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 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Accounts & Ledger API, Appointments API, Claims API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Dental, Practice Management, Healthcare, Electronic Health Records, and Patient Records.

The Open Dental catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Open Dental’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Dental Practice Management Healthcare Electronic Health Records Patient Records REST

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Patient Access Management

BC-2800

AppointmentsPatients

PUT /patients/{PatNum} GET /patients POST /patients

Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management

BC-2870

ClaimsPayments

PUT /claims/{ClaimNum} POST /claims PUT /claims/{ClaimNum}/Status POST /payments

Care Coordination Management

BC-2820

Referrals

GET /referrals POST /referrals GET /refattaches

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 27.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 1.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 6.4 — up to +18.7 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 49.2 — up to +12.7 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

REST

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 13

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

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger API

MODELED. Adjustments and payment splits on the patient ledger.

Open Dental Appointments API

CONFIRMED. Scheduling, slots, and WebSched.

Open Dental Claims API

CONFIRMED. Insurance claims and claim workflow.

Open Dental Documents API

MODELED. Files and images attached to a patient.

Open Dental Fees & Fee Schedules API

MODELED. Procedure fees and fee schedules.

Open Dental Medications & Prescriptions API

MODELED. Medication catalog, patient meds, and prescriptions.

Open Dental Patients API

CONFIRMED. Patient demographic records.

Open Dental Payments API

CONFIRMED. Patient payments, refunds, and split reallocation.

Open Dental Procedures API

CONFIRMED. ProcedureLogs, insurance history, and group notes.

Open Dental Providers API

CONFIRMED. Dentists, hygienists, and billing entities.

Open Dental Recalls API

MODELED. Hygiene / continuing-care recalls.

Open Dental Referrals API

MODELED. Referral sources and attachments.

Open Dental Sheets API

MODELED. Configurable clinical and administrative forms.

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Open Collections 14

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

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Appointments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Claims API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Fees & Fee Schedules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Medications & Prescriptions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Patients API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Payments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Procedures API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Providers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Recalls API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Referrals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental Accounts & Ledger Sheets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Open Dental API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Open Dental API pricing

Not yet checked against Open Dental's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-03 from www.opendental.com/site/apispecification.html; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
API Access (Per Location) paid	—
Local API / API Service paid	—
Developer Test Database free	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Read-Only Tier: ~1 request / 5 seconds requests
Higher Permission Tier: ~1 request / second requests
Local API / API Service: not throttled requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Open Dental's documentation. All 4 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Open Dental Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Open Dental Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Open Dental Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Open Dental API Rules

55 rules · 52 error-severity 2 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Open Dental Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Open Dental Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Open Dental Agentic Access

68 operations · 37 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/opendental.png
tags:
- Dental
- Practice Management
- Healthcare
- Electronic Health Records
- Patient Records
- REST
tags_raw:
- 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: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/opendental-capability-edges.yml
  name: Open Dental Business Capability Map
- 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

Open Dental API — frequently asked questions

Does Open Dental have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Open Dental, including Open Dental Accounts & Ledger API, Open Dental Appointments API and Open Dental Claims API, and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Open Dental API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 13 OpenAPI specifications for Open Dental, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Open Dental API?

Open Dental uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Open Dental Authentication.

How much does the Open Dental API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Open Dental, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Open Dental API ready for AI agents?

Open Dental has a Kin Score of 27.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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