Lumina vs Dentally.
Dentally is an established cloud system from Henry Schein One. Lumina is one platform built new, with AI across the whole practice and one price per practice, not per surgery.
One price per practice, not per surgery.
Growing Practice is £249 a month per practice billed annually, or £274 billed monthly, for up to 8 surgeries with unlimited clinicians and team users, and all three apps.
| Surgeries | Dentally Essentials | Lumina |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | £497 a month | £249 a month |
| 6 | £637 a month | £249 a month |
Lumina: £249 billed annually, or £274 a month billed monthly, for up to 8 surgeries. Dentally Essentials is its lowest tier that includes Dentally Portal for online booking and forms. Dentally prices are per site, as published at dentally.com/en-gb/pricing on 30 October 2026. Both exclude VAT. See our pricing.
Seven ways Lumina works differently.
Lumina Intelligence
Ask in plain English to book, move or cancel appointments and fill open slots, then confirm each change on a card before it happens.
See Lumina IntelligenceLumina Scribe
Lumina Scribe listens to the appointment, drafts the clinical note and puts its findings on the chart for you to check, and you can call out perio readings as you probe.
See Lumina ScribeCharting that follows the work
Click a tooth for one searchable menu with your favourites pinned, chart a whole bridge or denture in one pass, and repeat an action across teeth with Quick chart.
See chartingYour own membership plans
Patients join your plans in Lumina Portal and pay by Direct Debit straight into your practice's account, with no cut to Lumina.
See plansEverything in one system
Inventory, lab work, referrals with a portal for referring practices, equipment, compliance and the audit trail all sit on the same record.
See every featureSeveral practices, one set-up
Set prices once for every practice in Lumina Admin, see all your practices on one dashboard, and start with a free migration assessment.
See migrationsA portal with the patient's own record
Patients see their exam reports, X-rays, 3D scans and plan in Lumina Portal, and send photos with a question through MySmile.
See Lumina PortalBook by asking.
Ask in plain English and Lumina Intelligence works from your diary and records, then shows each change on a card for you to confirm.
- 3.1Times with a reasonIt draws the day's diary in the chat and offers times with a reason for each.
- 3.2Open slots filledIt lists each open slot with the patients who could take it and drafts the offers, sent only when you confirm.
- 3.3Answers by roleA receptionist cannot see management figures, and pricing changes stay with managers.
A bridge in one pass.
Pick the teeth, set each unit and its material, and the bridge lands in the care plan with its visit stages, ready to price.
- 4.1Denture designerAdd a partial or complete denture in three short steps, with its lab and visit stages on the care plan.
- 4.2Quick chartPut the same action on more teeth fast, such as a run of composites.
- 4.3Perio by voiceSay "3 2 3" as you probe, and Lumina fills the perio chart and reads back what it charted.
Patients see their own care.
Lumina Portal shows each patient their next appointment, latest report and balance, and what is waiting for them.
- 5.1Exam reportsA report appears when the exam is completed, with notes from the dentist, X-rays, photos and gum health.
- 5.2X-rays and 3D scansShared 3D scans open in a viewer the patient can turn and zoom.
- 5.3My plan and MySmilePatients join your plan and set up their Direct Debit, and send photos with a question through MySmile.
Independent and built by a dentist.
Lumina is owned by its founders, a software engineer and a practising dentist, Dr Georgina Moore, who designs the clinical screens from her own work in the chair.
Further reading
What to look for in a dental PMS
A practical guide to the features that matter when switching systems.
ReadStop bolting tools onto SoE, R4 and Dentally
Why AI and automation should be part of your PMS, not billed separately.
ReadMoving from Dentally
Get a free assessment of what moves across, how long it takes and what it costs.
See migrationsSee it for yourself.
Start free with no card, and keep 90 days of read-only access to your data if you ever leave.