Open Dental

Open Dental is dental practice management software with an openly documented public REST API. The API is hosted at Open Dental headquarters (base https://api.opendental.com/api/v1) and lets approved third-party developers read and write practice data - patients, appointments, providers, procedures, insurance claims, payments, ledger adjustments, fee schedules, recalls, documents, medications and prescriptions, referrals, and clinical sheets - on behalf of Open Dental customers. Requests authenticate with a per-application Developer Key and a per-customer Customer Key sent together in an Authorization ODFHIR {DeveloperKey}/{CustomerKey} header. The public spec documents 130+ resource groups with GET/POST/PUT/DELETE operations. Open Dental also runs a local API Service option that talks to the on-premises Open Dental program without routing through Open Dental's servers, and a separate FHIR interface.

Open Dental publishes 13 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts & Ledger API, Appointments API, Claims API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Dental, Practice Management, Healthcare, EHR, and Patient Records.

Open Dental’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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36.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

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13 APIs

Dental Practice Management Healthcare EHR Patient Records REST

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 36.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.0 / 17

Access Clarity 6.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.3 / 15

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Health regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Open Collections 15

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Opendental Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: opendental
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opendental/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Open Dental
kind: company
description: Open Dental is dental practice management software with an openly documented public REST API. The API is hosted
  at Open Dental headquarters (base https://api.opendental.com/api/v1) and lets approved third-party developers read and write
  practice data - patients, appointments, providers, procedures, insurance claims, payments, ledger adjustments, fee schedules,
  recalls, documents, medications and prescriptions, referrals, and clinical sheets - on behalf of Open Dental customers.
  Requests authenticate with a per-application Developer Key and a per-customer Customer Key sent together in an Authorization
  ODFHIR {DeveloperKey}/{CustomerKey} header. The public spec documents 130+ resource groups with GET/POST/PUT/DELETE operations.
  Open Dental also runs a local API Service option that talks to the on-premises Open Dental program without routing through
  Open Dental's servers, and a separate FHIR interface.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/opendental.png
tags:
- Dental
- Practice Management
- Healthcare
- EHR
- Patient Records
- REST
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: opendental:opendental-accounts-ledger-api
  name: Open Dental Accounts & Ledger API
  description: MODELED. Adjustments and payment splits on the patient ledger.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Accounts & Ledger
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-accounts-ledger-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-appointments-api
  name: Open Dental Appointments API
  description: CONFIRMED. Scheduling, slots, and WebSched.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Appointments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-appointments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-claims-api
  name: Open Dental Claims API
  description: CONFIRMED. Insurance claims and claim workflow.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Claims
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-claims-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-documents-api
  name: Open Dental Documents API
  description: MODELED. Files and images attached to a patient.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-fees-fee-schedules-api
  name: Open Dental Fees & Fee Schedules API
  description: MODELED. Procedure fees and fee schedules.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Fees & Fee Schedules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-fees-fee-schedules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-medications-prescriptions-api
  name: Open Dental Medications & Prescriptions API
  description: MODELED. Medication catalog, patient meds, and prescriptions.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Medications & Prescriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-medications-prescriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-patients-api
  name: Open Dental Patients API
  description: CONFIRMED. Patient demographic records.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Patients
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-patients-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-payments-api
  name: Open Dental Payments API
  description: CONFIRMED. Patient payments, refunds, and split reallocation.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-procedures-api
  name: Open Dental Procedures API
  description: CONFIRMED. ProcedureLogs, insurance history, and group notes.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Procedures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-procedures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-providers-api
  name: Open Dental Providers API
  description: CONFIRMED. Dentists, hygienists, and billing entities.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Providers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-providers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-recalls-api
  name: Open Dental Recalls API
  description: MODELED. Hygiene / continuing-care recalls.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Recalls
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-recalls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-referrals-api
  name: Open Dental Referrals API
  description: MODELED. Referral sources and attachments.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Referrals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-referrals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
- aid: opendental:opendental-sheets-api
  name: Open Dental Sheets API
  description: MODELED. Configurable clinical and administrative forms.
  humanURL: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  baseURL: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Sheets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/opendental-sheets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipatients.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiproviders.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiprocedurelogs.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apiclaims.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apipayments.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apifees.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/opendental-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/opendental-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/opendental-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/OpenDental
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-dental-software
- type: Website
  url: https://www.opendental.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html
- type: Plans
  url: plans/opendental-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/opendental-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/opendental-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://opendental.blog/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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