
Open Dental 26.2 is live! Updates include advanced blockout searching, new perio chart shortcuts, automated MariaDB backups, and more!

Dental claims can involve unusual or tricky scenarios, some caused by human error, some by Insurance companies. This post has the answers for smooth handling in Open Dental.

Learn how to enable medical insurance, chart medical procedures, and send medical claims in Open Dental.

Text messaging is a patient favorite, boasting a 98% open rate. Learn best practices for sending messages, along with alternative communication channels that may be more suitable for the information you’re wanting to share.

2023 has been a transformative year at Open Dental. Read an overview of this year’s happenings and learn more about what’s to come.
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Recent changes in Texas may affect how your practice stores its data. Read this post from our friends at Central Data Storage to learn how you may be affected and how you can stay compliant.

In this post from our partners at CareCredit, learn how to help transform your front-office training with a few easy steps and arm your dental staff with the information they need to confidently discuss dental financing with patients.

In this guest post from Axle, learn how dental analytics has emerged as a game-changing force, offering insights that enable practices to make smarter decisions, enhance patient care, and grow more sustainably. Whether it’s understanding your revenue breakdown or identifying how effective your treatment plans are, leveraging analytics is no longer optional it’s essential.

In today’s dental landscape, practices face increasing pressure to deliver seamless patient experiences while navigating complex insurance systems. Manual checks, payer phone calls, and inconsistent benefit data slow down operations and drive costly denials. That’s where an automated eligibility tool can step in, offering a smarter, automated way to verify patient insurance and benefits with…

In this post from our guest writer at ODEC, learn how the infrastructure decisions that an organization makes early on can determine what is possible as you scale up to add more locations. Read on to learn more.