Curve Vs. Open Dental

Most of the work happens before go-live. The final conversion takes three business days and is scheduled with your project manager, and your team trains live on your own data. Practices can be up and running in as little as one month. See the implementation process.

Compare the total, not the license line. Open Dental’s monthly fee covers support and updates. The office server, IT help and backups are separate, and so are several eServices such as texting, confirmations and online scheduling. Curve’s subscription includes hosting, continuous backups, updates and support, plus texting, online booking and digital forms. Ask for a quote and we’ll compare it with what you pay today.

Yes. Open Dental Cloud is a hosted version of Open Dental, offered in limited release to US customers and priced separately from Open Dental support. Open Dental says it requires Windows. Curve was built for the cloud and has run there since 2004, on a PC or Mac.

Yes. Curve runs in a web browser on a PC or a Mac, so you can mix computers across the office.

No. Curve is hosted in the cloud, so there is no server to buy, back up, patch or replace, and no VPN to set up. Curve runs in a browser on a PC or Mac, and updates are applied overnight.

Most of them. Curve includes two-way texting with pictures, group messages, reminders, email campaigns, digital forms, 24/7 online booking, a patient portal and review requests. On Open Dental, several of these are paid eServices.

Yes. Curve Care+ writes clinical notes from the conversation in the operatory and charts perio by voice, hands-free. Care+ is an add-on you can add to any Curve plan. Pearl’s AI X-ray analysis also works inside Curve.

Curve works with most common sensors, cameras and imaging devices. Check your equipment against Curve’s imaging compatibility list; your implementation team confirms every device before go-live, so nothing on your imaging setup is a surprise on day one. See Curve imaging.

Your team trains in 8 live, interactive webinar sessions tailored with your actual practice data, with additional sessions available if you need them. After go-live you get 3 more live training sessions, and your account manager checks in on a schedule for 3 months. New hires can use the knowledge hub’s user guides and video tutorials, free webinars, and Ask CurveAI for quick how-to answers.

Curve’s scheduling tools include Smart Fill, which helps you fill last-minute cancellations. Patients can also self-schedule from any device, and their selections appear instantly in your real-time schedule.

Yes. Anyone on your team with an internet connection and a login can work in Curve, providers can chart from home, and owners can see every location from one login. Curve Mobile adds access on the go.

Yes. Support is included for as long as you’re a Curve customer. Emergency support is available 24/7/365 if you can’t log in or can’t capture images, and live phone support runs weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.

Yes. Curve updates continuously and automatically, so everyone is on the latest version the moment they log in.

Curve recommends 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload for practices with 1 to 10 users. Most practices also keep a backup internet connection so an outage at the office doesn’t stop the day. See the system requirements.

Your data is stored in a top-tier AWS data center, and each practice has its own separate instance. Backups are continuous, and annual third-party intrusion detection and security audits are included in your subscription.