Open Dental Integration
Connect to the fastest-growing open-source dental PMS. Access data from 5,000+ practices that chose Open Dental for its flexibility, transparency, and developer-friendly architecture.
About Open Dental
Open Dental stands apart in the dental PMS market as a fully open-source platform. Built on a MySQL database with a C# front end, it gives practices and developers direct visibility into the data layer -- something proprietary systems rarely allow. Over 5,000 practices use Open Dental, and the number is growing rapidly as more offices seek freedom from vendor lock-in and opaque data silos. The platform covers the full spectrum of practice management: scheduling, clinical charting, treatment planning, insurance management, imaging integration, and reporting. Its active developer community has produced hundreds of third-party integrations, plugins, and customizations.
Integration with CRMBridge
While Open Dental does offer its own API, CRMBridge adds value by normalizing Open Dental data into the same format used for Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and every other supported PMS. If you are building a product that needs to work across multiple dental software platforms, CRMBridge eliminates the need to maintain separate integrations for each one. You write to one API, and it works whether the practice runs Open Dental, Dentrix, or any of the 40+ systems CRMBridge supports. For developers already comfortable with Open Dental's native API, CRMBridge becomes essential when your product needs to scale beyond Open Dental-only practices.
What You Can Access
Patient Records
Full demographics, guarantor relationships, patient notes, medical history, and custom fields.
Appointments
Schedule data, appointment types, confirmation status, and recall tracking.
Treatment Plans
Active and completed treatment plans, procedure codes, estimated costs, and insurance estimates.
Financial Data
Payments, procedures logged, patient balances, payment plans, and aging reports.
Insurance & Claims
Insurance plan details, subscriber info, claim tracking, and benefit utilization data.
Providers
Dentist and hygienist profiles, NPI numbers, production tracking, and schedule templates.
API Example
The same two-step flow works for Open Dental practices as it does for every other PMS on CRMBridge. Authenticate, then query.
1. Authenticate
POST https://api.crmbridge.ai/v1/Auth
{
"ApplicationId": "your-app-id",
"BusinessId": "your-business-id",
"ApplicationKey": "your-app-key",
"LocationId": "your-location-id"
}2. Retrieve Patients
GET https://api.crmbridge.ai/v1/Getpatients
Authorization: Bearer {token}
// Response
[
{
"PatientId": "OD-8841",
"FirstName": "Kevin",
"LastName": "Okafor",
"DateOfBirth": "1988-12-05",
"Email": "[email protected]",
"Phone": "(415) 555-0633",
"InsuranceCarrier": "Humana Dental",
"LastVisit": "2026-02-20",
"NextAppointment": "2026-08-20"
},
{
"PatientId": "OD-8842",
"FirstName": "Amanda",
"LastName": "Fischer",
"DateOfBirth": "1979-04-11",
"Email": "[email protected]",
"Phone": "(415) 555-0718",
"InsuranceCarrier": "Delta Dental Premier",
"LastVisit": "2026-01-15",
"NextAppointment": "2026-07-15"
}
]What Developers Build with Open Dental Data
- Cross-PMS SaaS products that need to support Open Dental alongside Dentrix and Eaglesoft practices without maintaining three separate data integrations.
- Practice performance benchmarking tools that compare production, collections, and patient retention metrics across Open Dental practices of similar size and specialty.
- Patient communication platforms that sync appointment data and treatment plan status to drive SMS reminders, email campaigns, and review requests tailored to each patient's care journey.
- Custom reporting solutions that extend Open Dental's native reports with advanced analytics, trend visualization, and predictive scheduling models.
Start Building with Open Dental Data
Access Open Dental patient records, appointments, and financial data through the same unified API that covers 40+ dental PMS platforms. Get started in minutes.