The ambient AI alternative to Dentascribe.

Dentascribe is a free dictation-based tool: you dictate and it formats the text into a note using CGDent-aligned templates. OpenDentist is an ambient AI scribe — it listens to the natural conversation with your patient and writes the structured note automatically, extracting BPE/BEWE scores and generating an automated periodontal diagnosis from speech, plus AI letters, referrals and consent forms. You don't dictate the note at all.

Dentascribe offers a free tier and highlights client-side end-to-end encryption of patient data. OpenDentist is a paid product (£50/month per clinician) with a 28-day free trial, reflecting its ambient AI capture and automated clinical structuring.

Yes. Both generate clean text you can copy and paste into any practice management system — SOE/Exact, R4/CS R4+, Dentally and others. OpenDentist also offers a Chrome extension side panel that can paste directly into Dentally.

Choose Dentascribe if you want a free, dictation-based tool and are happy speaking your notes. Choose OpenDentist if you want truly hands-free notes generated from the conversation, with BPE/BEWE and perio diagnosis automated, and GDC/CQC-compliant structuring done for you.