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Checked October 26, 2026. Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page. Pearl, Overjet, Bola AI and Arini do not publish prices; we say so. Prices change: re-check before you buy. Dooza Crew is our product and our top pick for the back office of a small dental practice; we say why, and where the dental-specific tools fit better.
Our top pick for a small dental practice is Dooza Crew: AI employees for the office jobs nobody has time for, such as hiring, supply ordering and filling forms, $49 a month for the whole organization, and it asks before it sends anything. For AI x-ray analysis, look at Pearl or Overjet, or Open Dental's AI Image Analysis if you already run Open Dental. For notes and hands-free perio charting, Denti.AI or Bola AI. For the phones, Arini is an AI receptionist built for dentists; Smith.ai has a free AI receptionist plan and Dialzara starts at $29 a month. Weave bundles phones, texting and AI call insights.
This list is for independent dentists and practices with one to five locations, not large groups. That is still most of dentistry. The American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute reports that "As of 2023, less than three-fourths of U.S. dentists (72.5%) are private practice owners, down from 84.7% in 2005." It also says "As of 2024, more than one in ten dentists (16%) in the U.S. are affiliated with a dental support organization (DSO)."
A DSO has a central team for phones, billing, hiring and IT. An owner-dentist usually has a front desk of one or two people doing all of it between patients. The tools below fall into four groups: clinical AI that reads x-rays, AI that writes notes and charts by voice, AI that answers the phone, and AI that does office work in your browser.
| Tool | What the AI does | Price (vendor page, Oct 26) | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooza Crew (ours, top pick) | AI employees for office work: hiring, supply orders, forms, email drafts; takes phone calls | $49/mo per organization, unlimited users and agents, AI usage included | 7 days free (card required) |
| Pearl (Second Opinion) | Flags pathologies on x-rays; also claims, insurance and practice analytics | Not published (contact sales) | None stated |
| Overjet | X-ray AI, ambient visit notes (Voice), AI insurance coordinator (Ivy) | Not published (contact sales) | None stated |
| Denti.AI | AI notes, voice perio charting, x-ray analysis, auto-charting | $399/mo or $3,990/yr, one location | None stated; 10% off first month |
| Bola AI | Voice perio and restorative charting, AI scribe | Not published (contact sales) | None stated |
| Open Dental + BetterDiagnostics | AI radiograph analysis inside the Open Dental Imaging Module | $149/month/location (plus Open Dental) | None stated for the AI |
| Weave | Phones, texting, reminders, Call Intelligence AI | Starting from $199 per month | None stated |
| Arini | AI receptionist for dentists: calls, reactivation, scheduling | Not published (contact sales) | None stated |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | 24/7 AI call answering, summaries, scheduling | Free $0 (25 calls); Pro $150/mo | Free plan |
| Dialzara | AI receptionist, messages and transfers | From $29/month (60 minutes) | 7-day free trial |
Crew gives a dental practice AI employees, each with its own computer and browser and its own job. They work around the clock, work with your team in one chat, and pass work to each other. They work in the web-based tools you log in to with a browser, and Crew agents take phone calls too, included in the plan. Before an agent sends an email or clicks Send, Submit or Pay, it asks you to Approve, Edit or Reject.
Some jobs you could give it, chosen so that no patient health information is involved:
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Pearl's Second Opinion is built to "Detect pathologies in x-rays using AI for improved diagnostic accuracy." Pearl also sells Practice Intelligence, an RCM product to "Build cleaner claims with insurance intelligence from verification to submission", Precheck and Voice. Pearl says it has "the only FDA-cleared AI tools that support both 2D X-rays and 3D CBCT imagery."
Overjet offers "Vision AI FDA-cleared AI for comprehensive diagnosis & patient education", Voice, "The ambient AI solution that documents, monitors, and analyzes every patient visit", and Ivy, a "New AI insurance coordinator for your front desk".
Denti.AI's OneStop Clinical plan includes "AI-generated dental notes", "AI voice perio charting", x-ray analysis and auto-charting for supported practice management systems, plus referral letters. Hygienists can chart perio hands-free, which helps when you have no assistant free.
Bola AI does voice perio charting, restorative charting (it says you can "Complete the restorative chart for a patient visit in less than 2 minutes.") and an AI Scribe for clinical notes. It says it is integrated with the leading practice management systems.
If you already run Open Dental, the simplest way to add x-ray AI may be BetterDiagnostics, which "is natively integrated in the Open Dental Imaging Module." It helps identify common dental pathologies for patients 18 and above, and billing is on your Open Dental statement.
Weave bundles VoIP phones, reminders, two-way texting, missed call texting, online scheduling and insurance verification for dental offices. Its new Call Intelligence is pitched as a way to "Easily use AI to turn more calls into more appointments".
Arini calls itself "The leading AI receptionist for dentists". It is built to "Answer inbound calls, re-activate patients, online scheduling, and more." and says its agents work around the clock and integrate with your existing systems.
Smith.ai's AI Receptionist offers 24/7 AI call answering with recording, transcription and summaries, call routing and AI scheduling with Calendly and similar tools.
Dialzara answers calls, takes messages with custom questions and transfers calls, with add-ons for outbound calls, SMS and website chat.
Any tool that hears a patient call, reads an x-ray or writes a clinical note handles protected health information. Before you turn one on, ask the vendor for a Business Associate Agreement and keep a signed copy. Open Dental tells offices to sign one for BetterDiagnostics, and Denti.AI lists itself as HIPAA-compliant on its pricing page. The general AI receptionists we read do not mention HIPAA on their pricing pages, and Dooza Crew makes no HIPAA claim, so keep patient details out of those unless your compliance review allows them. When in doubt, start with jobs that touch no patient data at all, such as hiring, supplies and vendor paperwork.
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For a small dental practice, our top pick is Dooza Crew (our product) for the back-office jobs nobody has time for, such as hiring, supply ordering and filling forms: AI employees with their own computer and browser, $49 a month for the whole organization after a 7-day free trial, and it asks before it sends anything. For x-ray analysis, look at Pearl, Overjet or, on Open Dental, its AI Image Analysis. For notes and perio charting, Denti.AI or Bola AI. For the phones, Arini is built for dentists; Smith.ai and Dialzara are general AI receptionists.
AI can flag possible findings, but the dentist diagnoses. Pearl, Overjet, Denti.AI and the BetterDiagnostics analysis inside Open Dental mark up radiographs, and their vendors say the tools are FDA-cleared. They support your diagnosis; they do not replace it, and treatment decisions stay with you.
Prices we read on October 26, 2026: Open Dental AI Image Analysis is $149/month/location; Denti.AI OneStop Clinical is $399 a month or $3,990 a year for one location; Weave starts from $199 per month; Smith.ai AI Receptionist has a $0 plan and Pro at $150 a month; Dialzara starts at $29 a month. Pearl, Overjet, Bola AI and Arini do not publish prices. Dooza Crew is $49 a month for the whole organization.
Smith.ai AI Receptionist has a free plan with 25 calls a month and $3.00 per call after that. Dialzara has a 7-day free trial. Neither page we read mentions dental practice software or HIPAA, so ask before patient details go through them. Arini, built for dentists, is demo-only.
Ask each vendor and get a Business Associate Agreement before any patient information goes in. Denti.AI lists itself as HIPAA-compliant on its pricing page, and Open Dental asks offices to sign a BetterDiagnostics Business Associate Agreement. Dooza Crew makes no HIPAA claim, so do not give it patient health information unless your own compliance review allows it.
Not in these tools. AI receptionists answer calls, take messages and book into a calendar, and Weave turns missed calls into texts, but your team still handles insurance questions, money and anything clinical. The practical goal is fewer missed calls and less busywork for the staff you have.
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