Where Oriva fits
Most dental software starts at the chart or the X-ray. Oriva starts before the visit, turning what a patient says into a clinical picture the practice can act on.
The dental software landscape
Different tools solve different parts of the patient journey. Here's roughly where each category focuses, and where Oriva sits.
| Category | Examples | Primary focus | When it acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imaging AI | Overjet, Pearl | Reading X-rays and scans | During / after the exam |
| Front-office & communications | Weave, NexHealth, Yapi, Modento | Messaging, forms, scheduling, payments | Around the visit |
| Voice receptionists | Arini and others | Answering inbound phone calls | At the phone call |
| Oriva | Oriva Health | Pre-visit clinical triage + smart scheduling | Before the visit |
What Oriva does differently
We're not trying to replace your imaging AI or your front-office tools. Oriva adds the step that usually doesn't exist: understanding the patient before they arrive.
Before the visit, not after
Triage happens at intake, so the practice knows the likely issue, the time it needs, and the materials before the patient sits down.
Plain words to a clinical picture
A deterministic triage engine turns "my tooth throbs, worse with cold" into a structured pre-visit summary for the clinician to review.
Voice and multilingual
Veronica can take the call in plain language and in multiple languages, so intake isn't limited to a form in English.
See it in two minutes
Watch a patient go from "my tooth hurts" to a planned, booked visit.