# What Claude (Anthropic) with web search answered for dental practice software (dental practices) on 2026-09-17

## In short

On 2026-09-17, Claude (Anthropic) with web search was asked "best dental practice software for dental practices". It named 9 brands; the first six, in order, were third-party, Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Dentrix / Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Ascend and CareStack.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Question | best dental practice software for dental practices |
| Asked on | 2026-09-17 |
| Engine | Claude (Anthropic) with web search |
| Model | claude-opus-5 |
| Brands named | 9 |
| Sources cited | 8 |
| Audience | dental practices |
| Coverage | Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-17 |

Page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/dental-practice-software-dental-practices-2026-09-17
Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.

## The answer, as recorded

Asked on 2026-09-17 through Claude (Anthropic) with web search (model claude-opus-5).

> ## What I'd actually recommend
> 
> **1. Open Dental** - my default recommendation for most independent practices. It's the only major dental PMS that's genuinely open-source, which means an unusually deep ecosystem of third-party integrations and no vendor lock-in on your data (it's a MySQL database you own). Pricing is a low flat monthly support fee rather than a per-seat license, making it the cheapest of the majors by a wide margin. It won informal dentist polls over Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and Curve. Downside: it's self-hosted by default (you or an IT vendor manage the server), and the UI is dense/utilitarian rather than pretty.
> 
> **2. Dentrix / Dentrix Ascend (Henry Schein One)** - the safest institutional choice. Dentrix is the most widely deployed platform in the US, so every associate, hygienist, billing company, and consultant already knows it, and virtually every add-on integrates with it. Classic Dentrix is on-premise; **Dentrix Ascend** is the cloud version at roughly $399/mo for one user up to ~$799/mo for ten. It's also the most expensive and the most IT-intensive to run.
> 
> **3. Curve Dental** - the pick if you want cloud-native simplicity and zero server maintenance. Clean in

## Brands named, in the order the engine gave

| Position | Brand | How it was named |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | third-party | mentioned |
| 2 | Dentrix | mentioned |
| 3 | Eaglesoft | mentioned |
| 4 | Dentrix / Dentrix Ascend | mentioned |
| 5 | Dentrix Ascend | mentioned |
| 6 | CareStack | mentioned |
| 7 | Denticon | mentioned |
| 8 | Oryx | mentioned |
| 9 | Dentimax | mentioned |

## Sources the engine cited

- https://medixdental.com/best-dental-pms/ (other)
- https://ekimit.com/dentrix-eaglesoft-open-dental-curve-dental-comparison/ (other)
- https://firststopdental.com/blog/dental-practice-management-software-comparison (other)
- https://siotek.net/resources/dental-practice-management-software-comparison (other)
- https://www.themolarreport.com/learn/dental-software-real-world-pricing (other)
- https://www.saasworthy.com/product/dentrix-ascend/pricing (other)
- https://medixdental.com/dental-practice-management-software-cost/ (other)
- https://www.planetdds.com/blog/10-best-dental-practice-management-software/ (other)

The question page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/dental-practice-software/dental-practices

Answer Watch records what one AI answer engine said on one date, nothing more. Each page names the engine and the model, carries the date the question was asked, and lists the brands that appeared in the answer in the order the engine gave them, with the sources it cited. It is a measurement, not a ranking, not a recommendation and not a claim about the world. Brands that did not appear in an answer are not named on any public page. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.