
Open Dental 26.1 is now stable! New features include ODTouch 25, custom insurance history categories, HTML billing emails, and much more.

Effective communication is vital for any successful dental practice. This post will review some of the important strategies your practice can employ to help patients navigate the complexities of dental care.

Design aspects can help to reduce stress or anxiety that some patients may experience when visiting the dentist. In our latest blog post, we explore how interior design can help improve the patient experience.

Whether you’re a new or experienced user, the Open Dental Help Feature is a comprehensive resource to help you fully utilize the tools in the software to help your practice grow & thrive.

October is Dental Hygiene Month, making it an ideal time to remind your patients about essential hygiene tips and schedule their next dental checkup. Read our latest blog post for tips and tricks to make the most of this month.
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Manual eligibility checks are slow and error-prone. DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI now writes verified benefit data directly into your system, no retyping required.

Managing 50+ individual connections is costing dental payers more than they realize. Here’s how a single gateway changes the equation.

Many patients skip recommended dental care because of cost, not because they don’t want it. Offering flexible financing and training your team to talk about it clearly can make a real difference in treatment acceptance and patient trust.

Dental marketing ROI isn’t just about how much you spent vs. how much you made. Leads, scheduling rates, treatment acceptance, and lifetime patient value all play a role. Here’s how to connect the dots.

In multi-location dental practices, small inconsistencies in communication and scheduling add up fast. Here’s how DSOs can build standardized workflows that improve patient experience, reduce admin burden, and scale without friction.

Healthcare providers are advised to conduct monthly backup restore tests, with quarterly full-system validations and annual disaster simulations recommended for high-risk organizations. Backup monitoring alone does not ensure recoverability; restore testing is essential to confirm that clinical systems and patient data can be operationally restored within acceptable downtime.