
Open Dental 25.4 is live and packed with updates. From OCR on eClipboard that auto-fills patient insurance info, to a Clerri integration for in-house membership plans, there’s a lot to explore, including 11 features requested directly by users.

Just like a house, your database can get cluttered over time, with duplicate or outdated information that could benefit from some attention.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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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.

Patients tend to choose a brand they connect with over a generic alternative. Consider how you are portraying your practice vs. the competition, and see some great examples of dental branding.

Great small business owners are not only good at what they do, they excel at using their time in the best possible way. From being ruthless about distractions to eliminating busywork, here are our top productivity tips and life hacks for getting things done.

Why is HIPAA important to patients and healthcare organizations and what does your dental practice need to do to remain HIPAA compliant at all times?

“Contactless payment” has become the big buzzword across the payments landscape. But what does it actually mean, and how does it work? Learn the answers to these questions and more in our guide to contactless payments.

You’ve probably had many treatment plan presentations that ended with the patient saying “I’ll think about.” Learn the questions to ask to turn your patients’ “I’ll think about it” into “Let’s get that treatment scheduled.”