Fuse
Browser-based cloud practice management software from Patterson Dental, built for single and multi-location offices, with one patient record and central scheduling, insurance billing and reporting across locations. Patterson publishes no prices. Practice management runs on Windows or macOS; Fuse imaging (Apteryx XVWeb/XVCapture) needs Windows, and iPads and iPhones are not supported.
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5 out of 5
How much does Fuse cost?
Patterson Dental publishes no price for Fuse, and no third-party listing gives one either. As of Sep 26, 2026, the only way to get a figure is to ask Patterson Dental for a written quote for your practice's size. That is worth knowing before a sales call: without a published list price there is nothing to check a proposal against, so ask what the figure covers, what renews, and what it costs to get your records out.
- Vendor
- Patterson Dental (part of Patterson Companies)
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Platforms
- Web browser, Windows, Mac
- Specialties
- General dentistry
- Practice sizes
- Solo practice, Small group, Multi-location
- Website
- https://www.pattersondental.com/cp/software/dental-practice-management-software/fuse
Every published price
Imaging
- Native imaging
- Third-party integration Vendor-published at pattersonsupport.custhelp.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Imaging integrations
- Apteryx XVWeb, Apteryx XVCapture
What’s included
| Feature | Fuse |
|---|---|
| Reporting dashboards | Included Vendor-published at pattersondental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Multi-location reporting | Included Vendor-published at pattersondental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Each line carries the page that claim came from and the date we checked it. "Included" means the base product or the cheapest paid tier. A capability with no line here is one we have not checked on Fuse, which is a different statement from one we checked and could not establish.
Add-ons with a published integration
Each row is one add-on joined to Fuse, grouped by the job the add-on does. The depth is the word the source uses, and the company named is the one that published the claim. A missing add-on means we hold no record either way, which is common: most add-on vendors publish a partner directory and most software vendors do not.
Online booking
| Add-on | Depth | Published by | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NexHealth | API | NexHealth | NexHealth lists Fuse by Patterson Dental among the systems it supports, under its "Is my system supported?" checker. NexHealth does not publish the connection method per system. | Vendor-published at nexhealth.com · checked Oct 7, 2026 |
Ratings
| Site | Score | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capterra | 5.0 / 5 | 1 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
How reviewers score it
The headline rating above is one number covering four questions. Capterra publishes each of them on its own, and the one a practice argues about in a demo is ease of use, so each gets a line here with its own review count. These are a review site's numbers, not ours.
| Measure | Score | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ease of use | 5.0 / 5 | 1 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Customer service | 4.0 / 5 | 1 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Features | 3.0 / 5 | 1 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Value for money | 5.0 / 5 | 1 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Strengths
- No limit on the number of locations; staff can work at any location and patients share one record across offices. Vendor-published at pattersondental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Practice management runs in Chrome or Firefox on Windows or macOS; imaging capture and viewing need Windows; Apple iOS devices are not supported. Vendor-published at pattersonsupport.custhelp.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Still under active development: Patterson published release notes on Aug 20, 2026. Vendor-published at pattersondental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
Complaints
- The only Capterra review cites weak reporting on adjustments and refunds and provider production figures that swing too much. Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
Last reviewed .
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