Open Dental#Forks

{{Infobox software

| title =

| name = Open Dental

| logo = File:OpenDental r1 c2Main.jpg

| screenshot = File:Open dental Chart2.jpg

| caption = Practice Management Software

| collapsible =

| author = Jordan Sparks

| developer =

| released =

| discontinued =

| latest release version = 23.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|07|31}}

| latest preview version = 23.2 (Beta)

| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2023|07|31}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/OpenDental}}

| status =

| programming language = C#

| operating system = Microsoft Windows{{cite web |title=Open Dental Software - Linux and Mac |url=http://www.opendental.com/manual/clinuxmac.html |website=www.opendental.com |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426014549/https://opendental.com/manual/clinuxmac.html |url-status=live }}

| platform =

| size =

| language = Multiple Language Packs {{Cite web|url=http://opendental.com/manual/regionlanguagesettings.html|title=Open Dental Software - Region and Language|access-date=2017-06-07|archive-date=2017-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622051649/http://www.opendental.com/manual/regionlanguagesettings.html|url-status=live}}

| genre = Dental practice management software

| license = Proprietary (before version 24.4: GNU GPL)

| website = {{URL|https://www.opendental.com/}}

| frequently updated =

}}

Open Dental, previously Free Dental, is a proprietary software tool for dental practice management.{{Cite web |title=Open Dental Software - Programming Resources |url=https://www.opendental.com/site/programmingresources.html |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.opendental.com}} It is written in the C# programming language compatible with Microsoft .NET Framework and was first released in 2003. Current versions of the software require Microsoft Windows, but earlier versions supported other operating systems, including Linux.{{cite web

| url = http://www.opendental.com/manual/clinuxmac.html

| title = Open Dental Software Manual - C#, Linux, and Macintosh

| publisher = Open Dental Software Inc.

| access-date = 2009-06-12

| archive-date = 2009-10-27

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027203434/http://www.opendental.com/manual/clinuxmac.html

| url-status = live

}}

Open Dental is owned and sponsored by Open Dental Software, Inc., an Oregon corporation.{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190709160058/http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=1173550&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE

| archive-date= 2019-07-09

| url-status = live

| title = Business Name Search

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| url = https://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=1173550&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE

| publisher = State of Oregon

| access-date = 2009-06-03

}} The first Open Dental customer bought technical support services on July 22, 2003.{{cite journal | author = Downes, P.K. | title = Putting it all Together: Dentistry and the Internet| journal = British Dental Journal | volume = 203 | issue = 2 | pages = 74–86 | year = 2007 | issn = 0007-0610 | pmid=17660777 | doi=10.1038/bdj.2007.633| doi-access = free }}