Switching to Open Dental? Do It Without Losing Charts
Open Dental saves $300-500/mo vs Dentrix/Eaglesoft — but a bad conversion loses history, breaks imaging, and kills a week. We convert NYC offices after hours, verified row-count, bridges tested on every op. Full service: Open Dental Support NYC.
Why Offices Switch
- No per-provider license tax — flat, you own your data (MySQL)
- Faster than old Dentrix/Eaglesoft on same hardware when tuned
- Easier bridges to Dexis/Schick/OpenDental Imaging — see Imaging
Our Conversion Playbook
- Audit & export: map patients, ledger, perio, appointments, images — count every row.
- Staging server: convert to MySQL, import, run Open Dental Conversion Tool + manual fixes, verify counts.
- Re-bridge imaging: Dexis/Schick/Carestream → Open Dental Imaging, test sensor per op.
- Cutover Friday night: final delta import, go-live Monday — staff test via Network & Server checklist.
- Harden: MySQL tuning, 3-2-1 backups (Backup & Recovery), firewall/VLAN — HIPAA ready.
Cost
Open Dental Conversion Flat-Fee: $1,500 + server if needed — includes conversion, bridge rebuild, MySQL tune, staff walkthrough. See Estimator (Refresh $5K / Standard $9.5K) for network. Manage after at $650/mo flat.
HQ Brooklyn — also Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island.
FAQ
Will we lose history? No — row-count verified, we keep old DB read-only 90 days.
Downtime? Zero clinical downtime — Friday night cutover.