- We track 19 AI dental scribes; 16 are built dental-specific and 3 are general medical ambient-scribe tools (DeepCura, Freed, and Twofold Health) whose marketing mentions dental use. The three general tools don't document perio charting, CDT code suggestions or any PMS write-back — they transcribe and generate a SOAP note the same way they would for a physical therapist.
- Only 3 of 19 have 10+ public reviews worth citing (Freed, Kiroku, and DeepCura); most have none, and a handful show a single review driving a perfect-looking score — treat any 5.0 with n=1 as noise, not evidence.
- 10 of 19 don't document writing a note back into any PMS at all — most "AI scribes" hand you a finished note to copy into your chart, not an automatic write-back. Only Kubo Surgical documents broad PMS write-back (12 systems), and it's built for oral and maxillofacial surgery specifically, not general dentistry.
- 8 of 19 don't publish what happens to the audio recording afterward. Of the ones that do, 5 claim they don't retain audio at all, 3 say they store it and 2 say retention is temporary — ask this directly before a patient's voice ends up somewhere you didn't expect.
Ambient AI scribes are the fastest-moving category in dental software right now, and the marketing makes every one of them sound identical: "listens to the visit, writes the note." What actually varies — and what the marketing pages gloss over — is whether the note lands in your PMS automatically or you still copy-paste it, what happens to the recording afterward, and whether the tool was built for dentistry at all or is a general medical scribe with a dental landing page bolted on. This guide sorts 19 tracked scribes on exactly those three questions.
Independent: vendors cannot buy a position here. We have not tested these products hands-on; every capability is "as documented." Read the disclosure and the methodology.
Dental-specific scribes vs. general medical scribes
Before comparing names, check which of two different products you're actually looking at.
Alta AI, Avora, Bola AI, Denota.ai, Denti.AI Voice, Denticode, DentScribe, Gain AI, Heidi Health, Kaila, Kiroku, Kubo Surgical, Overjet Voice, RevMaxx, Scribeberry, and VoiceboxMD
Each documents at least one dental-specific capability — perio voice charting, CDT code suggestions, or dental terminology in the SOAP note. This is the real shortlist, split further below by PMS write-back and data completeness.
DeepCura, Freed, and Twofold Health
Ambient scribes built for outpatient medicine generally, with a dental landing page or dental-adjacent marketing copy. None documents a dental-specific feature or PMS write-back. Explained in their own section below.
Dental-specific AI scribes compared
These 14 have enough public data to compare properly. None has enough independent reviews to rank by rating, so the real differences are price, PMS write-back and audio retention — all in the tables below.
| Product | Starting price | PMS write-back | Audio retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta AI | Quote-only | 5 systems (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon, Curve Dental) | None retained |
| Avora | Quote-only | 5 systems (Open Dental, Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Denticon, Dentrix Ascend) | Not documented |
| Bola AI | Quote-only | 3 systems (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental) | Not documented |
| Denti.AI Voice | Quote-only | None documented for this product (see FAQ) | Not documented |
| Denticode | Quote-only | 1 system (Dentrix Ascend) | None retained |
| DentScribe | Quote-only | None documented | Not documented |
| Gain AI | $400–$800/mo | 5 systems (Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon) | Not documented |
| Heidi Health | Free | None documented | None retained |
| Kaila | $299/mo + $49/extra doctor | 1 system (Open Dental) | Stored |
| Kiroku | Quote-only | 2 systems (Dentally, Dental4Windows — UK) | Temporary |
| Kubo Surgical | $299/mo per provider | 12 systems — see the oral-surgery section below | None retained |
| Overjet Voice | $495–$595/location/mo + $1,500 setup | 3 systems (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental) | Stored |
| Scribeberry | $79–$99/seat/mo | None documented | None retained |
| VoiceboxMD | $49–$99/provider/mo | None documented | Not documented |
"Not documented" means we found no public statement either way, not that the vendor definitely lacks it — ask directly, especially for audio retention.
Does it chart for you, or just transcribe?
"AI scribe" implies the note lands in the patient's chart automatically. In practice, 10 of the 19 tools we track don't document that at all — you get a drafted note you copy into your PMS by hand. The ones that do write back mostly cover a handful of systems each:
- Alta AI, Avora, and Gain AI each document 5 PMS targets — mostly the same cluster of Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental and Denticon.
- Bola AI and Overjet Voice each document 3 (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental).
- Kiroku documents 2 — but they're UK-specific systems (Dentally, Dental4Windows), not the US PMS most of this list targets.
- Kaila and Denticode each document 1 (Open Dental for Kaila, Dentrix Ascend for Denticode).
- Kubo Surgical documents 12 — by far the widest list — but it's built for oral and maxillofacial surgery specifically; see below before assuming it applies to a general practice.
What happens to the recording
A patient's voice being recorded chairside is itself worth asking about, separate from what the note says. 8 of 19 tools don't publish a retention policy at all.
| Policy | Products |
|---|---|
| Audio not retained | Alta AI, Denticode, Heidi Health, Kubo Surgical, Scribeberry, and Twofold Health |
| Audio stored | Kaila, Overjet Voice, and DeepCura |
| Audio kept temporarily | Kiroku and Freed |
| Not documented | 8 products — ask directly and get the answer in the BAA |
Built for oral surgery, not general dentistry: Kubo Surgical
Kubo Surgical offers an AI scribe solution specifically designed for oral and maxillofacial surgery, integrating with common dental practice management systems.
Kubo Surgical's audience data names oral surgery, periodontics and prosthodontics specifically — not general practice. Its 12-system PMS write-back list includes OMS-specific software like OmsVision alongside general PMS names like Dentrix and Open Dental, which is why it looks like the runaway winner on write-back depth in the table above. If you're a general practice, that depth doesn't transfer — compare it only if you're actually in oral/maxillofacial surgery, perio or full-arch implant work.
Three general medical scribes marketed into dental
These show up in "AI dental scribe" searches, but none documents a dental-specific feature or PMS write-back — they're general ambient scribes with dental-adjacent marketing.
| Product | Starting price | What it actually is |
|---|---|---|
| DeepCura | $129/mo | A general AI medical scribe with intake, billing and scheduling features. Its own data explicitly marks it as not dental-specific; has 13 public reviews averaging 4.71. |
| Freed | $39/mo | A general ambient scribe supporting 14 languages, popular across outpatient medicine. No dental-specific flag documented; has 13 public reviews averaging 5.0. |
| Twofold Health | $49/seat/mo | A general ambient scribe generating SOAP notes from recorded sessions. No dental-specific flag documented; only 1 public review, too thin to cite. |
Tracked, but too little public data to fully compare
These 2 are dental-specific by their own marketing, but fall below our 0.70 data-completeness bar — usually because pricing and audio-retention policy aren't published anywhere we could verify.
| Product | What we could confirm |
|---|---|
| Denota.ai | Publishes real tiered pricing ($49–$199/month) but documents no PMS write-back and no audio-retention policy. |
| RevMaxx | Publishes a starting price (~$199/month) but documents no PMS write-back and no audio-retention policy. |
What it costs
Dental-specific scribes for a solo or small practice mostly run $39–$299 per provider per month. Heidi Health has a genuine free tier. At the top, Overjet Voice is a DSO-scale, per-location product (roughly $495–$595/location/month plus a $1,500 setup fee) rather than a per-provider subscription.
- Ask for the PMS write-back claim in writing, by name. "Integrates with your PMS" and "writes the finished note into your PMS automatically" are different products — most of this category only does the first.
- Get the audio-retention policy into the BAA, not just the sales page. 8 of 19 tools we checked don't publish one anywhere public.
- If you're in oral surgery, perio or full-arch implant work, check Kubo Surgical specifically — its specialty focus is why its write-back list looks so much deeper than everything else here.
Related reading: AI dental receptionist alternatives for the phone-side equivalent of this comparison, and the full AI scribe category page for every tracked product.
FAQ
What is the best AI dental scribe?
Among the 14 dental-specific scribes with enough public data to compare (Alta AI, Avora, Bola AI, Denti.AI Voice, Denticode, DentScribe, Gain AI, Heidi Health, Kaila, Kiroku, Kubo Surgical, Overjet Voice, Scribeberry, and VoiceboxMD), none has enough independent reviews to declare a clear winner — only 3 have 10+ reviews at all. Pick by what you actually need: Heidi Health if you want a free tier to try first, Kubo Surgical if you're in oral/maxillofacial surgery and want the deepest PMS write-back, or Overjet Voice if you're a DSO already using Overjet's other AI tools and want one vendor.
How much does an AI dental scribe cost?
Self-serve dental-specific tools mostly run $39–$299 per provider per month. Heidi Health has a free tier (Pro is $1,299/year). At the top end, Overjet Voice is quote-based around $495–$595 per location per month plus a $1,500 setup fee — a roughly 15x spread depending on whether you're buying for a solo op or a DSO. 3 general medical scribes (not dental-specific) run cheaper still, from $39/month.
Is Freed, Twofold Health or DeepCura actually built for dental practices?
Not specifically. All three are general ambient AI medical scribes — the same product category used by physical therapists, chiropractors and other outpatient clinicians. None documents dental-specific capability like perio voice charting or CDT code suggestions, and none writes back into a dental PMS. They'll transcribe a visit and draft a SOAP note, but you're getting a generic medical-scribe tool, not one that understands a periodontal chart.
Does an AI dental scribe write directly into my practice management system, or do I still copy the note over?
For most of them, you still copy it over. Only Alta AI, Avora, Bola AI, Denticode, Gain AI, Kaila, Kiroku, Kubo Surgical, and Overjet Voice document any automatic PMS write-back, and most of those list just 1–5 systems. Denti.AI Voice's own marketing says it's "integrated with popular PMS systems," but that appears to describe the wider Denti.AI platform's PMS-integrations page, not documented note write-back for the Voice product specifically — ask which exact product handles the write-back before assuming Voice does it alone.
What happens to the audio recording after an AI scribe transcribes a visit?
Alta AI, Denticode, Heidi Health, Kubo Surgical, Scribeberry, and Twofold Health document that they don't retain the raw audio at all. Kaila, Overjet Voice, and DeepCura document storing it, and Kiroku and Freed keep it temporarily. The rest don't publish a retention policy at all — ask directly, and get it in the BAA, not just the sales page.
What is Kubo Surgical and is it the same as a general AI dental scribe?
No. Kubo Surgical is built specifically for oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics and prosthodontics — not general dentistry. It documents the broadest PMS write-back list we found in this category (12 systems, including OMS-specific ones like OmsVision), but a general practice shortlisting AI scribes should compare it against the dental-specific tools above, not treat it as interchangeable.
Method & sources
We track 19 entities under "AI scribe." 16 are built dental-specific and 3 are general medical ambient-scribe tools marketed into dental; 14 of the dental-specific tools have enough public data to compare fully and 2 don't. We did not test these products hands-on; every price, PMS write-back claim and audio-retention policy links to its source via the product page, and only 3 products have enough public reviews (10+) to cite a score.
Product facts come from the Denture-ID database, where every field links to the vendor page or document it was taken from — open any product profile to see them. Rankings use the Data Index; vendors cannot pay to change a position. Found an error? Tell us.
- Overjet Voice — AI-powered Clinical Documentation for Dentistry — pricing tiers, PMS write-back, setup fee
- Kubo Surgical — Pricing — per-provider price and bundle
- Kubo Surgical — PMS Integrations — the 12-system PMS write-back list
- Heidi Health — Pricing — free tier; higher plans are quote-only
- Scribeberry — Security — audio-retention and HIPAA claims
- Denti.AI — PMS Integrations — the platform-level integrations page we checked against Voice's own write-back claim
- Denture-ID Data Index methodology — why we flag low-data-completeness products and thin review counts instead of scoring them like the rest