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Discover our comprehensive dental software catalog, featuring a full range of free tools designed to support modern practices of any size. Our platform brings together essential applications such as digital charting, appointment scheduling, radiology viewers, billing support, and tele-dentistry — all in one convenient hub. For official standards and guidelines on digital practice, see the American Dental Association’s resources. To learn more about our mission, visit the About Softprodents page, and for the latest industry updates, check our Tech News section. We continuously update this dental software catalog to meet the evolving needs of clinics.
ITK (Insight Toolkit) Context ITK (Insight Toolkit) doesn’t look like a ready-made dental app — it’s a library, a toolbox. It came out of an NIH project years ago and has since turned into one of the go-to frameworks for medical image analysis. While VTK takes care of showing data, ITK is about crunching it: segmentation, registration, filtering. In dentistry, labs use it for things like pulling out nerves from CBCT scans, aligning pre- and post-treatment images, or testing automated measurement
VTK (Visualization Toolkit) Context VTK (Visualization Toolkit) is one of the oldest and most influential open-source libraries for 3D visualization. Originally built for scientific and engineering use, it has also found a place in medicine and dentistry, mostly as the rendering engine under the hood of other software. Many academic imaging platforms — from research PACS viewers to dental simulation tools — quietly rely on VTK to render slices, volumes, or surface meshes. On its own, VTK is a de
ParaView (Medical edition) Context ParaView was never built as a dental viewer — it comes from the world of heavy scientific visualization. But with the Medical edition, it grows a set of tools that make it relevant for CBCT and CT/MRI data. In practice, that means you can throw huge image stacks at it, apply segmentation overlays, or render jaw structures in 3D without crashing the workstation. It isn’t as polished as dental-only viewers, but in labs and universities it earns its place: when ot
InVivoDental Viewer (Lite) Context InVivoDental Viewer (Lite) is the free edition of Anatomage’s well-known 3D imaging software. It was designed primarily for viewing CBCT scans in dentistry — implant planning, orthodontics, oral surgery, and general case review. The Lite version strips down some advanced planning features but retains the essential viewing tools, making it suitable for teaching labs, student self-study, and case sharing. For administrators, it is a lightweight viewer that can be
Meshroom (AliceVision) Context Meshroom, built on top of the AliceVision photogrammetry framework, is an open-source tool for turning photos into 3D models. While it wasn’t designed specifically for dentistry, research groups and some dental schools use it to reconstruct oral surfaces from sets of intraoral or lab photographs. Compared with CBCT or laser scans, photogrammetry is cheaper and more accessible — a regular camera can be enough. For IT staff, the interest is in providing labs with a G
OpenCascade (Dental CAD use) Context OpenCascade didn’t start in medicine at all — it came out of the mechanical CAD world. Engineers use it for solid modeling and geometry kernels, but over the years research groups in dentistry noticed something: the same math that builds car parts can also rebuild a molar or design a surgical guide. On its own, OpenCascade is just a library, not an application you can double-click and run. But when a dental lab or university hooks it into their CAD interface,
GNUmed + Dental Forms Context GNUmed has been around for years as an open-source EHR, mainly serving general medicine. It’s steady, reliable, but it was never built with dentists in mind. That’s where the Dental Forms project comes in. On their own, the forms look like a set of templates — odontograms, treatment notes, billing sheets. Not much more. But when plugged into GNUmed, something changes: dental workflows suddenly sit next to lab results, prescriptions, and patient histories.
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Elexis (Dental fork) Context Elexis began as a Swiss open-source EHR and practice management system, mostly used in medical clinics. Over the years, different forks appeared, and one of them was shaped for dentistry. This dental fork adds what the base version lacked: odontograms, treatment charts, billing rules for oral care. It doesn’t run as a lightweight web app; instead, it feels like a traditional clinic system — a Java client tied to a database backend. For dental schools and small practi
ZEPRS (Zanzibar EMR) Context ZEPRS (Zanzibar Electronic Patient Record System) is one of the earliest open-source EMRs tailored for regional healthcare programs in Africa. Although initially focused on maternal and child health, it has been extended for broader clinical use, including dental charting and patient management in community health projects. Its strength lies in lightweight design and ability to run in low-resource environments — making it practical for public health institutions, uni
Oscar Pro Dental Templates Context Oscar Pro is a Canadian open-source EHR platform, widely used in community health centers and teaching clinics. While the base system was developed for primary care, it includes a library of Dental Templates that adapt it for oral health workflows. These templates cover odontograms, dental charting, procedure codes, and treatment planning forms. Compared to dedicated dental software, the approach is modular: institutions can extend Oscar with templates rather t
NOSH ChartingSystem (Dental plugin) Context NOSH ChartingSystem (New Open Source Health) is an open-source EHR platform created with simplicity and small-clinic use in mind. Its dental plugin extends the base system with odontograms, charting tools, and procedure tracking tailored for oral healthcare. Unlike large academic EHRs, NOSH is lightweight: it was originally designed for independent practices and community clinics. With the dental plugin enabled, it becomes a practical option for dental
LibreHealth EHR Dental Context LibreHealth EHR Dental grew out of the larger LibreHealth project — an open-source EHR that many universities and clinics use as a base. The dental package is not a side toy but a serious extension: it adds odontograms, charting tools, and imaging hooks directly into the record system. In practice, it feels closer to running a full clinic EHR than a narrow dental charting app. The upside for schools and teaching hospitals is obvious — no license fees, full code acc
Dental Explorer VR Context Dental Explorer VR sits somewhere between a lab model and a field trip inside the mouth. It’s not just another 3D app on a flat monitor; with a headset on, students stand “in” the oral cavity, trace nerve paths, and size up tooth morphology with real depth cues. The idea is simple, the logistics less so: a VR-capable PC, headsets that stay calibrated, and a room schedule that never quite behaves. Still, when it works, it clicks—spatial understanding improves, and pre-c
OralPathAtlas Context OralPathAtlas is a digital reference platform focused on oral pathology. It collects high-resolution images of lesions, case descriptions, and classification notes into a structured teaching archive. Unlike general-purpose anatomy tools, it concentrates on clinical pathology, making it suitable for dental schools, pathology labs, and continuing education programs. For IT administrators, the main task is to provide reliable access to a centralized library that students and f
Simodont Dental Trainer (Academic edition) Context Simodont Dental Trainer is a specialized simulation platform developed for dental schools and teaching hospitals. Unlike general 3D anatomy tools, it replicates the tactile feedback of actual dental procedures using haptic hardware combined with software modules. The Academic edition is aimed at universities that want to standardize pre-clinical training, allowing students to practice cavity preparation, crown work, and endodontic access in a sa
Meshroom (AliceVision) Context Meshroom, built on top of the AliceVision photogrammetry framework, is an open-source tool for turning photos into 3D models. While it wasn’t designed specifically for dentistry, research groups and some dental schools use it to reconstruct oral surfaces from sets of intraoral or lab photographs. Compared with CBCT or laser scans, photogrammetry is cheaper and more accessible — a regular camera can be enough. For IT staff, the interest is in providing labs with a G
BioDigital Human (Free dental subset) Context BioDigital Human is best described as a living, interactive atlas rather than a static reference. Everything runs in the browser: a student opens the page, the model loads, and suddenly jawbones, teeth, nerves, and muscles can be peeled apart or rotated like physical objects. The free dental subset is narrower in scope than the full platform, but it covers what dental schools care about most — oral structures and craniofacial relationships. For admin
Anatomage Table EDU (Free demo) Context Anatomage Table EDU (Free demo) is the academic demonstration version of the Anatomage Table, a virtual dissection platform. The EDU demo doesn’t include the full licensed dataset or clinical-level features, but it provides schools and students access to an interactive 3D anatomy viewer with limited modules. In dental training, it is mainly used to study craniofacial anatomy, jaw structures, and sinus regions in a virtual environment. Unlike PACS or CBCT v
OpenFlipper (Medical meshes) Context OpenFlipper is an open-source framework mainly aimed at mesh processing and visualization. It wasn’t designed for clinical dentistry, but it has found a role in labs and research projects where dental CBCT data needs to be turned into 3D meshes and then processed further. Typical workflows include segmentation output from imaging platforms (like MedInria or SMILI) that gets exported to STL or OBJ, then loaded into OpenFlipper for refinement, measurement, or p
Simbionix Dental Simulator (Lite academic) Context The Lite academic edition of the Simbionix Dental Simulator is not a diagnostic tool and it’s not meant for hospitals — it’s a teaching aid. The system is used in dental schools where students need to get familiar with basic procedures before they ever touch a patient. Instead of running radiology workflows or storing records, the software focuses on simulation: drilling, implant placement, restorative work. The Lite version cuts down the number
MedInria Context MedInria is an open-source imaging platform that has been around in research circles for some time. It isn’t a simple viewer like K-PACS, and it isn’t a PACS either — it sits somewhere in between. The software is built to handle different imaging modalities and to give researchers a single place to run segmentation, registration, or advanced 3D rendering. In dentistry it shows up mostly in teaching hospitals and academic labs, where CBCT datasets are combined with MRI or CT scan
BioImage Suite Web Context BioImage Suite Web is the modern, browser-based evolution of Yale’s BioImage Suite project. Unlike traditional imaging software that requires heavy local installs, this platform runs in the browser with a server backend, providing advanced medical image visualization and analysis without tying users to one machine. In dentistry, BioImage Suite Web can be used to view CBCT datasets, run 3D reconstructions, and experiment with image registration in a way that works acros
GIMIAS (Graphical Interface for Medical Image Analysis and Simulation) Context GIMIAS is an open-source platform for medical image analysis and simulation. It is not a standard PACS or DICOM viewer, but more of a framework: a modular environment where plugins can be combined to create specific imaging workflows. In dentistry, universities and research groups have used GIMIAS to process CBCT data, build 3D anatomical models, and run biomechanical simulations. Its strength lies in integration: ima
NIRFast Context NIRFast is an academic tool, not a clinic product. It was built for people working on optical imaging — modeling how near-infrared light moves through tissue and trying to reconstruct images from that data. In dentistry, it has been used in research projects where teams want to go beyond X-ray or CBCT and study blood flow or soft tissue health. It functions more as a simulation engine than a ready-to-use application: you set up the meshes, run the solver, and analyze how light be
SMILI (Simple Medical Imaging Library Interface) Context SMILI is not a clinic-ready PACS, and it doesn’t try to be. It’s a collection of imaging utilities and a C++/Qt framework that researchers use when they want to experiment with data formats, segmentation, or visualization. In dental imaging this usually means CBCT or panoramic scans: staff pull the datasets out of a PACS, run them through SMILI to try different segmentation or reconstruction approaches, and then export the results as meshe
dcm4che Context dcm4che is one of the longest-running open-source projects in the DICOM ecosystem. It is not just a single executable viewer or server but a collection of Java-based libraries, command-line tools, and applications that cover most aspects of DICOM handling. Many hospitals and research projects rely on parts of dcm4che, either as standalone utilities or embedded into larger PACS systems. In dentistry, it often serves as a backend component: converting images, bridging scanners to P
Orthanc Context Orthanc is an open-source DICOM server that behaves like a compact PACS. It is often deployed in clinics or teaching labs as the central piece between scanners and viewers. For dental networks, Orthanc provides a practical way to archive CBCT or panoramic studies locally, with a web UI and APIs for automation. It is not a full VNA, but a lightweight system that is easy to install, understand, and integrate with other tools.
OpenREM Context OpenREM started as a project for radiology departments, but it quickly proved useful wherever radiation dose data needs to be tracked and understood. At its core, it’s a web-based system that listens to scanners and collects the dose information hidden inside DICOM reports. For dental networks that rely heavily on CBCT or panoramic imaging, this becomes more than a ‘nice-to-have’: it gives administrators and medical physicists a way to see, in one place, how much radiation patien
Dicompyler Context Dicompyler is an open-source DICOM RT (Radiotherapy) viewer and analysis tool, but over the years it has also found a place in dentistry. It can parse and display DICOM RT structures, dose distributions, and related imaging data, making it useful for dental radiology research and for training where advanced radiation datasets overlap with dental CBCT or panoramic images. Unlike traditional PACS viewers, Dicompyler was built around extensibility—admins and researchers often use
EHRBase + Dental Templates Context EHRBase by itself is a solid openEHR engine. It handles structured medical records, stores them safely, and provides APIs. But on its own, it is a blank platform—powerful but without domain-specific content. The missing piece for dentistry comes from Dental Templates. These template sets carry clinical archetypes for dental exams, treatments, and imaging references. Alone, they are only models. When loaded into EHRBase, the system becomes a functional dental re
SimpleDental Context SimpleDental is a lightweight practice management tool designed for clinics that want only the essentials. Unlike larger EHR platforms, it does not try to cover every possible workflow. Instead, it focuses on keeping patient information, scheduling, and treatment records in one place with minimal overhead. Its small footprint makes it popular among small offices and teaching labs where staff prefer a system that is easy to run, easy to back up, and does not demand dedicated
DentaSoft Lite Context In smaller dental practices, there is often no need for a heavy, enterprise-grade EHR. DentaSoft Lite was created for exactly that gap. It provides the basics—patient files, daily schedules, treatment notes, and simple billing—without dragging along the overhead of full-scale hospital systems. Administrators tend to pick it when the clinic runs on modest hardware, or when the staff prefers a system that is quick to set up and easy to keep running. It is also a common choic
OpenDentalTrainer Fork (Student edition) Context OpenDentalTrainer Fork (Student edition) is a specialized variant of the widely used open-source practice management software Open Dental, adapted for training environments. This fork is aimed at dental schools, teaching hospitals, and simulation labs where students must practice scheduling, charting, and billing workflows without affecting production data. The system mirrors real-world functionality but operates in a sandboxed mode, ensuring no p
DentaLab Open Context DentaLab Open is an open-source dental laboratory information system built to manage lab cases, prescriptions, materials, and communication with dental practices. Unlike full clinical EHRs, it focuses specifically on laboratory workflows: from receiving digital orders to tracking production and delivery. For IT teams, it represents a specialized, modular component that can integrate with practice management systems or run independently inside a lab environment. The system i
Dental Information System (DIS) Context In many dental networks, a lightweight clinic system is still the fastest way to get from “patient at the door” to a signed treatment record. Dental Information System (DIS) sits in that niche: a pragmatic, database-backed application used in teaching clinics and small to mid-size practices to manage patient charts, procedures, scheduling, and simple billing. It is not a monolith; implementations vary by fork and stack, which is why IT teams usually treat