Patient Charts
This contact information must be provided by the patient.
What are telephone numbers and email?
This is the lifeline of a dental practice.
What is the continuing care or preventive care program?
This booking style is used when a dentist works out of multiple operatories, with multiple dental assistants and an overlap of appointments is acceptable.
What is dovetailing? Also known as over or double booking.
This is a list of patients with treatments that have been planned, but not scheduled.
What is an unscheduled list?
Patients living with these should inform the dental clinic, as ingredients within materials could trigger a reaction.
What are allergies?
This information is necessary to obtain regarding the age of the patient, as well as it is directly related to insurance claims.
What is the date of birth or birthday?
The patient chart is the legal property of who?
Who is the dentist?
These are commonly put into the schedule, to allow for emergencies.
What are buffer times?
Every patient has the right to do this, once they are informed about the nature of the treatment, materials, expected benefits and risks of a treatment.
What are accept or decline the treatment?
This information is important as it can directly affect treatments.
What are current medications?
This personal information must be obtained from every patient.
What are name and address, including postal code?
When establishing a continuing preventive care program, this is a very valuable tool.
What is the dental software program?
If this is effectively managed, it will increase productivity and reduce stress on the team.
What is the schedule?
These surfaces are viewed within the odontogram.
What are facial or buccal, lingual and occlusal surfaces?
A patient who experienced these in the past, could affect present treatments.
What are childhood illnesses?
This is required from a patient, in order to transfer images to another dental clinic.
What is a signature on the x-ray release?
If this information is not accurate, the insurance claim will be declined or unsuccessful.
What is date of birth or birthday?
Appointments are scheduled using these. There are two types.
What are units of time? 10-minute or 15-minute units.
The clinical team will primarily do this, however it is very important for a Dental Office Administrator to be knowledgeable in this piece of the patient chart.
What is creating treatment plans?
This should be checked how often? It should be comprehensively updated how often?
What is at each visit? Every 05-years, or if a significant change occurs.
This information must be obtained from a patient, it is critical to future treatments.
What are health histories (medical and dental)?
Heart diseases, medical conditions, allergies, current medications and contagious illnesses are examples of what?
What are medical alerts?
This is the most effective way to confirm appointments and contact patients.
What is the telephone?
This is a listing of patients with scheduled treatments that can be called with minimal notice for an appointment.
What is a short notice or ASAP list?
Patients who live with these, should inform the dental clinic. They may not be as evident as others.
What are medical conditions?