AI receptionist for Open Dental practices
Clara is an AI receptionist for dental practices that run on Open Dental. She answers patient questions and books appointments straight into your Open Dental schedule — 24/7, right on your website, with no front-desk phone tag.
- Reads real open times straight from your Open Dental schedule
- Books, reschedules, and cancels appointments directly in Open Dental
- Answers patient questions instantly — days, nights, and weekends
- Connects directly to Open Dental — no NexHealth account, no middleware to run
What Clara solves for you
Your Open Dental schedule has openings — patients just can't reach them after hours.
Most dental site visits happen evenings and weekends, when your front desk is closed and the open slots in Open Dental sit empty. Clara reads your live Open Dental availability and books the visit right then, so a prospective patient schedules instead of clicking back to Google and calling the next practice.
New-patient inquiries pile up while your team is on the phone or chairside.
A dental front desk juggles calls, check-ins, and insurance verification all at once, and website inquiries wait. Clara answers every web inquiry instantly and books the appointment straight into Open Dental, so the front desk sees it the moment they look up — no callback, no re-keying.
Reschedules and cancellations tie up the phone.
Every "can I move my appointment?" is another call your team has to stop and handle. Clara lets patients reschedule or cancel in the chat and updates Open Dental directly, so the change is already reflected when your team opens the schedule.
How Clara fits your business
Add Clara to your website and connect it to Open Dental: you authorize a secure Customer API Key inside Open Dental (Setup › Advanced Setup › API), and Clara books directly into your own schedule — no NexHealth account and no extra middleware to run. She reads your real availability, providers, and appointment types straight from Open Dental.
You hear her on a live preview tuned to your practice. If she sounds right, you embed one <script> tag on your site — it works on every common dental-practice CMS. Every appointment she books, reschedules, or cancels is written straight into Open Dental, and every contact she captures is emailed to your office in real time.
Pricing is flat per practice — $49/mo for text-only chat or $99/mo for the voice tier where Clara speaks her replies inside the widget. No per-seat charges, no per-conversation fees.
Frequently asked questions
Does Clara book appointments directly into Open Dental?
Yes. Clara connects straight to Open Dental, reads your live availability, and writes the appointment into your schedule — so your front desk sees it immediately, with no re-typing. She can reschedule and cancel appointments the same way.
Do we need NexHealth or any extra software to use Clara with Open Dental?
No. Clara integrates directly with Open Dental through its API — you authorize a secure key inside Open Dental and that's it. There's no middleman platform to sign up for or maintain.
Can patients reschedule or cancel their own appointments?
Yes. A patient can reschedule or cancel right in the chat, and Clara updates Open Dental directly, so the change is reflected in your schedule without anyone on your team picking up the phone.
What patient information does Clara access in Open Dental?
Only what scheduling needs. Clara reads open appointment times and writes the appointment; when a new patient books, it saves the booking details they type. It does not read clinical charts, treatment history, or account balances.
Try Clara on your own site.
Paste your URL — Clara reads your site and gets ready to chat with your visitors in 10 seconds.
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