The Dentrix Ledger includes a toolbar to provide easy access to most of Ledger's tools.
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Description |
Patient Chart |
Click to enter patient treatment and conditions, document and track patient care, enter periodontal treatment information, and explain and demonstrate proposed treatment to patients. |
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Family File |
Click to store and display important patient information, such as the patient’s name, address, phone number, health history, birth date, insurance coverage, employer, and referral information. |
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Appointment Book |
Click to electronically manage your patient appointments. |
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Office Manager |
Click to use several tools and reports to evaluate and improve the management processes of your practice. |
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eDex |
Click to manage and quickly search lists of patients (active, inactive, or archived), employers, insurance carriers, labs, non-patients, providers, staff, referrals, and any other contact you may want to remember. You can also create custom contacts and contact categories to filter the Contacts List or even locate a patient's next appointment. |
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DXWeb |
Click to open the DXWeb toolbar which works in conjunction with eCentral to provide you with the tools necessary to connect your Dentrix software to the internet. |
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DentriXlink |
Click to link to supported third-party X-ray and imaging systems you've installed on your computer; if none are installed, clicking this button displays a list of third-party digital X-ray and imaging systems that you can use with Dentrix. |
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Quick Letters |
Click to combine data from your Dentrix database with the word processing abilities of Microsoft Word to quickly create a letter for a single patient. |
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Quick Labels |
Click to quickly print a variety of labels for the selected patient. |
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Continuing Care |
Click to monitor your patients’ pending dental care and communicate information and reminders easily and effectively with groups of patients. |
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Send Message |
Click to create and send an email message to patients in your Dentrix database. |
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Questionnaires |
Click to electronically gather and store the same patient information that is included on new patient forms, health history updates, and other paper forms used in your office. A red check mark in the icon indicates that the patient has filled out a questionnaire. |
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Patient Forms |
Click to open the login page for the Dentrix Communications website. From this website, you can create custom patient forms. |
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Health History |
Click to create a record of a selected patient's medical conditions and allergies. The icon is white if the selected patient doesn't have a record. |
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Prescriptions |
Click to quickly create prescriptions and accurately track medicines prescribed to your patients. If a prescription bottle appears in the icon, the patient has a prescription. |
Office Journal |
Click to keep a record of past events and to remind you of events in the future. |
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Document Center |
Click to scan, capture, and import many types of documents, such as patient letters, EOBs (explanation of benefits), and referral letters or images (such as patient pictures and X-rays). You can attach these documents to patients, providers, insurance carriers, and referral sources. If papers appear in the lower drawer of the icon, the patient has documents saved to the Document Center. |
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Treatment Planner |
Click to provide patients with easy-to-understand treatment options. When used in conjunction with the Dentrix Presenter, the Treatment Planner provides powerful case presentations. |
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Click to open your browser and connect to the Dentrix Marketplace website from which you have many options for enhancing and expanding your Dentrix platform including partner solutions that have been tested and certified to work with Dentrix. |
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Send Payment Request by Text |
Click to send a request for payment or billing related matters by text message to patients aged 18 years and older. |
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Click to open the RCM Dashboard. You must have an eTrans User ID and password and be an eClaims or QuickBill customer to open the RCM Dashboard. |
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Click to open the Batch Insurance Payment Entry dialog box. From this dialog box, you can post check and electronic insurance payments. |
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Click to access and manage your CareCredit account. You can also make and refund payments. |
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Select Patient |
Click to select the patient whose billing information you want to work with. |
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Refresh |
Click to refresh the transaction log. |
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Click to open the family's billing and payment agreement information. A gray-toned icon indicates that there is no billing/payment agreement. |
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Click to open the Payment Agreement Manager. |
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Submission History |
Click to open the Electronic Statement Submission History window from which you can preview statements, view submissions by guarantor or by submission month or date, and open the RCM Dashboard. |
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Import Online Payment |
Click to open the Import Online Payments dialog box. You must set up eTrans to import online payments and other information to Dentrix. |
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Click to open the family's account and billing statement notes. A gray-toned icon indicates that the family account does not have a Guarantor Note attached. |
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Click to enter a guarantor payment. |
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Click to post a procedure for the patient. |
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Click to create a claim for the procedures posted today. |
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Insurance Selected Procedures |
Click to create a claim for the selected procedures.
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Click to open the Claims Manager window from which you can view all claims and sort or search claims by status, such as Batched, eSent, and so on. |
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Click to change to the Treatment Plan view. Click the button again to toggle back to the Ledger view. |
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Click to add a tax or discount to the account. |
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Click to manage and/or add credit/debit cards that are associated with a family's account in Dentrix Pay. |
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Click to print a walkout statement for the current day's work. |
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Click to print a single billing statement for the account. |
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Click to print a Family Ledger Report for the account. |
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Click to post a payment, create a claim, and print a walkout according to selected options. |
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Patient Alerts |
Click to view and edit alerts for the patient. |
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Patient Referrals |
Click to view related referrals for the patient. |
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More Information |
Click to display additional patient information, some of which is not available in the initial Family File window. You can view or access patient contact information, family members, appointment history, continuing care due dates, and balance information. |
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Click to open your browser and connect to the Dentrix Resource Center. |
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Click to begin a chat session with Customer Support. |