Your practice generates gigabytes of patient data every week — digital X-rays, CBCT scans, intraoral photos, treatment plans, and billing records. Storing that data on aging on-premise servers is no longer viable. Dental Networks provides HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting that gives you the performance and accessibility of modern infrastructure without compromising the security your patients — or the law — demand.
Powered by TechniWorx enterprise data centers with SAS 70 / SSAE 16 audited facilities, our dental cloud platform is engineered from the ground up for healthcare workloads. Every storage volume is encrypted at rest and in transit, every user session is authenticated with multi-factor, and every server is monitored 24/7 by our NOC in Chicago.
Why On-Premise Servers Are a Liability for Dental Practices
Traditional dental office servers fail for predictable reasons: aging hardware, inconsistent patching, a single point of failure, and no off-site redundancy. When that server dies — and it will — so does your ability to see patients. Beyond downtime, on-premise servers create HIPAA exposure: physical theft, fire, flood, and unauthorized local access are all real risks that cloud hosting eliminates.
Moving to a managed private cloud shifts that risk to a facility purpose-built for it: redundant power, redundant cooling, redundant connectivity, and a team whose sole job is keeping your data safe and accessible.
Cloud Hosting Features Built for Dental IT
End-to-End Encryption
AES-256 encryption at rest on all storage volumes. TLS 1.3 in transit for every connection. ePHI never moves unencrypted.
Private Cloud Architecture
Dedicated virtual servers — not shared hosting — ensuring your patient data is never co-mingled with other tenants on the same storage fabric.
99.9% Uptime SLA
Contractual uptime guarantee backed by redundant power, dual-carrier internet connectivity, and automatic failover. Downtime is not an option when your schedule is full.
High-Capacity Imaging Storage
Optimized for large DICOM files, CBCT volumes, and intraoral imaging. Storage scales with your practice — add capacity without replacing hardware.
Automated Daily Backups
Nightly snapshots of all virtual machines and databases with 90-day retention. Point-in-time restore lets you recover from ransomware, accidental deletion, or corruption.
Multi-Location Access
All locations access the same centralized data in real time. No syncing, no sneakernet, no "which server has the current version" confusion.
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement
We execute a BAA covering your cloud environment, satisfying the HIPAA requirement for all cloud storage vendors handling ePHI.
Managed & Monitored 24/7
Our NOC watches your cloud environment around the clock. CPU spikes, storage alerts, unusual access patterns — we catch them before you do.
Compatible with Your Dental Practice Management Software
Dental Networks cloud hosting is tested and optimized for the software your practice depends on:
- Dentrix (Henry Schein) — full cloud-hosted deployment support
- Eaglesoft (Patterson) — cloud and hybrid server configurations
- Curve Dental — native cloud; we handle the network and access layers
- Carestream Dental (CS WinOMS, CS Ortho) — imaging-optimized storage
- Dolphin Imaging & Orthotrac — high-bandwidth CBCT storage tiers
- Open Dental — full cloud-hosted server support with Linux or Windows VMs
If your software isn't listed, call us — we've almost certainly hosted it before.
Cloud Migration: How We Move Your Practice
Migrating to the cloud sounds daunting, but Dental Networks has a proven process that minimizes downtime — often to zero:
Discovery & Inventory
We audit your current server hardware, software, data volumes, and network infrastructure. We identify dependencies, licensing requirements, and migration complexity.
Cloud Environment Provisioning
We spin up your private cloud servers, configure encrypted storage, establish VPN tunnels, and install/configure your dental software before any data moves.
Live Data Synchronization
We replicate your current server data to the cloud in real time over an encrypted channel. Your practice keeps running on the old server during this phase.
Cutover & Validation
During a scheduled maintenance window (typically a weekend evening), we complete the final sync, redirect all workstations to the cloud server, and validate that every clinical application is functioning correctly.
30-Day Parallel Operation
We keep your old server available as a fallback for 30 days post-migration. Once you're confident, we decommission it — or repurpose it as a local cache for imaging speed.
TechniWorx Enterprise Infrastructure
Dental Networks cloud hosting is hosted in TechniWorx enterprise-grade data centers. This isn't a resold commodity cloud — it's dedicated infrastructure from a company that has been running mission-critical systems for healthcare and professional services firms for over a decade. TechniWorx facilities include:
- Tier III equivalent uptime design (concurrently maintainable)
- N+1 UPS and generator systems with 72-hour fuel reserves
- Dual diverse-path fiber from multiple carriers
- 24/7 physical security with biometric access control and CCTV
- SOC 2 Type II compliant operations
- Business Associate Agreement executed for all healthcare tenants
Ready to Move Your Practice to the Cloud?
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