Denticon
“Can a cloud dental PMS become the financial and operational OS for DSOs by embedding payments, RCM, and AI agents?”
Founded2003
HQIrvine, California, United States
FoundersRichard Lee
Total raised$200K disclosed (plus undisclosed growth equity from Level Equity and District Line Partners)
Latest roundGrowth equity from Level Equity
IndustryVertical SaaS / Dental
The story
Founded 2003 as a pioneer of cloud-based dental practice management with Denticon. Expanded via acquisition — Apteryx (imaging, 2020) and Cloud 9 (ortho, 2023) — to become a multi-product DentalOS. In 2025 launched embedded payments (Planet DDS Pay, powered by Stripe) to move beyond pure SaaS into embedded finance revenue. Now positioning as the dental enterprise platform for DSOs with AI agents built in.
Product timeline
2003
Founded; launched Denticon as one of the first cloud-based dental practice management systems· pivot
2020
Acquired Apteryx for AI-enabled cloud dental imaging· acquisition
2023
Acquired Cloud 9 to expand into orthodontic practice management· acquisition
2025
Launched Planet DDS Pay, integrated payments powered by Stripe· banking
2026
Launched DentalOS, dental enterprise platform with AI agents· pivot
Acquisitions
Same company
Denticon was analysed under more than one name on the same domain, so its stack is split across these dossiers. Each was analysed independently and may name providers the others do not.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Denticon’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Accounting gap: significant