Dental: Odontogram, treatment plans and dental procedure billing

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Dental in the Bridge HMS Suite: Odontogram, treatment plans and dental procedure billing

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Everything in Dental

74 items in 12 areas, every one shipping with the app today.

Dental Appointments & Chair Scheduling
- Dental clinic appointmentsDedicated dental appointment model inheriting the HMS appointment with chatter, activities and full mail tracking.
- Today / This Week / All viewsMenu-driven appointment lists pre-filtered to today's, this week's and all dental appointments.
- Dental chair assignmentEach appointment can be booked to a specific dental chair scoped to the facility and only active chairs.
- Chair double-booking preventionConstraint blocks assigning a chair when it already has an overlapping non-canceled appointment.
- Auto chair-time estimationEstimated chair time is computed from the summed default durations of the planned procedures, defaulting to 30 minutes.
- Planned procedures on appointmentMany-to-many link of catalog procedures planned for the visit, driving the chair-time estimate.
Odontogram & Tooth Charting
- Interactive odontogram widgetCustom OWL field renders the 1-32 Universal tooth chart in upper/lower arch layout with color-coded conditions.
- Color-coded tooth conditionsOdontogram colors teeth by condition (caries, filled, crown, bridge, implant, missing, fractured, endo, extracted, mobile, impacted).
- Tooth vitality testingPer-tooth vitality result recorded as vital, non-vital or not tested.
- Tooth mobility gradingMiller-style mobility grade 0-3 captured per tooth.
- Periodontal pocket chartingFour pocket-depth readings (distal, mesial, buccal, lingual) recorded per tooth in millimetres.
- Max pocket depth computationHighest of the four pocket-depth readings is auto-computed and stored per tooth.
Restoration Ledger
- Per-tooth restoration recordsDedicated restoration ledger tying each placement to a specific tooth, chart and patient.
- Surface / extent selectionRestoration surface captured from mesial, occlusal, distal, buccal, lingual, incisal and combos (MO, DO, MOD, BL) or full crown.
- Material trackingRestorative material recorded from amalgam, named composites, GIC, compomer, gold and ceramics (e.max, zirconia, PFM, PFG).
- Operator captureRestoration records the placing operator, defaulting to the logged-in clinician's staff record.
- Restoration status lifecycleStatus tracked as intact, fractured, leaking/secondary caries, failed or replaced.
- Warranty trackingWarranty period in months and an auto-computed warranty-until date from the placement date.
Procedure Catalog
- CDT-style procedure catalogMaster catalog of dental procedures keyed by unique CDT-style codes with translatable names and descriptions.
- 40+ seeded proceduresShips with 48 pre-loaded procedure records spanning every dental category.
- Twelve clinical categoriesProcedures classified across diagnostic, preventive, restorative, endo, perio, extractions, prostho, ortho, implant, cosmetic, pediatric and emergency.
- Default chair time & completion timeEach procedure stores a default chair-time in minutes and an average completion time in hours.
- Tariff-driven default feeDefault fee auto-computes from the linked service tariff's base price and stays editable.
- Lab-work requirement flagMarking a procedure as requiring lab work triggers automatic lab-work creation on completion.
Treatment Plans & Billing
- Sequenced treatment plansMulti-visit treatment plans reference a dental chart, planning dentist and dated header with auto-numbered reference.
- Plan state machinePlans move through draft, proposed, accepted, in-progress, completed and canceled with guarded transition buttons.
- Patient consent captureAcceptance requires a captured signature/initials and stamps the patient-accepted flag, timestamp and acceptor name.
- Per-line procedures and teethEach plan line ties a procedure to specific teeth and a visit-order sequence number.
- Per-line consent statusEvery line records consent as not obtained, verbal or written/signed.
- Estimated fees and insurance flagsLines carry estimated fees defaulting from the procedure, with an insurance-covered flag per line.
Prosthetics Lab Work
- Lab-work ordersAuto-numbered lab-work records for crowns, bridges and dentures tied to patient, chart and procedure.
- Lab-work status lifecycleStatus flows through draft, prescription sent, at lab, returned, try-in done, inserted, re-returned and canceled.
- External lab routingOrders route to an external lab partner, with a guard requiring a lab before sending the prescription.
- Vita shade selectionProsthesis shade recorded from the full Vita Classical range (A1-D4).
- Send / return / try-in / insert actionsWorkflow buttons drive sending to lab, marking returned with actual return date, try-in, insertion and re-return.
- Cost, fee and marginLab cost and patient fee are captured and the margin auto-computes as fee minus cost.
Orthodontics
- Orthodontic treatment casesAuto-numbered ortho cases per chart covering metal, ceramic, lingual, Invisalign, functional, Myobrace and removable appliances.
- Ortho status lifecycleCases progress through planning, active, retention, completed and discontinued via workflow buttons.
- Archwire trackingCurrent archwire selected from a full NiTi/stainless/TMA gauge list including an aligner-phase no-wire option.
- Elastic pattern notesFree-text elastic configuration (e.g. Class II right, box 3-5) recorded per case.
- Monthly adjustment loggingLog-adjustment button increments the current month and rolls the next adjustment date forward four weeks.
- Financials and balanceTotal fee and paid-to-date are captured with an auto-computed outstanding balance.
Pediatric Dentistry
- Pediatric visit recordsAuto-numbered pediatric visits per chart capturing the child's age in months at the visit.
- Frankl behavior scoringChild cooperation scored on the four-point Frankl behavior scale.
- Fluoride applicationRecords topical fluoride application and the specific product used (e.g. 5% NaF varnish).
- Sealant chartingSealants applied are recorded against specific teeth on the chart.
- Anticipatory guidance & parent educationStructured notes for anticipatory guidance and parent education given at the visit.
Clinical
- All Plans
- Today
- Drafts
- Sent / At Lab
- Chairs
- Tooth Charts
- This Week
- Accepted
- Returned
- Procedures Catalogue
- Procedures Log
- All
- In Progress
- Orthodontic Patients
- Inserted
- Paediatric Visits
- Completed
- All Lab Work
Documents it prints
- Dental Chart
- Dental Treatment Plan
- Dental Lab Prescription
- Orthodontic Progress
It runs by itself
- HMS Dental: six-month recall remindersRuns daily
- HMS Dental: orthodontic monthly adjustment remindersRuns daily
Roles it ships
- Dental Hygienist
- Dentist
- Dental Manager

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