By default, dentition for all new patients 10 years old and younger is set to primary. If you want, you can reset the age limit in the Office Manager, but for charting purposes, you can change a patient's dentition in the Graphic Chart to display all primary, all permanent, or mixed dentition.
To change a patient's dentition
1. Select a patient.
2. In the Patient Chart, click Options, point to Primary/Permanent, and then click one of the following:
· Change All - Reverses the dentition of all the teeth displayed in the Graphic Chart.
· Change All to Permanent - Changes the dentition of all the teeth displayed in the Graphic Chart to permanent.
· Change All to Primary - Changes the dentition of all the teeth displayed in the Graphic Chart to primary.
· Change Selected - Changes the dentition of only the teeth you select in the Graphic Chart.
The patient's dentition is updated in the Graphic Chart.