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

Open Dental is a practice management software packed full of features, and as a result, we have a team packed full of experts. In this post, we will take a look behind the scenes of Open Dental Software testing, and interview our expert Chuck, who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Testing Team.

Whether you’re starting out as a fee-for-service practice or transitioning from an in-network, insurance-based model, Open Dental has plenty of features to make the setup process easy and efficient.

If your practice offers in-house or Discount Plans, these tools in Open Dental will help streamline and automate the process so staff doesn’t need to manually apply discounts or override them once a patient exceeds discount amounts.

Specialty dental practices require tools that meet their unique needs. Learn about Open Dental features optimized for pediatric practices.
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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.

Incomplete verifications, ignored denials, and aging patient balances add up to significant lost revenue. Here’s where the leaks happen and how to fix them.

Before and after every appointment, dental teams manage dozens of behind-the-scenes tasks. Here’s how reducing that friction improves both operations and patient care.

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.