Clinical
Dental Charting
An odontogram on the FDI numbering — fifty-two teeth, permanent and deciduous — with findings per tooth and surface, oral hygiene and gingival status, and a treatment plan per tooth whose items capture their charge on the bill when marked done.
For:DentistsDental assistantsReception
Where:on the dental visit: Dental chart · Clinical › Dental Charts · Configuration › Teeth (FDI)
How to
Chart the mouth
- On the visit, New dental chart (or Clinical › Dental Charts › New).
- Set dentition (permanent, deciduous, mixed), oral hygiene and gingiva.
- Findings › Add: the tooth by FDI number, the condition (caries, restoration, crown, bridge, root canal, fracture, mobility, impacted, missing, implant, for extraction), the surfaces (mesial, distal, occlusal, buccal, lingual), severity and a note.
- The odontogram redraws with each finding: caries red, restorations blue, missing struck through.
Plan and bill treatment
- Treatment plan › Add: the tooth, the service (filling, extraction, root canal, crown…), a note; the price shows from the catalogue.
- When the work is done, mark the item Done: the charge is captured on the patient’s bill and the item shows the date.
- Cancel an item the patient declined.
Complete the chart
- Complete: a summary of the findings is posted to the visit’s chatter.
- Reopen to correct; every chart of the patient stays on the record as the history.
See also: Visits (EMR) Bills, Charges & Cashier