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

Learn more about apps from Open Dental that can help you and your staff manage your practice even more efficiently.

Insurance can throw you some pretty tricky curveballs on claims. In this post, we’ll discuss what to do when insurance pays on a different code than you billed, processing single and batch claims, posting partial or multiple claim payments, handling insurance overpayments, interest payments, and more so you can knock it out of the park!

COVID closures in the spring will compound the typical seasonal slowness. Learn the tools to start using today to mitigate severe revenue drops in the fall.

Master the Manage Module: Learn how to manage time cards, send batch claims, manage monthly patient billing, and make business-critical data backups.
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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.

Manual charting is costing your practice more than you think, in time, accuracy, and staffing. Here’s how digital charting stacks up.

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.

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.