# Open Dental

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/opendental/  
**Website:** https://www.opendental.com  
**APIs profiled:** 13

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.

## Kin Score — 36.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 15.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (13)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Opendental Agentic Access** — 68 operations · 37 acting

## Security (2)

- **Opendental Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Opendental Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Opendental Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Dental, Practice Management, Healthcare, EHR, Patient Records, REST

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/opendental/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.