Open Dental Blog

August 13, 2026

Software Update: Stable Version 26.1 Highlights

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

September 16, 2021

Questions & Answers with an Open Dental Expert: Advanced Services Supervisor

Open Dental is backed by a team of experts from all kinds of backgrounds. In this post, we interview Ben, an Advanced Services Supervisor.

September 10, 2021

Things to do when you’re slow: Planning for Success

When your schedule is a bit on the slow side, you can set your office up for success by putting some time-savers and resources in place. In this post, we’ll share some of our favorite productivity-enhancing, efficiency-boosting tools.

September 9, 2021

Feature Highlight: Speedy Charting!

These tools in Open Dental will have you charting procedure code groupings in one quick step for efficiency gains that will make you smile.

September 2, 2021

Software Update: Stable Version 21.2 Highlights

Software Update: Version 21.2 has been released as Stable, implementing many exciting new features. Learn all about them here.

DentalXChange

August 4, 2026

How DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI Is Getting Smarter

Manual eligibility checks are slow and error-prone. DentalXChange’s Eligibility AI now writes verified benefit data directly into your system, no retyping required.

Telemedicine and ePrescribing: Impacting treatment for those with Opioid Use Disorder.

DoseSpot

October 17, 2023

Telemedicine and ePrescribing: Impacting treatment for those with Opioid Use Disorder.

Learn how the availability of telemedicine and ePrescribing has impacted the treatment for those with Opioid Use Disorder.

Using a dental clinical notes template: Pros and cons

Dental Claim Support

October 10, 2023

Using a dental clinical notes template: Pros and cons

Learn when and how to use clinical notes templates for consistency, improved efficiency, and prevention of human error and omission.

Protecting Your Dental Practice Technology from Unexpected Power Outages

Reuben Kamp, Darkhorse Tech

October 3, 2023

Protecting Your Dental Practice Technology from Unexpected Power Outages

Fortify your dental practice against unexpected power outages, and navigate the journey before, during, and after an outage.

Communicate with care: How to lead effective and inclusive cost conversations

CareCredit

September 26, 2023

Communicate with care: How to lead effective and inclusive cost conversations

You want patients to be proactive in their dental health. Help them make informed decisions by combining trust, transparency and personalized solutions throughout cost conversations.