by Dentrix Blog Team | May 19, 2024 | Clinical Efficiency
Updated 11/18/2024 The American Dental Association (ADA) is authorized as the national standard keeper of the codes that define all dental procedures. Your office uses these codes every day for proper record keeping and communication with insurance carriers,...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Jul 25, 2023 | Clinical Efficiency
You know the feeling… the procedure code you are thinking of is just on the tip of your tongue, but you can’t quite recall what it is! Perhaps it is a code for a service that you don’t perform very often. Or maybe you are having a bad day and just not remembering that...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Nov 11, 2022 | Clinical Efficiency
The services that dentists provide are continually evolving. According to the American Dental Association, “annual updates enable the CDT Code to effectively accommodate that evolution.” As you provide care for your patients, it’s important to make sure you have...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | May 3, 2022 | Schedule Optimization
The Appt Length field in the Appointment Information dialog box allows you to specify how long the appointment will be. While individual procedure codes are set up in the Office Manager with specific procedure times attached to them, there may be situations when you...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Apr 4, 2022 | Clinical Efficiency
When you present a treatment plan for a patient, you might often encounter situations where the patient has two options, but some shared procedures between the two alternatives must be part of both presentations. For example, while the patient could choose either an...
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