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

Just like a house, your database can get cluttered over time, with duplicate or outdated information that could benefit from some attention. In this post, we’re going to help you do some “spring cleaning” of your Open Dental software.

There are many ways to customize Open Dental just for your practice. In this post, we’ll be looking at Definitions.

Software Update: Version 20.5 has been released as Stable, implementing 16 features requested by our users. Learn all about the new features here.

When there is a balance on a patient account, you want to be able to quickly determine where the balance is coming from, and collect the correct amount from your patient. In this post, we’ll look at why your patient may have a balance, as well as other account questions that may come up as you manage patient accounts.
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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.

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.

These three actions helped practices thrive during the last few years when many struggled. Learn how to implement them in your own practice.

As of March 15th, 2022, Dental Practices are subject to The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA). Know what you need to have in place to be covered in case of a cyber attack.