by Dentrix Blog Team | Jul 5, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 9/20/2019 It happens to every dentist. A patient comes in with an dental issue you’d rather refer to someone else—such as a specialist, an oral surgeon, or an orthodontist. So the question becomes, “What do I need to do in Dentrix if I’m...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | May 31, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency, Patient Record Management
Updated 9/18/2019 Many doctors and hygienists like to review their past clinical notes about a patient at the beginning of an appointment. That way they can see any notes they made about the patient’s health or treatment in the past. To read these notes, you can...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 29, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 9/5/2019 Most of the charges listed on a patient’s account are posted using procedure codes. In many cases, the procedures will have been posted and set complete from the Patient Chart or the Appointment Book. However, you may need to post procedures...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 15, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 8/23/2019 When you perform a patient perio exam, you can use keyboard shortcuts to help you enter the measurement information into Dentrix. Below are a few shortcuts and tips to help you: To enter a two-digit pocket depth measurement, use the slash symbol (/)...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 8, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 8/23/2019 Let’s be honest, unless you have a background in the dental industry, procedure descriptions such as “partial pulpototomy apexogen” might as well be written in ancient Greek for all the sense they make. And when a patient sees a...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 1, 2016 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 8/23/2019 A multi-code allows you to group together procedures you commonly use to save time when charting, scheduling, and posting. By creating multi-codes you don’t have to post or schedule each procedure separately. Below is a table that shows the...
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