment planned procedures for a patient. Image displays example of treatment planned procedures and estimates.
Open Dental Software - Chart Module. Used to chart procedures and keep procedure notes. Image displays example of graphical tooth chart, procedure buttons used for charting, and progress notes for the patient.
Open Dental Software - Imaging Module. Used to manage patient pictures, documents, and take X-Rays.  Image displays example of bitewing X-Ray.
Open Dental Software - Manage Module. Used for non-patient related practice management. Image displays buttons for manage module features, timecard area, and messaging area.
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Open Dental Software - Appointments Module. Used for managing appointments. Image displays examples of scheduled appointments and includes appointment-related features, such as the Pinboard and calendar.
Open Dental Software - Account Module. Used to track patient balances and send claims. Image displays example of patient account.
Open Dental Software - Family Module. Used to store patient information and insurance information. Image displays example of patient with insurance plan.
Open Dental Software - Treatment Plan Module. Used to display treatment planned procedures for a patient. Image displays example of treatment planned procedures and estimates.
Open Dental Software - Chart Module. Used to chart procedures and keep procedure notes. Image displays example of graphical tooth chart, procedure buttons used for charting, and progress notes for the patient.
Open Dental Software - Imaging Module. Used to manage patient pictures, documents, and take X-Rays.  Image displays example of bitewing X-Ray.
Open Dental Software - Manage Module. Used for non-patient related practice management. Image displays buttons for manage module features, timecard area, and messaging area.

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5
(75)
Value for Money
4.5/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.5/5
Customer Support
4.6/5

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Aubri
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Dental Software for Real People

Reviewed on 28/08/2019

Pros

So easy to use. Easy to learn. All questions can be answered with a simple google search. If not, you can call and the support team will call you right back with an answer. No spending hours on the phone on hold like with some other software companies.

Cons

Nothing, open dental is constantly improving their product.

Alternatives Considered

Eaglesoft

Switched From

Dentrix
Sumeet
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Open Dental

Reviewed on 27/03/2022

Overall, excellent experience with Open Dental. The clean and user-friendly platform makes it easy...

Overall, excellent experience with Open Dental. The clean and user-friendly platform makes it easy to use and implement.

Pros

User friendly, simple and clean interface.

Cons

X-rays and patient communication tools - confirmations/reminders.

Alternatives Considered

Dentrix and Eaglesoft

Reasons for Choosing Open Dental

Mainly cost.

Switched From

Dentrix Ascend and Eaglesoft

Response from Open Dental Software

We're glad you like our user-friendly interface! Please be sure to talk with our support technicians - our imaging module is now able to capture x-ray images, and we bridge to hundreds of other programs. Also ask them about our affordable eServices that have the patient communication tools you mentioned - they are available to our users on support.

Haylie
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Confusing dinosaur program

Reviewed on 21/02/2019

Pros

The drag and drop feature is nice. Note section in appointments

Cons

Overall confusing and not user friendly at all.

Teresa
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Far superior product!!!!

Reviewed on 5/04/2022

Our overall experience with Open Dental is that it is a far superior dental software and i have...

Our overall experience with Open Dental is that it is a far superior dental software and i have used, Easy dent, Dentrix, Eaglesoft and none of these can hold a candle to Open dental

Pros

This software make's my life so much easier as an administrator. The accounts are easy to read. Billing and insurance payments are a breeze, as well as emailing directly from the account if patient owes after putting in insurance payments.

Cons

I would like to see an option for printing or emailing the entre families appointments on paper or email.. (not at the end of statements)
This would really help with with our patients keeping appointments.

Response from Open Dental Software

Thank you for your kind words, Teresa, and we always appreciate feedback too! Our eReminder service (free to customers on support) allows you to set up an automated email reminder to be sent out to your patients - and it can be set up to send the whole family's appointment reminders together for same-day appointments. Please talk with our support team, they'll be happy to help you get everything set up to suit your needs :) You can also use our Feature Request system to ask for a way to print all upcoming family appointments. Thanks again for your support!

Nancy
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Open Dental

Reviewed on 16/08/2022

Some of the best support I've ever dealt with. Thank you!

Some of the best support I've ever dealt with. Thank you!

Pros

The fact that it is easy to navigate, but if you were to have issues, the support is great. Granted that is a monthly fee for unlimited access, but it is totally worth it. There are times I can go months without calling for help, but hit one snag and I'm on the phone with them several times a day or days in a row.

Cons

It's not a con, but just me and my lack of knowledge. Some of the videos don't seem to have audio and I've mentioned that to them. I try to watch the help video first...sometimes. Sometimes, I don't have that luxury of time and will call them. So not them, I consider it an operator error, mine.

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  • Free Trial: Available

Open Dental has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Open Dental supports the following languages:

English

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Open Dental offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Chat

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