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The Open Dental Marietta Campus in Salem, Oregon is continuing to grow. Take a look at what’s new.

Better patient relationships translate into increased case acceptance. Here are some tips to boost acceptance rates, and the tools in Open Dental help you measure that success.

Open Dental is backed by a team of experts from all walks of life. In this post, we interview Brittany, a Software Engineer.

Managing a dental patient’s account can get complicated. In this post, we’ll discuss some features to help with more complex patient accounts.
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Cost conversations can be difficult. You and your staff like to provide care and help your patients, and your patients want to get dental care without worrying about bills. But payments and costs are an inevitable part of healthcare. And with rising costs and complicated insurance and payment options, these conversations might be more tense…

What 8,887 patient calls revealed about front desk measurement, and why the group average hides it. Most dental practices track missed calls. It’s the number every phone system reports; it’s easy to explain, and it feels like it measures something important. For a multi-location group, it’s usually the first metric rolled up to the top.…

Incomplete verifications, ignored denials, and aging patient balances add up to significant lost revenue. Here’s where the leaks happen and how to fix them.