Dental · head to head
Practice-Web vs Denticon
Denticon
Dental
Enterprise Dental Practice Management in the Cloud
- From
- $400/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Practice-Web each dentist beyond 3 adds $20 per month to the practice management subscription; 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
- They diverge on capability: Practice-Web covers Web-based scheduling, Denticon covers Multi-location management.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Practice-Web and Denticon actually diverge.
| Attribute | Practice-Web | Denticon |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $149/month | $400/month |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Founded | 2008 | 1999 |
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Dental).
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 Practice-Web
- Web-based scheduling
- Digital charting
- Mobile app
- Insurance management
- Billing integration
- SMS reminders
- Basic analytics
- Imaging systems
Only in Denticon
- Multi-location management
- Centralized scheduling
- Clinical charting
- Revenue cycle management
- Business intelligence
- Document management
- Imaging integration
- Apteryx
Both cover
- Patient portal
- HIPAA Compliant
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Practice-Web
- Dental practice management including charting, treatment plans and billingnot Denticon
- Running patient texting, reminders and online scheduling for a dental officenot Denticon
- Submitting dental insurance claims and checking eligibility electronicallynot Denticon
Denticon
- Cloud practice management for dental support organisations and multi location groupsnot Practice-Web
- Centralised scheduling, charting and billing across many dental officesnot Practice-Web
- Standardising reporting and revenue cycle work across a dental groupnot Practice-Web
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Practice-Web
- Each dentist beyond 3 adds $20 per month to the practice management subscription
- The first office plan is $179 per month for the first 12 months and then $129 per month, against regular rates of $199 and $149
- Migrating from existing practice management software costs a one-off $1,195 database conversion fee
- Additional intensive web-based training is billed at $75 per hour
- Two-way texting is a separate $90 per month add-on that includes 2,000 outgoing texts per month, with additional outgoing texts at 5 cents each
- Mass email marketing is a separate $35 per month add-on covering up to 5,000 patients, with each additional block of 5,000 costing $20 per month, and it requires a texting subscription
- Online scheduling, Smart Caller ID, online patient reviews, tablet patient forms and teledentistry are each separately priced monthly add-ons
- ePrescribing is charged per provider at $59 per month plus a $99 setup fee
- Electronic claims are billed at $0.39 per claim plus $25 per month for attachments and $20 per month for real-time eligibility checks, through third party DentalXChange
- Support renewal carries a 12-month minimum term
- Patient payment plans through DocPay charge the patient $3 per payment, or 1% plus $1 per payment for guaranteed plans
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Practice-Web
$149/month- Basic$149/month
- Scheduling
- Charting
- Patient portal
- Premium$249/month
- Advanced scheduling
- Complete charting
- Insurance management
Denticon
$400/month- Single Practice$400/month
- Cloud-based platform
- Clinical charting
- Patient scheduling
- Multi-LocationFree
- Centralized management
- Multi-location support
- Advanced analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Practice-Web if
- You need web-based scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want digital charting.
Choose Denticon if
- You need multi-location management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want centralized scheduling.
Questions people ask
- Is Practice-Web or Denticon better?
- Neither clearly leads. Practice-Web starts at $149/month and Denticon at $400/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Practice-Web or Denticon?
- Practice-Web starts at $149/month and Denticon at $400/month.
- Does Practice-Web or Denticon run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Practice-Web best used for?
- Practice-Web is most often used for dental practice management including charting, treatment plans and billing, running patient texting, reminders and online scheduling for a dental office, submitting dental insurance claims and checking eligibility electronically. Of those, dental practice management including charting, treatment plans and billing and running patient texting, reminders and online scheduling for a dental office are not what Denticon is typically brought in for.
- What can Practice-Web do that Denticon cannot?
- Practice-Web covers Web-based scheduling, Digital charting, Mobile app, Insurance management. Denticon covers Multi-location management, Centralized scheduling, Clinical charting, Revenue cycle management. Both handle Patient portal, HIPAA Compliant, Cloud deployment, Web support.