ABELDent
ABELDent is dental practice management software by ABELSoft: scheduling, charting, billing, TWAIN imaging and patient communication. A free Freemium edition exists; Cloud and Local Plus are commercial. Shareware (conditionally free).
NexHealth
NexHealth is a patient experience platform for dental and medical practices: online booking, digital forms, reminders, messaging and payments synced with your practice management system. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a demo; free iPad app for customers.
Dental Intelligence
Dental Intelligence adds practice analytics, a morning huddle, follow-up lists and patient engagement (reminders, texting, forms, online booking) on top of your practice management system. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a demo; no free version.
CareStack
CareStack is cloud-based dental practice management software for practices, groups and DSOs in the US, UK and Australia: scheduling, charting, imaging, claims, payments and patient engagement in Chrome. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a free demo; no free version.
Open Dental
Open Dental is full dental practice management software: scheduling, charting, treatment plans, insurance and billing. Its free Trial Version with a demo database is the practical way to train staff. Shareware (conditionally free); Windows client. There is no product called Open Dental Trainer.
Eaglesoft
Eaglesoft is Patterson Dental’s on-premises practice management software for dental offices: scheduling, charting, billing, eClaims, SmartDoc and Advanced Imaging on a Windows server. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a demo; there is no free version.
Medkey HIS
Medkey HIS is a free, open-source (GPL v3) web-based hospital and clinic information system in PHP with patient registry, appointments, orders and price lists. There is no dental module or ‘MedKey Dental’, and the project has been dormant since 2020.
GaiaEHR
GaiaEHR is a free, open-source (GPL v3) web-based EHR and practice management system for Apache, PHP and MySQL servers. It has only a dental history list with CDT codes, not a dental module or tooth chart, and development stopped in 2016.
VistA Dentistry (VA)
VistA Dentistry is the U.S. VA’s dental records package inside VistA, used through the Windows DRM Plus client opened from CPRS. The M code is public domain, but DRM Plus is a licensed commercial product, so it is not a practical choice for private practices.
FreeMedForms EMR
FreeMedForms EMR is a free, open-source (GPL v3) medical record program for Windows, macOS and Linux with editable XML forms, a shared agenda and FreeDiams drug-interaction checking. There is no dental edition, and the project has been dormant since 1.0.0 (2017).
Dentrix
Dentrix is Henry Schein One’s dental practice management software for US and Canadian offices: scheduling, charting, billing, claims and imaging on Windows. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial, with a free Learning Edition trial for students. Dentrix Ascend is its separate cloud version.
OneTouch EMR
OneTouch EMR is a cloud EHR and practice management system for US medical practices, with a free app for iPad and Apple-silicon Macs. Shareware (conditionally free): the app download is free, use needs a paid plan. It has no dental charting or dental codes.