No free alternative to Open Dental yet
Open Dental's last GPL release is 24.3 and later versions are proprietary; the remaining open dental projects are abandoned, small or country-specific.
About this gap
- Open Dental, US license and support, per location
$2,388 USDa year
≈$3,404.57 CAD a year (converted from USD)
- Build effort
Years, or a funded team
An editor’s estimate for a free tool that ranks Strong.
- Demand
Nobody has asked for one yet.
What a free alternative needs
The capabilities that keep people paying for Open Dental.
Appointment book by operatory
Tooth and periodontal charting with CDT codes
Treatment plans and fee schedules
Electronic claims and remittance posting
Clearinghouse connections for claims and payment advice.
Imaging and sensor bridges
Why it is hard
The GPL source on GitHub stops at 24.3, needs the trial install to build and takes no outside code. Claims clearinghouses and imaging bridges are the costly parts.
Closest free options
No free tool covers a meaningful part of it yet.
Building one?
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About this page
Last checked : an editor confirmed that no free alternative ranks Strong.
Price: US license and support, per location, checked Oct 8, 2026. Price source. USD to CAD at 1.4257 as of Oct 7, 2026.
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Open Dental is a product of Open Dental Software, named here for comparison only.