Software
tab32 is cloud-based dental practice management software with Alpine for solo and small practices and Summit for groups: scheduling, charting, imaging, claims and analytics in a browser. Shareware (conditionally free): free trial and demo; no free edition.
Kenhub is an online anatomy learning platform with illustrations, articles, videos and quizzes for medical and dental students. It has a free plan and a paid premium tier. Shareware (conditionally free).
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 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 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 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.
Autodesk Fusion (formerly Fusion 360) is CAD/CAM software for Windows and macOS. Dental labs use it for jigs, fixtures and STL mesh repair. Shareware: free for non-commercial personal use and eligible education; practices and labs need a paid licence (trial available).
Zygote Body (formerly Google Body) is a browser-based 3D anatomy viewer from Zygote Media Group. The free, ad-supported Lite level includes full male and female models with the teeth and mandible; Premium and Professional add the articulating skull, slicing, saved scenes and images.
Autodesk Meshmixer is a free Windows mesh editor that dental labs use to trim intraoral scans, add bases, fill holes, hollow models and export STL for printing. Development ended with version 3.5 (2018); Autodesk no longer supports it.
Skanect turns a depth sensor such as Structure Sensor or Structure Core into a desktop 3D scanner and exports STL, OBJ, PLY and VRML. Shareware (conditionally free): the free mode is non-commercial and saves at 5,000 polygons. Being phased out; last version 1.11.0.
insight3d is a free, open-source photogrammetry program that builds 3D point clouds and textured models from photographs. It is dormant: the last installer is 32-bit version 0.3.2 from 2009. No dental features; useful mainly for teaching.
OrthoCAD is Align Technology’s Windows program for viewing and measuring iTero digital study models: tooth widths, Bolton, arch, overjet/overbite and ABO scoring. Shareware (conditionally free): the installer is free, use is tied to an iTero account. There is no Lite edition.
Care2x is a free, open-source (GPL) web-based hospital information system for admissions, wards, outpatients, lab, pharmacy and surgery. The last stable release is from 2012, with PHP 8 work on GitHub since. There is no dental fork or dental module.
Denticon is Planet DDS’s cloud-based dental practice management software for US DSOs, groups and practices: scheduling, charting, AI voice perio, eClaims and analytics in Chrome or Edge on Windows. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a demo; no free version.
Curve Dental is cloud-based dental practice management software for US and Canadian practices: charting, scheduling, billing, insurance and imaging in Chrome on Windows or Mac, with no office server. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial software with a demo; no free version.
ClearDent is all-in-one dental practice management software for Canadian offices: scheduling, charting, treatment planning, billing, CDAnet claims and imaging, as Cloud, On-Premise or hybrid Link. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial, with a free demo. There is no Lite edition.
Dentally is cloud-based dental practice management software from Henry Schein One for the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with NHS integration and CDAnet claims. Shareware (conditionally free): commercial, with a demo and a training Sandbox for new customers.
OpenClinic GA is a free, open-source hospital information system covering admissions, billing, lab, X-ray, pharmacy and reporting in a browser. It runs on a Windows or Linux server. It has no dental module; dental departments use its general functions.
e-Anatomy by IMAIOS is an imaging anatomy atlas (CT, MRI, radiographs, illustrations) for the web, iPhone, iPad and Android. Free modules include Teeth (54 illustrations), Oral cavity and TMJ MRI; the Dental CBCT module and most others need a paid plan.
The Open Anatomy Project offers free, web-based 3D anatomy atlases from the Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. There is no dental atlas; the Head and Neck atlas shows the skull and mandible. Runs in a desktop browser.
Visible Body’s Human Anatomy Atlas is a 3D anatomy app for iOS, Mac, Android and Windows, with an optional 3D Dental Anatomy add-on (eight dental model sets). VB Suite runs in a browser and mobile apps. Shareware: paid products, free study resources.
Complete Anatomy is a 3D anatomy platform from 3D4Medical (Elsevier) for Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone and Android. Dental students use its head and neck region, tooth microanatomy and radiology views. Shareware: free app download and trial, paid licence for full use.
Smilecloud is a cloud platform for digital smile design, before-and-after video simulation and dentist-lab collaboration, in the browser and apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. Shareware: full-featured free trial without a card, then a paid plan.
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 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.
BioDigital Human is a cloud 3D anatomy platform for the web, iOS and Android, with individually selectable maxillary and mandibular teeth. The free Personal plan includes the A&P library, 10 model views a month and 5 saved models; School and Business plans are paid.
CustusX is a free, open-source (BSD-3) research platform for image-guided surgery and navigation from SINTEF, Norway. It imports DICOM, registers images, tracks tools and handles intraoperative ultrasound. Research only, not FDA/CE approved; no dental tools.
Voreen is a free, open-source (GPL v2) volume rendering framework from the University of Münster. VoreenVE renders CT, CBCT and other volumes on the GPU and builds analysis pipelines without code. Windows and Linux only; no dental features.
MITK is a free, open-source (BSD) medical imaging workbench from DKFZ Heidelberg. It opens CT and CBCT DICOM, segments structures manually or with AI tools, measures and exports STL surfaces. No dental modules or implant planning.
SlicerCMF is a free, open-source set of 3D Slicer modules for dental and craniofacial research: CBCT superimposition, 3D landmark measurements and surface distance maps. Installed through the 3D Slicer Extension Manager; dormant since 2022 but still built for Slicer 5.12.
Aeskulap is a free, open-source (GPL-2.0) DICOM viewer and PACS query/retrieve client for Linux. It is discontinued: the last stable release is 0.2.1 from 2006 and the repository is archived. Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 still package it.
OsiriX Lite is the demo edition of Pixmeo’s OsiriX MD DICOM viewer for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon). It opens CT and CBCT studies with 2D and demo-level 3D tools, stamps images ‘NOT FOR MEDICAL USAGE’ and limits series size. Shareware (conditionally free).
The JiveX DICOM Viewer from VISUS opens DICOM images from CDs, USB sticks and folders on Windows 10/11 (64-bit). Without a key it runs as the Personal Edition: free for non-commercial use, limited and time-limited. Shareware (conditionally free); not for reading or therapy planning.
3DimViewer is a free 3D DICOM viewer (Apache 2.0 source; installers free for non-commercial use) with MPR, volume rendering, threshold segmentation and STL export, useful for CBCT bone models. No longer developed: last release 3.1.1 (2017).
MicroDicom is a lightweight Windows DICOM viewer for opening patient CDs, CBCT and X-ray images, with measurements, anonymisation, export and, since 2026.3, 3D MPR and volume rendering. Free for non-commercial use; not a certified medical device.
AMIDE (AMIDE’s a Medical Imaging Data Examiner) is a free, open-source (GPL-2.0) tool for viewing, analysing and registering volumetric CT, PET and MRI data, with 3D ROIs, fused views and volume rendering. A research tool, not a clinical dental viewer.