Open Dental

Do you know if Open Office's Base would be a usable alternative? And if so, do you have any tips?

Thanks

At this point we are considering either Lighthouse 360 or Smile Reminder.

So I saw today that under the new features for version 12.3, there is the long awaited addition of text messaging for appointment confirmation. I know it may be a little early to start asking for all the details, but we are trying to decide between 2 services to do automatic confirmations, and so I'...

When my boss asked me to join his practice he wanted to "be paperless" in January 2011. This was on December 21st! It is now the following March and we are close but still not there. Although the transition has been a process it is mostly painless. Our mantra around here is, How would you do it in O...

We have been evolving toward a "paperless" practice in increments. Currently we are compiling AutoNotes, Default Notes, and Quick Notes in preparation for our "chartless" goal. Our in-office beta-tester who is the most-adaptable dentist has made the transition and will enter all case notes in the co...

A simple way to keep track of the one who scheduled is to add an Appointment Field. We use this feature for two things: 1.) to put the copay for that visit and 2.) to indicate how the new patient was told to get the welcome packet (ex: e-mail, download from website, mailed). You can run a QUERY repo...

In order for a new patient to be scheduled in OPEN DENTAL, you have to add them to the database and then you can use the SEARCH feature to make the DUAL ALTERNATIVE CLOSE. But SCHED INST won't allow us to ask for the name and info until after the appointment is made. We did figure out that we can ch...

Our office has recently started using "Jay Geier's Scheduling Institute" ( http://schedulinginstitute.com/ ) and we are having some difficulty integrating the way they want us to do things with Open Dental. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks