Open Dental
Open Dental is a comprehensive dental practice management system covering scheduling, clinical charting, billing, insurance, patient communications, reporting, and a broad integration ecosystem.
What Open Dental does
Open Dental is a highly configurable dental practice management platform used by practices ranging from solo offices to multi-location groups. The core system includes scheduling, charting, insurance and billing workflows, electronic claims, patient communications, reporting, and extensive interoperability through hundreds of bridges and third-party integrations. Open Dental also offers optional eServices including online scheduling, texting, patient portal, forms, payment tools, mobile access, and hosted cloud deployment.
Core features
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Pricing
Published pricing — U.S. software license and support is currently $199/month per location for the initial 12-month contract for up to 3 providers, with a published reduced monthly rate after the initial term. Optional eServices and Open Dental Cloud are priced separately.
What to evaluate
Buyers should evaluate whether they want Open Dental's flexibility and broad interoperability versus a more tightly managed cloud-native PMS experience. The traditional deployment is self-hosted, which can require more local IT ownership, while Open Dental Cloud is available separately. Practices should also map the cost of optional eServices and third-party tools rather than comparing only the base support fee.