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

Open Dental Version 23.2 has been released as Stable, and includes 4 features requested by users. Join us as we highlight the new features.

Setting up the insurance plan correctly and using updated fee schedules is key to getting accurate estimates. This post examines four common plan types.

In our first Employee Spotlight post, we introduce Josiah, whose hard work and dedication have truly made a difference in our organization.

Billing Medicaid can be complex and time-consuming. These Open Dental tools can help streamline the process so you can focus on patient care.
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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.

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.

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.

Staff shortages, endless charting, patients who zone out mid-explanation. These are real problems. AI dental software is quietly solving them. Here’s what it does, what it doesn’t, and how to know if it’s right for your practice.

In this post from our guest writer Verifixed learn how integrations can help improve your practice’s workflow and productivity.

Learn how to improve multi-channel communication in your dental practice to strengthen scheduling, increase patient retention, and boost production.