Works with Open Dental

Yesterday's numbers, before the first patient.

Alto Dental is the operations and analytics platform for independent practices on Open Dental. Owners get a Daily Recap after each business day, KPI dashboards, a Morning Huddle for the team, monthly closeout, and Ask Alto.

Alto Insight: $299 per month. Available now.

Doesn’t write to Open Dental · $0 setup · Month-to-month

Made by JCMD Solutions in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

The Alto dashboard in dark mode for a fictional practice: net production, collections and new patients month to date against goal, and today's action brief with insurance claims waiting and hygiene reappointment.
Sample data from a fictional practice (Britway Dental).

Daily Recap

What lands in your inbox after each business day.

After Alto's nightly refresh, the Daily Recap is emailed to the people you choose, with a PDF attached. It covers your last completed business day and shows when its data was last refreshed.

  • Net production, income, and new patients for the month against your goals, with month-end pace
  • Production already scheduled for the rest of the month
  • Key metrics for the day, week, month, same month last year, and year to date
  • Payments and adjustments by type, for the day and the month
  • A provider summary with new patients and patients treated
  • Light or dark design, and an optional passcode on the PDF

Download a sample Daily Recap (PDF, 52 KB)

The top of a Daily Recap PDF for a fictional practice: month-to-date gauges against goal with week, month and year comparisons, scheduled production for the rest of the month, and the key metrics table.
Sample data from a fictional practice (Britway Dental).
Three month-to-date gauges from the Daily Recap for a fictional practice: net production, income and new patients, each against its goal with month-end pace and what is needed per remaining working day.
Sample data from a fictional practice (Britway Dental).

Plans

Start with Alto Insight.

Alto Insight includes setup, a numbers check with you, team training, and email and phone support.

Available now

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Alto Insight

$299per month

Alto tells you what is happening in the practice, and what to do about it. Read-only: it does not write to Open Dental or contact patients.

Included today:

  • Practice KPI dashboards
  • Daily Recap email and PDF, with an optional passcode
  • Morning Huddle brief
  • Monthly closeout
  • Ask Alto
Coming to Alto Insight later (5)
  • Ranked action lists across the practice
  • Threshold alerts
  • Monthly total of identified opportunity
  • Mobile app
  • Display-only patient portal

Coming soon: join the waitlist

These plans are not available yet, so there are no demos for them. Join a waitlist and we will tell you when one is ready.

DoComing soon

Alto Operate

$749per month (planned)

Planned price. It may change before launch, and people on the waitlist hear the final price first.

Alto does the work, with a person on your team in the loop.

Everything in Alto Insight, plus:

  • Schedule and reschedule appointments in Open Dental from Alto
  • Command Center for the day's operations
  • Online patient self-scheduling
  • Two-way text messaging, 2,500 messages a month included
  • Recall outreach
  • Forms, including kiosk mode
  • Pay-by-text, $0.15 per transaction

AutomateComing soon

Alto Autopilot

Quoted at launch

Alto does the work without being asked.

Everything in Alto Operate, plus:

  • Text messaging, 6,000 messages a month included
  • Automated A/R follow-up
  • Unattended charging
  • Automatic waitlist backfill
  • Insurance automation
  • Treatment plan presentation

Month-to-month with $0 setup. Billed monthly once Alto is live for your practice. Cancel anytime; service runs to the end of the paid month. Practices with more than one location are quoted.

Getting started

From demo to your first Daily Recap.

  1. 01

    See it on a sample practice

    A 30-minute walkthrough of Alto Insight on a fictional practice. There is nothing to prepare, and we reply within 2 business days of your request.

  2. 02

    Sign, connect, and check the numbers

    We sign a business associate agreement, connect Alto to your Open Dental, and check Alto's numbers against your Open Dental reports with you.

  3. 03

    Train the team, then read yesterday

    We walk your team through the dashboards and the Daily Recap. Support is by email and phone on business days, and we reply within 2 business days.

FAQ

Before you request a demo.

Who is Alto for?

Alto is for independent dental practices on Open Dental. Owners and their teams use it to see the practice's numbers and plan the day. The product application is at app.altodentaliq.com.

How much does Alto cost?

Alto Insight is $299 a month, Alto Operate is coming soon, at a planned $749 a month, and Alto Autopilot is coming soon and will be quoted for your practice. Month-to-month with $0 setup. Billed monthly once Alto is live for your practice. Cancel anytime; service runs to the end of the paid month. Practices with more than one location are quoted. Features marked "coming soon" on the pricing page are not available yet.

Does Alto sign a business associate agreement?

Yes. We sign a business associate agreement with every practice before connecting to its data. This site does not describe Alto as HIPAA certified, and it does not claim a SOC report or any other security certification.

What happens in a demo?

The demo is a walkthrough of Alto Insight, about 30 minutes, on a fictional sample practice. There is nothing to prepare: you do not need Open Dental access, credentials, or patient information. Request one with the form on the contact page, email [email protected], or call (615) 993-8700, and we reply within 2 business days. If you go ahead, we sign a business associate agreement before connecting Alto to your Open Dental. Alto Operate and Alto Autopilot are coming soon, so they take waitlist sign-ups instead of demos. If you already have access, sign in at app.altodentaliq.com.

What do setup and support include?

Alto Insight includes setup, a numbers check with you, team training, and email and phone support. After your demo, we sign a business associate agreement, connect Alto to your Open Dental, check Alto's numbers against your Open Dental reports with you, and walk your team through the dashboards and the Daily Recap. Support is by email and phone on business days, and we reply within 2 business days.

Who makes Alto Dental?

Alto Dental is made by JCMD Solutions in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Demo

See Alto Insight in a 30-minute walkthrough.

The demo uses a fictional sample practice, so there is nothing to prepare. We reply within 2 business days. If you already have access, sign in at the product app.

[email protected](615) 993-8700