# What Claude (Anthropic) with web search answered for dental practice software (dental practices) on 2026-09-24

## In short

On 2026-09-24, Claude (Anthropic) with web search was asked "best dental practice software for dental practices". It named 7 brands, in this order: Dentrix, CareStack, Denticon, Dentrix / Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Ascend, third-party and Eaglesoft.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Question | best dental practice software for dental practices |
| Asked on | 2026-09-24 |
| Engine | Claude (Anthropic) with web search |
| Model | claude-opus-5 |
| Brands named | 7 |
| Sources cited | 8 |
| Audience | dental practices |
| Coverage | Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-24 |

Page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/dental-practice-software-dental-practices-2026-09-24
Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.

## The answer, as recorded

Asked on 2026-09-24 through Claude (Anthropic) with web search (model claude-opus-5).

> ## My short list
> 
> **1. Open Dental - my default recommendation for most solo and small group practices.**
> It's the best value in the category by a wide margin: roughly $199/month per location on a 12-month term, dropping to ~$149/month after, covering all computers at that location for up to three providers (+$20/mo per extra provider). More importantly, it has an open database and a genuinely open API, so you're never hostage to the vendor for integrations or for getting your own data out. Practices switching from Dentrix commonly report 40-60% savings on annual software cost. The tradeoffs: the UI is utilitarian rather than pretty, and it rewards a team (or an IT person) willing to configure things.
> 
> **2. Curve Dental - the one I'd name if you want cloud and don't want to think about servers.**
> Cloud-native from day one, not a desktop product retrofitted. Clean, unified interface, strong migration support, good integration ecosystem. Best balance of features, price and usability for a solo-to-small-group general practice that has decided against on-premise.
> 
> **3. CareStack - for a growing group or small-to-mid DSO.**
> All-in-one: PMS, built-in analytics, patient engagement and pay

## Brands named, in the order the engine gave

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

## Sources the engine cited

- https://thinkaegis.com/best-dental-software/ (other)
- https://www.opendental.com/site/fees.html (other)
- https://opendentalsupport.com/switching/understanding-open-dental-pricing-2026 (other)
- https://firststopdental.com/blog/dental-practice-management-software-comparison (other)
- https://ekimit.com/best-dental-software-dso-2026/ (other)
- https://www.curvedental.com/blog/carestack-vs-curve-dental (other)
- https://practicesignal.com/dental/best/cloud-dental-software (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.