
Open Dental 25.4 is live and packed with updates. From OCR on eClipboard that auto-fills patient insurance info, to a Clerri integration for in-house membership plans, there’s a lot to explore, including 11 features requested directly by users.

The Open Dental Marietta Campus in Salem, Oregon is continuing to grow. See what’s changed since our last update.

Open Dental is backed by a team of experts from all kinds of backgrounds. In this series, we’ll interview our experts in various specialties. In this post, we talk with Michi, our Lead Clinical Analyst.

Some of the technical terms we use when we provide support (like MySQL, Server, eConnector Service, OpenDentImages, IP Address, etc.) may be unfamiliar and feel confusing or even intimidating. If you can relate, check out this post and boost your tech vocab.

Software Update: Version 21.1 has been released as Stable, implementing many exciting new features. Learn all about them here.
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EPCS certification isn’t just a regulatory checkbox. It’s what makes electronic prescribing of controlled substances actually safe, reducing fraud, cutting errors, and keeping providers on the right side of DEA requirements.

Dentists connected to the ADA Dental Experience and Research Exchange™ (DERE) through Open Dental now have even more ways to gain insights into their practices. With the release of two new DERE reports, including its first financial report, participants can access more easy-to-understand data about their practices’ performance.

COVID-19 has changed many aspects of our work, but the biggest change has been to workplace flexibility. See how this extends to staffing, and how you can capitalize on it.

Intraoral sensors are some of the most widely used and vital pieces of dental technology is your practice. Learn which sensors are recommended (and which to avoid), and some great troubleshooting steps.

Learn what essential information (and imagery) you should make sure to include in your general or specialty practice website.

Learn when you should file a medical insurance claim instead of a dental insurance claim, and when you would file the medical claim as primary and the dental claim as secondary.