Site Information
dsn.com
Link authority for dsn.com (registrable domain: dsn.com) from the Common Crawl web graph: PageRank and harmonic centrality history since 2017, current scores, and the site's top backlink sources.
Link authority data (PageRank, harmonic centrality) and backlinks come from the Common Crawl web graph.
Current Scores
Web-graph authority (0-100)
Domain scores measure dsn.com as a whole: every subdomain's links rolled up into one node of Common Crawl's domain-level web graph. Host scores measure the exact hostname dsn.com. WWW scores cover the www variant of that hostname, which the graph tracks as its own entry since January 2026 (before that, www and bare host were merged). A big gap between domain and host usually means the domain's authority lives on other subdomains. PageRank is link-endorsement authority: how much weight the sites linking here carry themselves. Harmonic centrality measures reach: how close this site sits to the rest of the web when following links, which favors broadly connected sites over ones boosted by a few heavy linkers. All are normalized 0 to 100 within each crawl snapshot; a dash means that series does not exist for this site.
12
Domain PageRank
7
Host PageRank
-
WWW PageRank
95
Domain Harmonic Centrality
94
Host Harmonic Centrality
-
WWW Harmonic Centrality
Site Intelligence
Homepage
What dsn.com presents on its own homepage: the page title, description, and the social share markup it publishes. Pulled from https://dsn.com.
| Title | Home - DSN Software |
|---|---|
| Description | DSN Software provides specialty dental practice management solutions that streamline scheduling, billing, and patient care to help practices grow. |
| OG Title | Home - DSN Software |
| OG Description | DSN Software provides specialty dental practice management solutions that streamline scheduling, billing, and patient care to help practices grow. |
| OG Site Name | DSN | Dental Practice Management Software |
| Twitter Title | Home - DSN Software |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
Site Intelligence
Social accounts and contact points
Where this site maintains a presence and every reachable route its homepage exposes: social accounts, contact pages, addresses, and content feeds.
Site Intelligence
Structured data (JSON-LD)
The schema.org markup this homepage publishes: the machine-readable identity search engines and AI systems read. Types found: Organization, WebSite, ImageObject, WebPage, Person, Article, FAQPage, ItemList.
JSON-LD block (2,772 bytes)
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"@type": "FAQPage",
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is the best practice management software for oral surgeons in 2026?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "For dedicated oral surgery practices, DSN Cloud is the top-rated option in 2026 based on specialty workflow depth, integrated imaging, implant tracking, and medical cross-coding capabilities. WinOMS remains a strong legacy option, and OMSVision is preferred by AAOMS members. The right choice depends on whether your practice prioritizes cloud-native architecture, multi-location scalability, or association partnerships."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "How much does oral surgery practice management software cost?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Pricing varies significantly by vendor. Most OMS-specific platforms use custom quotes based on provider count, locations, and modules. Expect to pay between $500 and $1,500+ per provider per month for cloud-based solutions. On-premise legacy systems may have lower monthly costs but require server hardware, IT maintenance, and periodic upgrade fees. Always compare total cost of ownership over 3-5 years, not just monthly subscription price."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Should oral surgeons use general dental software or specialty-specific software?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Specialty-specific software is strongly recommended for oral surgery practices. General dental platforms lack critical OMS workflows including surgical scheduling with OR time and anesthesia blocks, medical cross-coding for dual insurance billing, implant inventory tracking, sedation record documentation, and referral management from general dentists. Retrofitting general dental software to handle these workflows creates inefficiencies and workarounds that compound over time."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is the difference between WinOMS and Sensei Cloud?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "WinOMS and Sensei Cloud are both Carestream Dental products. WinOMS is the legacy on-premise platform that has served oral surgeons for over 30 years. Sensei Cloud is Carestream's newer cloud-based platform, originally designed for general dentistry with oral surgery features added later. Carestream is encouraging WinOMS users to migrate to Sensei Cloud. However, many oral surgeons report that Sensei Cloud's OMS workflows feel less refined than WinOMS because the platform was not originally built for surgical specialties."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Can oral surgery software handle both medical and dental insurance billing?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Yes, but not all platforms handle it equally well. Medical cross-coding is essential for OMS practices that bill for trauma, sleep apnea, pathology, and TMJ procedures. DSN Cloud and OMSVision both offer integrated dual medical and dental billing with cross-coding support. WinOMS handles it through its legacy system. CareStack offers medical billing but was not originally built for the complexity of OMS cross-coding. Look for platforms with built-in claim validation and real-time eligibility verification for both medical and dental payers."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What features should oral surgeons prioritize when choosing software?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "The five most important features for OMS practices are: surgical scheduling with OR time, staff, and equipment blocking; medical and dental cross-coding for dual insurance billing; implant inventory tracking with barcode scanning and patient linking; integrated imaging including CBCT and panoramic with cloud access; and referral tracking and reporting to monitor and grow your referring dentist network. Secondary priorities include anesthesia and sedation documentation, HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting, and multi-location support."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Is cloud-based oral surgery software better than on-premise?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "For most practices in 2026, cloud-based OMS software offers clear advantages: no server maintenance, automatic updates, remote access from any device, built-in data backup and disaster recovery, and easier multi-location scaling. On-premise systems may still be preferred by practices in areas with unreliable internet or those with strict internal IT policies. The industry trend is overwhelmingly toward cloud adoption. DSN Cloud, Sensei Cloud, and CareStack are all cloud-native. OMSVision remains primarily on-premise, and WinOMS offers both on-premise and hosted options."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "How long does it take to switch oral surgery software?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "A typical oral surgery software migration takes 8 to 16 weeks from contract signing to go-live. This includes data migration, staff training, workflow configuration, and parallel running. Practices with multiple locations or complex integrations may need 4 to 6 months. Key factors that affect timeline include the volume of historical patient data, number of imaging integrations, and staff availability for training. Most vendors offer dedicated implementation teams. Ask about data migration guarantees and whether training is on-site or remote before committing."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is medical cross-coding and why does it matter for oral surgeons?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Medical cross-coding is the process of billing the same procedure under both dental and medical insurance codes. This is critical for oral surgery because many OMS procedures qualify for medical coverage, including wisdom teeth extractions involving impaction, jaw fracture repair, TMJ treatment, sleep apnea surgery, pathology biopsies, and reconstructive procedures after trauma. Without proper cross-coding, practices leave significant revenue on the table. The best OMS software platforms automate cross-coding by linking CDT dental codes to corresponding CPT medical codes, validating claims before submission, and checking real-time eligibility for both payers. Practices that bill medical effectively can increase collections by 20-40% on qualifying procedures."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "How does oral surgery software handle referral tracking?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Referral tracking in OMS software monitors every patient referral from general dentists and other specialists into your practice. Advanced platforms track referral volume by source over time, identify trends in growing or declining referral sources, measure conversion rates from referral to completed treatment, automate thank-you communications to referring offices, and generate reports showing top referral sources ranked by production value. If your software only stores a referring doctor's name without analytics, you are operating blind on your most important growth channel."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Do I need separate imaging software or should it be built into my practice management platform?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Integrated imaging is strongly preferred over standalone imaging software for oral surgery practices. When imaging lives inside your practice management platform, your team can view CBCT scans, panoramic x-rays, and intraoral photos directly within the patient chart without switching between applications. This speeds up treatment planning, consult presentations, and referral letter generation. Standalone imaging software creates workflow friction, increases the risk of misfiled images, and typically requires a separate license and maintenance contract. DSN Cloud, Sensei Cloud, and OMSVision all offer integrated imaging, though the depth of cloud access varies by vendor."
}
},
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "What oral surgery software do DSOs and multi-location practices use?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "DSOs and multi-location OMS groups require centralized reporting across all locations, standardized workflows, role-based user permissions, the ability to move patient appointments between offices, and consolidated billing data. DSN Cloud is widely used by multi-location OMS groups including U.S. Oral Surgery Management and supports unlimited devices at a single price point. CareStack is popular with larger DSOs spanning multiple dental specialties and has been adopted by organizations with 70+ locations. Sensei Cloud offers enterprise features through its Sensei Enterprise tier. OMSVision and WinOMS can support multiple locations but are more commonly deployed in independent practices."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Can oral surgery software integrate with my existing imaging hardware?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Most modern OMS platforms integrate with major imaging hardware brands including Carestream, Dentsply Sirona, Planmeca, Vatech, and i-CAT CBCT systems. However, the depth of integration varies. Some platforms offer true native integration where images flow directly into the patient chart. Others require a bridge or third-party connector, which can introduce delays and compatibility issues during software updates. Before committing, confirm compatibility with your specific scanner models, ask whether integration is native or via bridge, and test the workflow during your demo."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Is AI being used in oral surgery practice management software?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "AI is beginning to appear in OMS software, though maturity and usefulness varies significantly by vendor. The most practical AI applications today include automated clinical note generation from voice dictation, intelligent scheduling that optimizes OR utilization, predictive analytics for patient no-shows, automated insurance claim error detection before submission, and AI-assisted treatment planning from CBCT scans. When evaluating AI claims, ask for a live demonstration of the specific feature, how long it has been in production, and references from practices currently using it. Prioritize AI features that save measurable staff time or reduce claim denials over flashy demos."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What questions should I ask during an oral surgery software demo?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Ask the vendor to walk through a full patient workflow from referral intake to post-op follow-up using a realistic surgical case. Specifically ask: How does the system handle a multi-phase implant case with bone grafting and final restoration across multiple visits? Show me how medical cross-coding works for a TMJ case billed to both dental and medical insurance. How many of your current customers are dedicated oral surgery practices versus general dentistry? What does a typical data migration look like and what data will and will not transfer? Can I speak with 2-3 OMS practices of similar size that switched to your platform in the last 12 months? What is your average support response time and is support U.S.-based?"
}
}
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"@type": "ListItem",
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Web-Graph History
Authority over time
Every Common Crawl web-graph release since 2017, roughly quarterly. The domain series goes back to 2017; Common Crawl only began publishing the host-level graph in 2020, so host lines start there. Click a legend entry to show or hide that line. Flat lines are normal for established sites; watch for sustained rises or drops, which track real gains or losses in who links here.
A note on www: through the end of 2025 the source web graph merged www and non-www hostnames into the bare name, so one host line covers both. Starting in January 2026 the graph splits them into separate entries, which is why www can carry its own scores going forward.
Backlink Data
Backlink counts
Unique linking domains seen in Common Crawl's link graphs. This is a different dataset than the 0-100 authority scores above: these are raw counts, host-level for dsn.com and domain-level for dsn.com with all its subdomains combined. Common Crawl covers a large sample of the web, not all of it, so treat counts as comparable between sites rather than absolute totals.
28
Host Backlinks
37
Domain Backlinks
Backlink Data
Top backlinks in the domain graph
Common Crawl publishes two link graphs. The DOMAIN graph connects whole domains: every link from any page of one domain to any page of another. This table shows the highest-authority domains linking to dsn.com (including its subdomains), ranked by the linker's PageRank. The table shows the top 37; the download carries the full stored list (up to 10,000 linkers) as JSON. Click a linker for its own site profile.
| Linking Site | Linker PageRank | Linker Harmonic Centrality |
|---|---|---|
| amazon.com | 88 | 49 |
| dentistryiq.com | 53 | 24 |
| newsnetmedia.com | 48 | 33 |
| hellorache.com | 42 | 22 |
| intiveo.com | 41 | 23 |
| seattlestudyclub.com | 40 | 22 |
| all80sz1063.com | 39 | 33 |
| todayinmedicine.com | 38 | 33 |
| ushealthcarejournal.com | 37 | 33 |
| globaladvertisingnews.com | 37 | 33 |
| thebusinessgazetteonline.com | 37 | 33 |
| usdailyledger.com | 37 | 33 |
| 247businessreporter.com | 37 | 33 |
| smallbusinessworldjournal.com | 36 | 33 |
| coasttocoasttribune.com | 36 | 33 |
| healthindustrywatch.com | 36 | 33 |
| medicalindustrytoday.com | 36 | 33 |
| avadent.com | 36 | 21 |
| jobr.pro | 35 | 33 |
| quantumprm.com | 34 | 12 |
| dentalroi.com | 32 | 19 |
| tusinbo.com | 32 | 18 |
| smallbusinessworldmagazine.com | 22 | 22 |
| worldreportmonitor.com | 21 | 22 |
| novacomputersolutions.com | 21 | 19 |
| pendium.ai | 21 | 18 |
| omspowerhouseconsulting.com | 20 | 8 |
| remedico.app | 15 | 17 |
| litefoottech.com | 15 | 11 |
| conversailabs.com | 13 | 17 |
| maxillosoft.com | 9 | 19 |
| ams-solutions.com | 9 | 18 |
| oms-exec.com | 7 | 13 |
| multi-exec.com | 7 | 13 |
| patientpayments.com | 4 | 14 |
| clinicssoft.com | 4 | 12 |
| netcheck.nl | 0 | 0 |
Backlink Data
Top backlinks in the host graph
The HOST graph connects exact hostnames, so subdomains count separately. This table shows the highest-authority hosts linking to dsn.com specifically, ranked by the linker's PageRank. The table shows the top 28; the download carries the full stored list (up to 10,000 linkers) as JSON. Click a linker for its own site profile.