Database
The database uses the dual licensed MySQL database program. The structure of the data, or schema, is available for all to see and use (the data are still very secure). It is totally different than the proprietary format that all other dental software uses. Other programs can only export certain fields. In Open Dental, access to and control over every single piece of data is held by the dentist. Both local preferences and those which apply to every computer in the office will be stored in the mySQL database. This also greatly simplifies working with preferences and settings, and adding new workstations without having to spend all day setting them up.
The database schema is published and publicly viewable at http://www.opendental.com/OpenDentalDocumentation67.xml.
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