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Top 11 is independent: no paid placement, no affiliate links, no sponsored entries."},"published":"2026-10-12","last_verified":"2026-10-12","next_review":"2027-01-10","methodology_version":"v1.0","independence":{"paid_placement":false,"affiliate_links":false,"sponsored_entries":false,"statement":"Top 11 takes no payment from any provider on this list. Scores come from a public weighted rubric, and the methodology weights were locked before entry research began."},"editor_disclosure":null,"freshness":{"cadence":"quarterly","statement":"Re-scored every 90 days."},"category":"Software","subsector":"Dental Practice Management","changelog":[{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Initial publication. Methodology v1.0 weights Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow (20%), Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle (20%), Imaging & Clinical Integrations (15%), Pricing Transparency & TCO (20%), Deployment, Data Conversion & Support (15%), and Patient Communication & Payments (10%). The #11 wildcard is unrated and selected by the wildcard signal model (wildcard-v2.0). Every price and feature fact was taken from a vendor page opened on 2026-10-12; where a page could not be opened or showed no price, the entry says so."}],"answer_capsule":"The best dental practice management software for most independent owners is tab32, followed by Archy and Practice-Web. These three are the only vendors on our list that print a monthly price on the page we opened. CareStack, Curve Dental, Open Dental, Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Denticon and Eaglesoft showed no price, so quote only.","methodology":{"version":"v1.0","updated":"2026-10-12","candidate_pool":14,"review_cadence":"quarterly","score_cap":9.4,"criteria":[{"name":"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow","weight":20,"description":"Odontogram and perio charting, treatment planning, the appointment book, and how many chairside steps the entry plan covers without add-ons."},{"name":"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle","weight":20,"description":"Electronic claims, eligibility checks, payment posting, patient statements and collections tools, and whether claim fees are included or metered."},{"name":"Imaging & Clinical Integrations","weight":15,"description":"Native or bridged imaging, AI radiograph review, e-prescribing, and the count and kind of named integrations."},{"name":"Pricing Transparency & TCO","weight":20,"description":"Whether a real price is published, what it covers per location, provider or claim, and what the cheapest plan that runs a practice leaves out."},{"name":"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support","weight":15,"description":"Cloud or on-premises, how existing data is moved in, onboarding time stated on the page, and the support channels named."},{"name":"Patient Communication & Payments","weight":10,"description":"Online booking, forms, reminders, two-way texting, patient portal and card or text-to-pay tools."}],"wildcard_model":"wildcard-v2.0","wildcard_model_url":"https://topelevens.com/methodology/wildcard"},"segment_tags":["Practice Management","Dental Claims","Cloud Dental Software","Data Conversion","Dental Billing"],"problem_tags":["Server Maintenance","Claim Rejections","Hidden Add-on Fees","Switching Risk","Front Desk Workload"],"query_intents":["best dental practice management software","dental practice management software pricing","cloud dental software for small practices","switching dental software","dental software for solo dentist","open dental alternatives"],"match_index":{"1":{"solves":["Knowing the monthly price before a demo","Moving off a server in the back office","Budgeting claim and eligibility fees"],"personas":["Practice Owner","Office Manager"]},"2":{"solves":["Paying one price per location instead of per seat","Adding providers without a bill change","Getting texting and claims in the base price"],"personas":["Practice Owner","Dental Startup Founder"]},"3":{"solves":["Seeing year-one and later prices side by side","Choosing a package by add-on need","Paying a low monthly base"],"personas":["Solo Dentist","Office Manager"]}},"stats":{"candidate_pool":14,"ranked":10,"average_score":7.2,"spread_top_to_bottom":2.1,"unrated_wildcard":1},"guide":[{"q":"What is dental practice management software?","a":"Dental practice management software is the system that runs the office day to day. It holds the patient record and the appointment book, the clinical chart and treatment plan, the ledger, and the insurance claims that turn finished treatment into money. Most products also carry patient communication such as reminders and forms, and some connect to imaging so that radiographs open from the chart. The products on this list differ mainly in where the software runs (a cloud service or a server in your office), in how they charge (a monthly price, a per-location price, or a quote), and in how much comes built in versus sold as an add-on. For an owner, the practical question is not which has the most features but which one your front desk can run on a normal Monday and which one you can leave if it stops fitting."},{"q":"How is this list different from the dental CRM list?","a":"Our dental CRM list looks at the whole field of dental software and ranks it for dentists and practice managers across solo offices, groups and DSOs. This list is narrower in audience: the owner of an independent practice who signs the contract and pays the bill. So it weights what an owner feels directly. We give a fifth of the score to whether a real price is published, a fifth to claims and billing, and a share to data conversion and support, because an owner without an IT department carries the cost of a bad move. Several vendors appear in both lists, and the same page facts apply, but the ranking question and the weights differ."},{"q":"Cloud or on-premises: which is cheaper for an independent office?","a":"The pages we read describe both models. tab32 and Dentrix Ascend describe cloud systems, and tab32's page says no server is required. Dentrix's own page contrasts on-premises control with cloud flexibility. A server brings costs outside the software price, such as hardware, backups and someone to maintain them, and a cloud product moves those into the monthly price. Curve's page quotes dentists on the savings they saw, but those are testimonials, not list prices, so do not use them as a forecast. Add up your own server, backup and IT support spend for a year and compare it with the quote."},{"q":"What should the claims workflow include?","a":"At a minimum: electronic claim submission, electronic eligibility checks before the visit, claim attachments such as radiographs, and automatic posting of remittances to the ledger. The pages differ in how they bill for this. tab32 lists $0.20 per claim, $0.50 per claim attachment and $1.25 per eligibility check on top of the monthly price. Archy lists unlimited claim submissions and eligibility checks inside its $899 per location price. Curve lists unlimited electronic claims, remittance advice and eligibility checks as included. A metered price can be cheaper for a quiet office and more expensive for a busy one, so price it with your own monthly claim count."},{"q":"How should imaging be handled?","a":"Imaging is where a software choice touches your equipment. Some vendors describe imaging built into the product, such as Curve's native digital imaging to the cloud, Denticon's native imaging and Dentrix Imaging. Eaglesoft's page says imaging carries no added fees. Others describe AI that reviews radiographs: Archy names Pearl, Oryx names Pearl and Overjet, and Dentrix Ascend names Clinical AI Imaging. Before you sign, ask which sensors and imaging programs you own will work with the chart, and whether AI review is in the base price or a separate line."},{"q":"Why does data conversion decide the whole project?","a":"The ledger, the patient list, the charting history and the images are the practice. A conversion that drops open treatment plans or insurance balances costs real money and front-desk hours. The pages give conversion claims you can test: Open Dental names conversions from 200+ systems, Denticon cites conversion experience with more than 60 systems and about 60 days for a solo practice, and tab32 names migration from Dentrix, Eaglesoft and Open Dental. Ask each vendor for a written list of what moves, what does not, and who checks the balances on go-live day."}],"how_to_choose":["First, decide whether you want a published price or are willing to take a quote. On the pages we opened, only tab32, Archy and Practice-Web print monthly prices. The rest ask you to contact sales, which is not wrong, but it means you compare nothing until you have a written offer.","Second, price the plan that does the job, not the entry card. tab32 meters claims, attachments and eligibility checks, Practice-Web separates texting, reviews and iPad forms into higher packages, and Archy sells its clinical and front office suites separately from the $899 platform price.","Third, count providers and locations. tab32 names provider caps of 3 and 5 on its tiers, Archy charges per location with unlimited users and providers, and CareStack and Denticon describe multi-location features for growth.","Fourth, test the claims path in the demo: add a patient, verify eligibility, chart a procedure, submit the claim, post the remittance and read the aging report. Any step that needs a workaround is how your front desk will experience the product every day.","Finally, ask in writing what it costs to leave. You should be able to export the patient record, the ledger and the images in a usable form, and the contract should say what happens to your data after you cancel."],"faqs":[{"q":"How much does dental practice management software cost?","a":"On the pages we opened, published prices ran from $99 to $899 per month. tab32 Alpine starts at $125 per month in Year 1 for up to 3 providers and is $225 per month from Year 2 for up to 5 providers, with claims at $0.20 each, attachments at $0.50 and eligibility checks at $1.25. Archy lists $899 per month per location, or $400 per month for an eligible new practice. Practice-Web lists $149 then $99, $228 then $178, and $322 then $272 per month across its three packages. CareStack, Curve Dental, Open Dental, Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Denticon, Eaglesoft and Oryx showed no price on the pages we could read, so quote only."},{"q":"Is there a free trial?","a":"tab32's page lists a 14-day free trial that is cancelable at any time. Practice-Web's page offers a free demo and mentions a free trial version without a price. Other vendors on this list direct you to a demo or a sales contact. A trial is useful only if you load real scheduling and claims scenarios into it, so plan the test before you start the clock."},{"q":"Can a new practice get a lower price?","a":"Some pages say so. Archy lists $400 per month per location until 400 patients or one year, for eligible practices. tab32 lists Alpine at $125 per month in Year 1 for a start-up. Curve says it offers special pricing on implementation and license fees for startups and Oryx mentions an exclusive startup offer, but neither page gives an amount. Ask what the price becomes when the offer ends and put that number in the contract."},{"q":"How long does implementation take?","a":"Few pages say. Denticon's Planet DDS page states about 60 days for a solo practice and about 8 weeks per location for DSOs. The other pages we opened state no timeline, so ask for a dated plan covering data conversion, imaging setup, staff training and go-live support. Allow for a slower week at the front desk while the team learns the new system."},{"q":"What happens to my data if I leave?","a":"The pages do not say. None of the pages we read published an export policy, so ask for it in writing: which formats, whether images and the ledger are included, how long after cancellation your data stays available, and whether there is a fee. This applies to cloud and on-premises products alike."},{"q":"Should a solo dentist pay for an enterprise-grade platform?","a":"Usually not. tab32 splits Alpine for practices from Summit for larger groups and DSOs, which shows the pattern: a solo owner rarely needs custom enterprise pricing. Choose the tier your office runs on today, check what it takes to move up, and avoid paying for multi-location reporting you will not use for years."}],"honest_disclosures":["Every price and feature in this list comes from a vendor page opened on 2026-10-12. If a page returned an error, redirected, or showed no number, we say so and publish no price. We did not use review sites for facts.","Several pages could not be read in full. Open Dental's pricing page URL returned HTTP 404, so we read only its home page. The denticon.com home page returned only a page title, so Denticon facts come from the Planet DDS page. The Eaglesoft page text was longer than we read, and the last 49,925 characters were not opened.","Founding year, headquarters, headcount and funding were not read as stated facts on the vendor pages, so those fields are left empty rather than filled in from memory. tab32's page says it has been helping dental groups since 2012, which is not a founding date.","Prices differ in unit: per month with metered claim fees for tab32, per location for Archy, per package for Practice-Web. They are not directly comparable, so price them with your own provider count and claim volume. Archy's and tab32's price ranges include introductory and later-year figures.","Weave's pricing page was opened but Weave sells patient communication, not practice management, so it is not ranked. We also did not rank vendors whose pages we could not open.","Scores are an AI editorial judgement against the published rubric, using only the pages we read. Entries without published prices score lower on Pricing Transparency by design. That is a statement about the page, not about the product.","No vendor has paid for placement. Scores are not a measure of customer satisfaction, clinical quality or uptime, and company claims such as 99.9% uptime are quoted as claims."],"glossary":{"term":"Practice management software","definition":"The system that runs a dental office's administration: patient records, the appointment book, clinical charting, treatment plans, the ledger and insurance claims. Some vendors sell it as a cloud service and others as software installed on a server in the office.","synonyms":["Dental software","Dental PMS","Dental practice software"],"faq":[]},"entries":[{"rank":1,"name":"tab32","url":"https://www.tab32.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Independent owners who want a cloud system with a published monthly price, a start-up rate for a new practice, and no server in the back office.","best_for_short":"Published monthly price, start-up rate","pricing_band":"$$ ($125 to $225 per month for Alpine, plus per-claim fees)","score_out_of_94":8.3,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":8.2,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":8.4,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7.8,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":9,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":8.4,"Patient Communication & Payments":8},"verdict":"tab32 ranks first because it prints a real price for a small practice: Alpine starts at $125 per month in Year 1 for a start-up with up to 3 providers and is $225 per month from Year 2 for an established practice with up to 5 providers. Claims, attachments and eligibility checks are metered on top, which is the kind of cost an owner can model before a demo.","verdict_short":"Clearest published price for an independent office.","praise":"The page states usage fees in plain numbers: $0.20 per claim, $0.50 per claim attachment and $1.25 per eligibility check, plus a 14-day free trial that can be cancelled at any time.","praise_short":"Usage fees and a 14-day trial stated openly.","criticism":"Patient engagement add-ons for texting, reminders and online booking are listed without a price, and the AI features are named but not described. The price steps up in Year 2 and the page names a provider cap on each tier.","criticism_short":"Add-ons unpriced; price rises in Year 2.","sources_pending":["http://tab32.com/, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":125,"price_max":225,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Data migration from Dentrix, Eaglesoft and Open Dental (named on page)","Online appointment booking","Insurance eligibility checks and claims with e-Attachments"],"compliance":["HIPAA-compliant (stated on page)"],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":["Knowing the monthly price before a demo","Moving off a server in the back office","Budgeting claim and eligibility fees"],"personas":["Practice Owner","Office Manager"],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/1","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/1/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-1"},{"rank":2,"name":"Archy","url":"https://www.archy.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners who want one flat monthly price per location with unlimited users and providers, and who are willing to pay for it instead of counting seats.","best_for_short":"Flat per-location price, unlimited seats","pricing_band":"$$$ ($899 per location/month; $400/month new-practice offer)","score_out_of_94":8.3,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":8.3,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":8.2,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":8.4,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":8.8,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7.5,"Patient Communication & Payments":8.6},"verdict":"Archy ranks second because its platform price is one number: $899 per month per location, with unlimited users, providers, claim submissions, eligibility checks and texting, and no seat-based or provider-based pricing. An eligible new practice may pay $400 per month until it reaches 400 patients or one year.","verdict_short":"One flat price per location, no seat counting.","praise":"Unlimited claims, eligibility checks and texting are included in the stated platform price, so volume growth does not change the bill on the page.","praise_short":"Unlimited users, claims and texting in the price.","criticism":"The Clinical Suite, Front Office Suite, Marketing Suite and add-ons such as e-prescribing are not priced on the page we opened; each links to a Get Pricing form. At $899 it is the most expensive published price on this list for a single office.","criticism_short":"Suites unpriced; highest published flat price.","sources_pending":["https://www.archy.com/pricing, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":400,"price_max":899,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["E-Prescribe powered by DoseSpot (add-on)","Clinical AI Imaging powered by Pearl (Clinical Suite)","Insurance Verification powered by Vyne (Front Office Suite)"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":["Paying one price per location instead of per seat","Adding providers without a bill change","Getting texting and claims in the base price"],"personas":["Practice Owner","Dental Startup Founder"],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/2","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/2/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-2"},{"rank":3,"name":"Practice-Web","url":"https://www.practice-web.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners who want three published monthly packages with the year-two price printed next to the year-one price.","best_for_short":"Three packages, both price years shown","pricing_band":"$ ($99 to $322 per month depending on package and year)","score_out_of_94":7.7,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.6,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7.6,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":9,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7,"Patient Communication & Payments":7.8},"verdict":"Practice-Web ranks third because it prints the whole price ladder: $149 per month for 12 months then $99 for the base package, $228 then $178 for Next, and $322 then $272 for Pro. The base package lists practice management software, dentist and patient portals, online patient registration, support and training, and all future upgrades.","verdict_short":"Full price ladder with year-one and later prices.","praise":"Upgrades and support and training are listed inside the base monthly price, and the page says a customized package is available on request.","praise_short":"Upgrades and training in the base price.","criticism":"The page prices none of the smart tools it lists, such as e-claims, e-prescriptions, merchant card processing and texting, and it states no setup fee either way. It does not say whether the product is cloud or server based.","criticism_short":"Smart tools unpriced; hosting model not stated.","sources_pending":["https://www.practice-web.com, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":99,"price_max":322,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["pwConnect patient texting (Next or Pro)","pwReviews online reviews (Next or Pro)","iPad patient forms (Next or Pro)"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":["Seeing year-one and later prices side by side","Choosing a package by add-on need","Paying a low monthly base"],"personas":["Solo Dentist","Office Manager"],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/3","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/3/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-3"},{"rank":4,"name":"Curve Dental","url":"https://www.curvedental.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Independent owners who want a cloud system with unlimited electronic claims and eligibility checks listed as included, and who accept a quote to learn the price.","best_for_short":"Claims and eligibility listed as included","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":7.5,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":8.2,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":8.4,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":8,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":4.5,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":8.4,"Patient Communication & Payments":8},"verdict":"Curve Dental ranks fourth on function: the page lists scheduling, billing, charting, perio charting, native digital imaging to the cloud, ePrescribe, membership plans and unlimited electronic claims, remittance advice and eligibility checks. It loses points because no plan or price appears on the page we could open.","verdict_short":"Broad cloud feature list, no published price.","praise":"The page lists backup, intrusion detection, disaster recovery, upgrades and 24/7/365 support among included tools, plus implementation and data conversion services.","praise_short":"Backups, upgrades and 24/7 support listed as included.","criticism":"No price is shown; the page only says Curve offers special pricing on implementation and license fees for startups. A Curve versus Open Dental comparison is marked Coming Soon. Dollar figures on the page are customer testimonials, not list prices.","criticism_short":"Quote only; startup pricing unstated.","sources_pending":["https://www.curvedental.com/pricing, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["ePrescribe","Native digital imaging to the cloud","Curve Pay"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/4","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/4/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-4"},{"rank":5,"name":"CareStack","url":"https://www.carestack.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners of a growing group, or a single office planning to add locations, who want multi-location scheduling and a broad built-in feature set.","best_for_short":"Built for growth to multiple locations","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":7.5,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":8.6,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":8.6,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":8.2,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":3.8,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7.8,"Patient Communication & Payments":8.8},"verdict":"CareStack ranks fifth because it has the longest feature list on the page: general and perio charting, lab case management, implant tracker, electronic prescriptions, claims submission and posting, patient financing, a patient kiosk and multi-location scheduling. No price, plan or fee appears on the page.","verdict_short":"Longest feature list, price not published.","praise":"The page lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA and GDPR, which is a more specific security statement than most vendors on this list make.","praise_short":"Named security certifications on the page.","criticism":"The See Pricing links show no amounts, add-on products such as CS Pay and VoiceStack are unpriced, and the dollar figures shown come from a Forrester study commissioned by Straumann based on a 10-location composite, not from a single office.","criticism_short":"No price; headline savings are for 10 locations.","sources_pending":["https://www.carestack.com, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Electronic prescriptions","Digital imaging integrations","AI-driven telephony integrations"],"compliance":["HIPAA","SOC 2 Type 2","ISO/IEC 27001:2022","GDPR"],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/5","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/5/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-5"},{"rank":6,"name":"Denticon (Planet DDS)","url":"https://www.planetdds.com/denticon/","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners who value a stated implementation timeline, and who may grow into several locations.","best_for_short":"Stated go-live timeline","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":6.8,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.8,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7.8,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7.6,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":3,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7.8,"Patient Communication & Payments":7.4},"verdict":"Denticon ranks sixth because the Planet DDS page gives the clearest go-live numbers on this list, about 60 days for a solo practice and about 8 weeks per location for DSOs, and cites data conversion experience with more than 60 systems, but states no price. The denticon.com home page returned only a page title when we opened it.","verdict_short":"Clear implementation timeline, no price.","praise":"The page lists native imaging, voice perio charting, AutoEligibility, 835 auto-posting, 25+ integrations and a SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliance claim.","praise_short":"Imaging, voice charting and a stated timeline.","criticism":"The only dollar figure on the page is an event discount, not a software price. The page says it does not specify which features belong to which package.","criticism_short":"No price; package contents not specified.","sources_pending":["https://www.planetdds.com/denticon/, accessed 2026-10-12","https://www.denticon.com, accessed 2026-10-12 (title only)"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["25+ integrations (count stated on page)","Planet DDS Pay","Native imaging"],"compliance":["HIPAA","SOC 2 Type 2 (claimed on page)"],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":60,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/6","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/6/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-6"},{"rank":7,"name":"Dentrix Ascend","url":"https://www.dentrixascend.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners who want a cloud product from a large brand with managed office IT and training alongside it.","best_for_short":"100% cloud with managed IT","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":6.7,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.6,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7.8,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7.8,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":3.2,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7.4,"Patient Communication & Payments":7.4},"verdict":"Dentrix Ascend ranks seventh because the page describes a 100% cloud-based system with cloud imaging, Clinical AI Imaging, Image Verify, automated payment posting and ERAs, and orthodontic payment plans, but shows no price; it says only that customizable packages exist.","verdict_short":"Cloud system with imaging AI, no price shown.","praise":"Support is named in several forms: a phone line, 24/7 AI Assistance, managed Office IT Management and Support, and Dentrix Ascend Academy training.","praise_short":"Managed IT, academy and 24/7 AI assistance named.","criticism":"No price or fee appears on the page. ePrescribe is not mentioned on it, so we cannot confirm it. Figures such as 83% of claims processed are marketing claims.","criticism_short":"No price; ePrescribe not shown.","sources_pending":["https://www.dentrixascend.com, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Cloud imaging","Clinical AI Imaging","Image Verify"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/7","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/7/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-7"},{"rank":8,"name":"Open Dental","url":"https://www.opendental.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners with an IT contact or a local support partner who want a long list of eServices, and a vendor that converts from many other systems.","best_for_short":"Conversions from 200+ systems","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":6.5,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.8,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7.4,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":3,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":7.2,"Patient Communication & Payments":7.6},"verdict":"Open Dental ranks eighth because the home page names conversions from 200+ dental practice management systems and a long eServices list (patient portal, web forms, web scheduling, integrated texting, message-to-pay) but states no amount for any of it. The pricing page URL we tried returned HTTP 404, so we read only the home page.","verdict_short":"Wide conversion support, no number on the page we opened.","praise":"The home page names electronic prescriptions, discount plans, digital forms and three mobile or touch apps, and lists services such as custom query writing and replication support.","praise_short":"Long eServices list and many conversions.","criticism":"The only pricing language is 'at an affordable price for practices of any size'. Included modules, cloud hosting and imaging are not mentioned on the page we opened, so we state nothing about them.","criticism_short":"No price, hosting or imaging detail on the page.","sources_pending":["https://www.opendental.com, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Patient Portal and Payment Portal","Web Sched and Web Forms","Integrated Texting","Electronic prescriptions"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/8","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/8/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-8"},{"rank":9,"name":"Dentrix","url":"https://www.dentrix.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners already on Dentrix or those who want on-premises control, and who value licence transfer when selling a practice.","best_for_short":"On-premises option, licence transfer","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":6.4,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.4,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7.4,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7.4,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":2.8,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":6.8,"Patient Communication & Payments":7.2},"verdict":"Dentrix ranks ninth because the page contrasts on-premises control with the cloud version, describes Dentrix Connected Care Essentials (priority specialist access, automatic updates, in-product chat support and built-in Dentrix Imaging) and licence transfer to a new owner, and shows no price.","verdict_short":"On-premises option, no price shown.","praise":"Licences can be transferred permanently to a new owner, which matters for an owner who may sell, and managed IT, backup and hardware-as-a-service are listed.","praise_short":"Licence transfer and managed IT.","criticism":"No price, package name or content is given; the page sends visitors to a demo or sales contact. Connected Care Essentials has no cost listed.","criticism_short":"Packages unnamed; sales contact needed.","sources_pending":["https://www.dentrix.com, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Dentrix Imaging","Online booking and two-way texting","Multi-location reporting"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/9","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/9/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-9"},{"rank":10,"name":"Eaglesoft (Patterson Dental)","url":"https://www.pattersondental.com/eaglesoft","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners who want imaging bundled with practice management and are comfortable with a service club contract.","best_for_short":"Imaging with no added fees","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":6.2,"score_breakdown":{"Charting, Scheduling & Clinical Workflow":7.4,"Insurance, Billing & Revenue Cycle":7,"Imaging & Clinical Integrations":7.8,"Pricing Transparency & TCO":3,"Deployment, Data Conversion & Support":6.4,"Patient Communication & Payments":6.4},"verdict":"Eaglesoft ranks tenth because the page shows no base price. It states a limited-time offer of 50% off conversion ($1,000 value), says imaging is full, bridge-free imaging with no added fees, and lists integration with over 55 authorized software solutions.","verdict_short":"No base price; conversion discount offered.","praise":"Service Club support is described as unlimited U.S.-based support, free upgrades and learning resources, and the page claims more than 30 years and nearly 30,000 users.","praise_short":"Imaging and support described as unlimited.","criticism":"The Service Club plan names and prices are not shown in the part of the page we read; the page text was 149,925 characters and the last 49,925 were not read. The conversion offer is stated as limited time.","criticism_short":"Plan prices not visible; page partly read.","sources_pending":["https://www.pattersondental.com/eaglesoft, accessed 2026-10-12 (first 100,000 of 149,925 characters read)"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["Over 55 authorized software integrations (count stated on page)","Pearl add-ons","Schick imaging support"],"compliance":[],"regions":[],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/10","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/10/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-10"},{"rank":11,"is_wildcard":true,"name":"Oryx Dental Software","url":"https://www.oryxdental.com","founded":null,"hq":null,"team_size_band":null,"best_for":"Owners of independent offices, including in Canada, who want a cloud system with an in-house billing team and AI imaging from two named partners.","best_for_short":"Cloud system with an RCM team","pricing_band":"Quote only, price not published on the page we could open","score_out_of_94":null,"verdict":"Oryx combines practice management with a dedicated billing service: the page says claims go out within 48 hours of treatment and names RevGen by Oryx, a team that handles appeals and follow-ups, alongside a Canadian version with CDA codes and provincial billing.","verdict_short":"Practice management plus a billing team.","praise":"The page lists automatic backups on Google Cloud, two-factor authentication, audit trails, HIPAA and PIPEDA compliance and AI imaging through Pearl and Overjet.","praise_short":"Canadian version and AI imaging partners named.","criticism":"No plan or price is shown. The page says 'No add-ons, no surprise costs' and mentions an exclusive startup offer with no detail. The 99.9% uptime and 15,000+ clinician figures are company claims.","criticism_short":"No price; startup offer unspecified.","sources_pending":["http://www.oryxdental.com/, accessed 2026-10-12"],"risk_signals":{"level":"none","checked":"2026-10-12","summary":"No risk-signal search was run for this entry; none observed on the vendor pages read on 2026-10-12.","signals":[]},"price_min":null,"price_max":null,"currency":"USD","free_tier":false,"setup_fee":null,"integrations":["AI imaging via Pearl and Overjet","SmilePay payments","Text-to-pay"],"compliance":["HIPAA","PIPEDA"],"regions":["United States","Canada"],"onboarding_days":null,"min_team_size":null,"max_team_size":null,"unrated":true,"wildcard_model":{"version":"wildcard-v2.0","verdict":"This is the one vendor I found that sells billing follow-up as part of the software, which an owner with no biller would otherwise hire for.","signals":[{"metric":"under_the_radar","reading":"strong","note":"The page names a dedicated revenue cycle team, weekly aging reports and appeals handling inside a practice management product, which most of the ranked vendors do not describe."},{"metric":"impact_density","reading":"notable","note":"The page says claims are submitted within 48 hours of treatment; that is a stated service level, not a measured result, so we treat it as a claim."},{"metric":"category_fit_anomaly","reading":"strong","note":"A Canadian version with CDA codes and provincial billing sits next to the US product, which is unusual for a single page."},{"metric":"ceiling_distance","reading":"notable","note":"Multi-location and DSO reporting is listed, so a growing owner is not pushed off the product."},{"metric":"price_integrity_under_growth","reading":"unknown","note":"No price is shown, so we cannot say how the bill behaves as the practice grows; get it in writing."}],"right_for":"An independent owner who has no in-house biller and wants claims follow-up handled by the vendor.","wrong_for":"An owner who needs a published price before a demo.","computed":"2026-10-12"},"problems_solved":[],"personas":[],"_entry_api":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/11","_entry_md":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/dental-practice-management-software/11/md","_anchor":"https://topelevens.com/dental-practice-management-software#rank-11"}]}