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Read more: Software Update: Stable Version 26.1 HighlightsSoftware Update: Stable Version 26.1 Highlights
Open Dental 26.1 is now stable! New features include ODTouch 25, custom insurance history categories, HTML billing emails, and much more.
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Preventing Dental Anxiety: How to Keep Your Dental Office From Becoming a Haunted House
Read more: Preventing Dental Anxiety: How to Keep Your Dental Office From Becoming a Haunted HouseOctober marks a season of spookiness, but dental visits shouldn’t induce fear. With 54% of adults experiencing dental anxiety, addressing patient concerns through transparency, comfort, and appreciation can significantly reduce anxiety and foster trust.
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Feature Highlight: Patient Dashboard
Read more: Feature Highlight: Patient DashboardThe Patient Dashboard centralizes patient information, offers reusable layouts, and improves workflow by reducing navigation between modules. Download these templates or create your own!
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Favorite Queries From Our Experts: Production and Income
Read more: Favorite Queries From Our Experts: Production and IncomeOpen Dental users can generate detailed production and income reports using custom User Queries, offering insights by procedure, provider, or insurance carrier. In this post, our query experts share their favorites.
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Protecting Your Practice: How to Vet Integrations
Read more: Protecting Your Practice: How to Vet IntegrationsNot all Open Dental integrations are safe. Here’s how to tell the difference between secure integrations and ones that could put your patient data at risk.
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Read more: 3 Key Strategies to Help Move More Dental Care Forward3 Key Strategies to Help Move More Dental Care Forward
The CareCredit Dental Path to Purchase study highlights the importance of transparent financing discussions, showing that many patients delay care due to cost concerns and inadequate payment information.
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Read more: The Hidden Work That Happens Between Patient Visits (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)The Hidden Work That Happens Between Patient Visits (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)
Before and after every appointment, dental teams manage dozens of behind-the-scenes tasks. Here’s how reducing that friction improves both operations and patient care.
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Read more: How DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI Is Getting SmarterHow DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI Is Getting Smarter
Manual eligibility checks are slow and error-prone. DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI now writes verified benefit data directly into your system, no retyping required.
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Read more: Manual vs Digital Dental Charting: Everything You Need to KnowManual vs Digital Dental Charting: Everything You Need to Know
Manual charting is costing your practice more than you think, in time, accuracy, and staffing. Here’s how digital charting stacks up.
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Read more: Why Your Open Dental Practice Deserves a Better Membership ExperienceWhy Your Open Dental Practice Deserves a Better Membership Experience
Managing membership plans across disconnected systems slows your team down. Here’s how Clerri, a native Open Dental integration, changes the experience for staff and patients.
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Read more: Why Dental Payers Are Rethinking Network ConnectivityWhy Dental Payers Are Rethinking Network Connectivity
Managing 50+ individual connections is costing dental payers more than they realize. Here’s how a single gateway changes the equation.