Dentrix API
No open API for practices. Henry Schein One gates a DLL-based Office API, a REST Ascend API with OAuth 2.0, and Enterprise APIs behind application, security review, and a signed agreement. Ascend costs $5,000 each for read and write setup; practices cannot get their own keys.
Frequently asked questions
Dentrix scores F on the API Report Card. No open API for practices. Henry Schein One gates a DLL-based Office API, a REST Ascend API with OAuth 2.0, and Enterprise APIs behind application, security review, and a signed agreement. Ascend costs $5,000 each for read and write setup; practices cannot get their own keys.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
Dentrix is the flagship desktop dental practice management software from Henry Schein One, a joint venture of Henry Schein and Internet Brands.
Vertical: Healthcare / EHR, specifically dental practice management (PMS). Front desk staff use Dentrix to schedule appointments on the Appointment Book, run eligibility checks, post payments, manage the recall/recare list, and produce statements.
Dentrix is the most widely used dental practice management system in North America, with 35,000+ practices on the platform per Henry Schein One. It has been in market since the late 1980s and is the de facto standard taught in most US dental schools.
Yes, Dentrix is the system of record for nearly everything a dental practice does.
~37 years old, Dentrix was first released in 1989 by Larry Gibson's Dentrix Dental Systems, acquired by Henry Schein in 1997, and folded into the Henry Schein One JV (with Internet Brands) in 2018.
Dentrix Ascend API charges a $5,000 one-time setup fee for READ access and another $5,000 for WRITE access, plus monthly royalty fees per API category. API access requires application, use-case review, security review, and signed API Agreement before any keys are issued, no self-serve. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Eaglesoft (Patterson Dental), Open Dental, Dentrix Ascend (sister product), Curve Dental, Carestream Dental (Sensei/SoftDent/PracticeWorks), tab32. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Dentrix API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Dentrix data. See the Dentrix integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/dentrix-api.