Migrating from Praktika: the cloud-to-cloud advantage
Migrating between cloud systems is the good kind of migration: no dying server to excavate, no tape backups, cleaner exports. It still deserves doing properly.
Why practices make the move
Praktika is a Melbourne-built, browser-based dental practice management system and one of the earliest cloud options in the Australian market. It covers appointments, charting, billing and recalls on a subscription model, and has a large installed base of Australian dental practices.
The interface predates the current generation of SaaS design, and some teams find day-to-day navigation takes more clicks than newer systems. Automation depth — reminder sequences, task routing, AI assistance — is lighter than what the newest platforms ship. Reporting and multi-location consolidation can require workarounds as a group grows.
The move itself
Cloud-to-cloud removes the drama but not the discipline. The checklist that matters: patient demographics with Medicare/fund details intact; appointment history and recall states; treatment and charting history mapped to Intellicore's event-sourced model; balances that reconcile to the cent against your last Praktika day-sheet; and documents re-homed with their patient links. Our team runs each step and your team verifies each step — sampling real patients, checking real balances — before anything switches. Most practices go live within weeks, trained on their own data.
What comes across
Praktika practices usually bring across patients, appointment history, balances and documents. Because Praktika is cloud-based, exports are straightforward to arrange, and our team runs the mapping and verification.
The process is our standard five steps: demo and discovery, installation and configuration by our team, data migration with verification against source counts, parallel testing with your staff trained on your real data, then a cut-over weekend you choose — with support continuing after go-live.
Praktika vs Intellicore, at a glance
| Aspect | Praktika | Intellicore |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud (browser-based) | Cloud-native — any device, no servers, continuous updates |
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription, with pricing tiers published on its website | Quoted per practice; onboarding includes migration and training |
| Data residency & isolation | Varies by deployment — confirm hosting location and tenancy model | AWS Sydney, one isolated database schema per practice |
| Clinical depth | Established — verify your specific workflows in a demo | FDI charting on photographic imagery, ADA-coded plans, chart-to-invoice |
| Automation & AI | Varies — confirm what runs unattended and what is add-on | Audited task engine + AI agents with human approval on every send |
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Common questions
What data comes across from Praktika?
Praktika practices usually bring across patients, appointment history, balances and documents. Because Praktika is cloud-based, exports are straightforward to arrange, and our team runs the mapping and verification.
Does Intellicore really cover dental clinical work?
Yes — dental-first is the product's origin. Interactive tooth charting on photographic imagery (FDI notation, per-surface), treatment plans with prerequisite chains and ADA item coding, chairside operatory mode, and chart-to-invoice billing are core product, built on an event-sourced clinical history that can never be silently overwritten.
How does Intellicore pricing work?
Pricing is quoted per practice after a demo, and onboarding is done for you — our team installs, configures, migrates your data and trains your staff. There is no self-serve signup: every practice goes live with its data and workflows in place rather than an empty account.
How do I see it working?
Book a demo — we'll walk through Intellicore configured for your kind of practice, with your workflows. Use the form on this page and we'll reply to arrange a time that suits your team.
See it working with your kind of data
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