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Denticon vs OrthoTrac

Denticon logo

Denticon

Software

Enterprise Dental Practice Management in the Cloud

From
$400/month
Rated
-
OrthoTrac logo

OrthoTrac

Software

Complete Orthodontic Practice Management

From
$399/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Denticon planet DDS publishes no price for Denticon: the product page gives no per location fee, no per provider rate and no minimum, and routes buyers to a demo request or a sales phone call; OrthoTrac orthoTrac support has moved off Carestream Dental's own site to a third-party portal, gosensei.com, and OrthoTrac customer contact is now booked only through a Calendly scheduling link rather than a phone number or online purchase path, per Carestream Dental's own site.
  • They diverge on capability: Denticon covers Multi-location management, OrthoTrac covers Orthodontic treatment planning.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Denticon and OrthoTrac actually diverge.

Attributes where Denticon and OrthoTrac differ
AttributeDenticonOrthoTrac
Starting price$400/month$399/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWindows, Web
Founded19992007

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Denticon

  • Multi-location management
  • Centralized scheduling
  • Clinical charting
  • Revenue cycle management
  • Business intelligence
  • Patient portal
  • Document management
  • Apteryx

Only in OrthoTrac

  • Orthodontic treatment planning
  • Contract management
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Insurance processing
  • Progress tracking
  • Appliance tracking
  • Referral management
  • CS Imaging

Both cover

  • Imaging integration
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • Data Encryption
  • Cloud deployment
  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Denticon

  • Cloud practice management for dental support organisations and multi location groupsnot OrthoTrac
  • Centralised scheduling, charting and billing across many dental officesnot OrthoTrac
  • Standardising reporting and revenue cycle work across a dental groupnot OrthoTrac

OrthoTrac

  • Orthodontic practice managementnot Denticon
  • Treatment planningnot Denticon
  • Contract managementnot Denticon
  • Progress trackingnot Denticon

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Denticon

  • Planet DDS publishes no price for Denticon: the product page gives no per location fee, no per provider rate and no minimum, and routes buyers to a demo request or a sales phone call
  • The product is positioned for DSOs and multi location dental groups rather than single practices
  • Denticon is one of several Planet DDS products, so imaging and patient engagement come from separately sold products in the same portfolio

OrthoTrac

  • OrthoTrac support has moved off Carestream Dental's own site to a third-party portal, gosensei.com, and OrthoTrac customer contact is now booked only through a Calendly scheduling link rather than a phone number or online purchase path, per Carestream Dental's own site.

Pricing, plan by plan

Denticon

$400/month
  • Single Practice$400/month
    • Cloud-based platform
    • Clinical charting
    • Patient scheduling
  • Multi-LocationFree
    • Centralized management
    • Multi-location support
    • Advanced analytics

OrthoTrac

$399/month
  • OrthoTrac Standard$399/month
    • Patient scheduling
    • Treatment planning
    • Billing management
  • OrthoTrac Cloud$549/month
    • Everything in Standard
    • Cloud-based access
    • Imaging integration

Which should you pick?

Choose Denticon if

  • You need multi-location management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want centralized scheduling.

Choose OrthoTrac if

  • You need orthodontic treatment planning.
  • You work on Windows, Web.
  • You also want contract management.

Questions people ask

Is Denticon or OrthoTrac better?
Neither clearly leads. Denticon starts at $400/month and OrthoTrac at $399/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Denticon or OrthoTrac?
Denticon starts at $400/month and OrthoTrac at $399/month.
Does Denticon or OrthoTrac run on more platforms?
Denticon runs on Web, Ios, Android. OrthoTrac runs on Windows, Web.
What is Denticon best used for?
Denticon is most often used for cloud practice management for dental support organisations and multi location groups, centralised scheduling, charting and billing across many dental offices, standardising reporting and revenue cycle work across a dental group. Of those, cloud practice management for dental support organisations and multi location groups and centralised scheduling, charting and billing across many dental offices are not what OrthoTrac is typically brought in for.
What can Denticon do that OrthoTrac cannot?
Denticon covers Multi-location management, Centralized scheduling, Clinical charting, Revenue cycle management. OrthoTrac covers Orthodontic treatment planning, Contract management, Appointment scheduling, Insurance processing. Both handle Imaging integration, HIPAA Compliant, Data Encryption, Cloud deployment.

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