OpenDentistry Project

OpenDentistry Project — Open-Source Dental Practice Management OpenDentistry Project is an open-source initiative focused specifically on dental practice management. Unlike general EMR platforms that add dental modules later, OpenDentistry was designed with dentistry in mind from the beginning. It covers the everyday needs of dental clinics — patient records, scheduling, billing, and treatment charting — and remains lightweight enough to be used in smaller offices as well as in academic environm

Care2x

Care2x — Integrated Hospital Information System with Dental Support Care2x is an older but still relevant open-source hospital information system. It was designed to unify different hospital departments under a single software platform: patient administration, billing, labs, pharmacy, and clinical modules. Because of its modular structure, some clinics have extended it with basic dental records, making it a low-cost option for institutions that want one system across all departments, including d

FreeMED

FreeMED — Open-Source EMR Adaptable for Dentistry FreeMED has been around for a long time in the open-source healthcare space. It was never meant to be a polished, out-of-the-box commercial product — instead, it’s a framework that clinics can shape to their own needs. The system runs on a web server and delivers medical records through a browser, which means it works across different operating systems without special client software. While the core modules are aimed at general medicine, many tea

Chikitsa

Chikitsa — Simple Practice Management for Small Clinics Chikitsa is an open-source practice management system that keeps things straightforward. It was built for small healthcare providers, but dental clinics often find it useful because of its light footprint and built-in patient modules. Unlike heavy EMR suites, it doesn’t try to cover everything — instead, it handles the basics: patients, appointments, billing, and treatment notes. For a dental office that just wants to keep records tidy with

Oscar EMR

Oscar EMR — Open-Source Records with Academic Roots Oscar EMR began as a university research project in Canada and never lost that academic DNA. Instead of being a polished commercial package, it grew as a community tool shaped by hospitals, clinics, and researchers. That history makes it different: modular, open, and adaptable to very specific needs. It is widely used in general healthcare, but in many teaching hospitals and multi-specialty clinics, dental departments also rely on it because ev

Bahmni

Bahmni — Open-Source Hospital Platform Used in Dentistry Bahmni is not a typical EMR. It was built as a complete hospital platform, combining electronic records, billing, lab work, and pharmacy into one system. At its core it runs on OpenMRS for patient records, OpenELIS for labs, and Odoo for billing and inventory. What sets it apart is flexibility — clinics can add their own forms and workflows, so dental departments often adapt Bahmni to cover charting, treatment histories, and even integrati