View & Edit Tooth Chart

Use the tooth chart to record and review the state and health of your patient's teeth. Tooth chart data is saved by date and treatment phase so you can review progressive tooth conditions as necessary. You can view the tooth chart from a patient folder, and include it in mail merge documents.

Get Started

Choose Viewing Mode - You can enable the Stack tooth chart and images Tooth Chart user option to stack your tooth chart and image layout on your Treatment Hub, or disable this option to show the tooth chart and image layout side-by-side. See "Set Up Tooth Chart Options" for details.

How to Get Here

You can open this feature in multiple ways: Use the method that's most convenient for you.

Use This Feature

Select Record to View

Choose the date you wish to review. Tooth chart data is saved by date and treatment phase. The appearance of a patient's tooth chart depends upon the appliances and conditions you have selected for each tooth.

Numbering Method

While viewing the tooth chart from the Treatment Hub or the Findings page of the patient folder, you can use the Tooth Numbering section of the Patient ribbon bar to temporarily change the tooth numbering system to display. When you exit and reload a patient's folder, your default tooth numbering system will be used. (See "Set Up Tooth Chart Options" for details about selecting the default numbering method.)

Multi-Chart Mode

Click the

Multi-Chart Toggle icon from the Tooth Chart section of the the Patient ribbon bar to switch a tooth chart to display either a single chart with all teeth combined, or a split chart showing adult and child teeth separately. Be sure you select the appropriate multi-chart mode before making changes to the tooth chart: Toggling the multi-chart mode for a saved tooth chart may result in data loss.

Dentition Stage

You can select the dentition stage of individual teeth as needed, or apply a pre-determined dentition template to all teeth at once.

Toggle Individual Tooth Dentition - To toggle the dentition of an individual tooth, enable the Tooth Type option from the Tooth Action section of the Patient ribbon bar, then click the tooth you want to work with. Or right-click the tooth to select the Deciduous or Permanent stage.

Apply Dentition Template - Select a template from the Default Dentition section of the Patient ribbon bar.

Visual Indicators - Each tooth stage is illustrated by a different type of graphic: Deciduous; Permanent

Click vs Drag Tooth Chart Actions - When you click and release a tooth, the tooth chart toggles the dentition stage. When you click and hold a tooth, you can then drag to add elastics. (Elastics are described below.)

Elastics

Click a tooth, then drag to add elastics between teeth in the tooth chart. You can also select the elastics type to use, and remove elastics as needed.

Set Up Elastics Types - Use the Tooth Chart editor to set up the list of elastic types to use with your patient tooth charts. See "Tooth Chart Editor" for details.

Choose Elastics Type (Optional.) - Select the elastics type to use from the Elastics section of the Patient ribbon bar.

Draw Individual Elastics - Click and hold the first tooth you want to work with. Then, drag your cursor to the last tooth you want included in the group and release your mouse button.

Remove Individual Elastic - Right-click the elastics line you want to work with and select Remove.

Remove All Elastics - Select X from the Elastics section of the Patiet ribbon bar to clear all elastics from a patient's tooth chart.

Remove Right / Left Elastics - Select R or L from the Elastics section of the Patient ribbon bar to clear all elastics from the right or left side of a patient's tooth chart, respectively.

Visual Indicator - Teeth that have elastics applied display this graphic, in the selected elastics color:

Bands, Bonds, TADS & Tooth Conditions

Right-click the tooth to work with, then enable / disable the checkmark beside the appliance or tooth condition you want to apply or remove. Certain tooth conditions can also be applied by using the tooth chart tools on the Patient ribbon bar.

Band - Apply and remove the Band option to individual teeth as needed. Tell me more...

Bond - You can bond / debond individual teeth as needed, or select to bond / debond all teeth at once. Tell me more....

Caries- Apply the Caries condition to individual teeth as needed.

Congenitally Missing- Apply the Congenitally Missing condition to individual teeth as needed.

Crown - Gold- Apply the Crown - Gold option to individual teeth as needed.

Crown - Porcelain- Apply the Crown - Porcelain option to individual teeth as needed.

Endodontics- Apply the Endodontics condition to individual teeth as needed.

Extracted - Apply the Extracted condition to individual teeth as needed.

Extraction request - Add extraction requests to a patient's tooth chart. You can then use mail merge to automatically include those requests in correspondence you send to dentists and other professionals participating in your patient's care. Tell me more...

Filling - Apply the Filling condition to individual teeth as needed.

Impacted- Apply the Impacted condition to individual teeth as needed.

Implant - Apply the Implant option to individual teeth as needed.

Keep - Apply the Keep condition to primary teeth that should not be included in an extraction request.

Pontics - Apply the Pontics option to individual teeth as needed.

Tads - Add TAD (temporary anchorage device) placements and requests to a patient's tooth chart. Tell me more....

Spacers

Click between teeth to add / remove spacers. You can then right-click the spacer to identify the type that was placed.

Right-click to add details.

Tooth Notes - Right-click the tooth to work with and select the Note option. Then type the text of the note and click Ok. You can then hover over the

Note icon that appears above the tooth to see a tooltip of the note contents.

Tooth Chart Notes

- Click the Notes icon in the upper left corner of the tooth chart to add and review notes about this chart. You can include the Treatment > Tooth Chart Note variable in mail merge documents to print the latest note in the merge output.

Multiple Conditions - Right-click the tooth to see all the conditions that have been applied to that tooth.

Tooth History

Right-click a tooth, then select Tooth History (at the very bottom of the list) to pop up a window that lists the conditions applied to that tooth in the patient's tooth chart, along with the date and time the changes were made. Click the red X at the upper-right corner of the window to close the history. Tooth identification depends upon the currently selected numbering method.

Save - As soon as you change a tooth chart for a previous date, you automatically create a new tooth chart for today's date. You can then continue making changes to today's tooth chart as needed: All changes are saved as soon as you exit and re-enter the patient folder. Previous tooth chart records cannot be changed.

More Information

Tooth Chart / Treatment Chart Integration (Optional.) - The tooth chart / treatment chart integration provides a way for you to add narrative text to a patient's treatment chart as you edit a patient tooth chart. Simply add a new record to a patient's treatment chart, and place your cursor in a text or list and text column. Then enter data into the tooth chart. The tooth chart data will be translated into a narrative description in the active column of your treatment chart record.See "Add, Edit, & Sign Treatment Chart Records" for details. (Note that you can optionally turn this feature off. See "Tooth Chart Editor" for details.)

Mail Merge Options - Include a Tooth Chart variable in a mail merge document to include a graphical representation of your extraction requests in letters you send to a patient's dentist or other professional. You can choose from among several tooth chart variables, specifying which numbering system to use, and whether to include just extraction requests or all tooth chart notations in the output. You can also include a Treatment > Tooth Chart Note variable to print the contents of the latest tooth chart note in the document. See "Mail Merge Variables" for details.