Bola AI
Voice perio and restorative charting for dental practices.
Overview
Bola AI is voice-first charting built for dental practices. Voice Perio lets hygienists and dentists call out pocket depths, bleeding on probing, recession, mobility, furcation, and suppuration hands-free, writing directly into the practice management system's perio chart. Voice Restorative covers conditions, procedures, and treatment planning, and Clinical Notes adds wake-word dictation. Bola powers the built-in voice features in Open Dental and Curve Dental and is sold by Patterson for Eaglesoft. Bola reports 10,000+ dentists and hygienists and 3 million+ completed charts.
- +Truly hands-free perio charting
- +Native write-back to major PMS perio charts
- +Built into Open Dental and Curve integrations
- +Good for hygiene workflows
- -Requires recommended headsets or microphones
- -Voice recognition can struggle in noisy operatories
- -Pricing requires a custom quote
- -Accuracy claims are vendor-reported
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Articles that cover Bola AI
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AI for Dental Practices in 2026: What's FDA-Cleared, What's Hype, and What's Worth Buying
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