Calendar Sync with Open Dental
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 8:08 am
Hi,
I've been trying for a while to set up proper calendars sync with Open Dental, and honestly, I'm struggling. Our office uses Google Calendar at the front desk, and the goal is for appointments created in Open Dental to automatically appear there without having to enter everything manually again. I've looked into a few third-party tools that offer calendar sync between practice management software and Google Calendar or Outlook, but I can't figure out whether they actually work well with the version we're running (around 21.x).
My biggest concern is conflict handling when the same appointment gets modified on both sides at roughly the same time. Has anyone here implemented this successfully in a real practice? Did you use a specific module, a custom script, or an external service? I don't want to invest time setting it all up only for it to break after a week.
I've been trying for a while to set up proper calendars sync with Open Dental, and honestly, I'm struggling. Our office uses Google Calendar at the front desk, and the goal is for appointments created in Open Dental to automatically appear there without having to enter everything manually again. I've looked into a few third-party tools that offer calendar sync between practice management software and Google Calendar or Outlook, but I can't figure out whether they actually work well with the version we're running (around 21.x).
My biggest concern is conflict handling when the same appointment gets modified on both sides at roughly the same time. Has anyone here implemented this successfully in a real practice? Did you use a specific module, a custom script, or an external service? I don't want to invest time setting it all up only for it to break after a week.