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

SOFTWARE UPDATE: Version 20.1 has been released as Stable, implementing 15 features requested by our users. Watch the video and read the version highlights here.

As you re-open your practice, learn about the tools in Open Dental to help screen your patients, fill your schedule, update your fees, and more.

Improve your efficiency when working in Open Dental with these quick ways to move around and maximize each keystroke and click.

You are likely only seeing patients for emergency treatment right now. Here are some more ideas for things you can be doing now so you’ll be poised and ready to welcome your patients back.
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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.