Open Dental · Authentication Profile

Opendental Authentication

Authentication

Open Dental secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

DentalPractice ManagementHealthcareEHRPatient RecordsREST
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

odfhirAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/opendental-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: odfhirAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Send "ODFHIR {DeveloperKey}/{CustomerKey}" - the per-application Developer Key
    issued by Open Dental Vendor Relations combined with the per-customer Customer Key. Some
    endpoints also accept HTTP Basic auth with the Developer Key as username and the Customer
    Key as password.
  sources:
  - openapi/opendental-openapi.yml