Patient Portal Feature

The Patient Portal is an eService hosted by Open Dental and gives patients instant access to their health information. It also allows providers and patients to exchange private, Secure WebMail Feature messages.

Feature Highlights

Watch our video: A Quick Look at Patient Portal.

Patient Portal allows patients to do the following:
• View statements and Make Payments (see Payment Portal)
• See upcoming appointments
• Review Treatment Plans
• Send and receive secure WebMail (see Secure WebMail Feature)
• View images and PDFs
• And more! (see Patient Portal: What Patient Sees)

Secure Email users can also use Patient Portal to send and receive Secure Email.

Try out Patient Portal

Want to try out Patient Portal before setting it up in your own database? Check out our Patient Portal Demo.

• User Name: demo
• Password: Any text or no text can be entered

Getting Started

Patient Portal is available at no additional fee for practices on support with a unique, active registration key.

For a list of supported browsers see Computer Requirements.

Once you're ready, your office can select which Patient Portal Features are enabled (see Patient Portal Settings) and which patients have Patient Portal Access. Then set up Patient Portal and determine invite settings

Your office also has the option to Host your own Patient Portal This is a highly technical process and Open Dental does not provide support on this setup.