A Personal Computer is mandatory with Dental Insurance likely to set in.

Record keeping will be extremely important. If it’s out of budget, provision (space, electrical points etc should be made to have it installed in a year or 2).

A no. of Dental Softwares are available in the market. With the dental insurance plans entering the Indian dental scenario, it is going to be extremely important to maintain all patient records. Dental software is necessary for records & also as a patient education tool. Most of these programmes also have an integrated finance / accounts management programme. Spend some time & research before buying.

Would be better to go for the simpler one as you may not have a receptionist to begin with. Always maintain written data until you are certain of the quality of the software.