Use AssistCall with Open Dental

AssistCall answers your business calls 24/7 and can send each call, message and booking to Open Dental through Live API actions, Webhook, n8n.

Open Dental: Dental practice management software with open-source roots, used by solo and group practices for scheduling, charting, billing and insurance.

Connects

Example call

A patient calls to book a cleaning; AssistCall finds her by phone number in Open Dental, offers an open slot and creates the appointment through the API; the front desk sees it on the Open Dental schedule and gets the call summary by email.

Once your office has an Open Dental developer key (approved by Open Dental Vendor Relations), look up the caller by phone number during the call (GET /patients) so the receptionist can greet returning patients by name.
With a paid API permission tier, check open slots (GET /appointments/Slots) and create the appointment (POST /appointments) while the patient is still on the line.
Send AssistCall's appointment.booked events to an n8n workflow that creates the matching appointment in Open Dental through the same API key.

How it connects

Live API actions: During the call, the receptionist calls the app's API with your key to look up or create records.
Webhook: Signed JSON for every call, message and booking, sent to any HTTPS URL you choose.
n8n: Start an n8n workflow with a webhook node, then call the app with its node or an HTTP request.
Call forwarding: Forward your business line to AssistCall when busy, after hours or always. Works with any carrier.

About Open Dental's API

Partner API: the vendor approves access
Style: REST (JSON over HTTPS); FHIR interface also available
Authentication: Authorization header carrying a developer key and a per-office customer key
On Zapier: no. On Make: no.

Not self-serve: a developer key comes from Open Dental Vendor Relations (requests take 1-3 business days), then the office enables the API and adds a customer key under Setup > Advanced Setup > API. The office must run eConnector. Read All access is free but limited to 1 request per 5 seconds; paid tiers ($15-$35 per location per month, paid by the developer) allow 1 request per second and writes such as creating appointments. API Events (subscriptions) push database changes to a URL you choose. Open Dental recommends a BAA with any third party that handles patient data; AssistCall does not currently offer a HIPAA BAA. No Zapier or Make app exists.

Not included: no one-click Open Dental app, no listing in Open Dental's marketplace, no two-way sync, and no partnership with Open Dental Software.

Researched by the AssistCall team and checked against Open Dental Software's public pages on October 24, 2026. Open Dental is a trademark of Open Dental Software. AssistCall is an independent product of Starling Global LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or approved by Open Dental Software.

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All product and company names in this directory are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, used only to identify systems AssistCall can send call information to or receive information from. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their owners. AssistCall connects using signed webhooks, the business's own API keys, automation platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n) the business sets up in its own account, and call forwarding. AssistCall does not provide one-click connectors, marketplace apps, certifications or two-way record or calendar sync, and does not sign HIPAA business associate agreements. Vendor features, plans and API access can change; information last checked October 24, 2026.