The Document Center toolbars

The Document Center lets you choose from several different toolbars while you are working in the Document Center:

·        The Dentrix Modules toolbar displays buttons for each of the Dentrix modules.

·        The Patient Information toolbar displays buttons specific to patient information.

·        The Acquire toolbar displays buttons used to acquire a variety of documents from devices such as scanners and digital cameras. You can also import documents from files stored on your computer or attach an image or text as a document using the Windows Clipboard.

·        The Document toolbar displays buttons to print, send, export, view, sign, modify, or delete documents.

·        The View toolbar displays buttons to view documents by patient, family, provider or staff,employers, insurance carriers, and referral sources. You can also apply filters to view documents acquired within a certain date range and assigned to a certain document type.

·        The Preview toolbar displays buttons that you can use in the Document Preview pane to page through a multi-page document.

·        The Modify document toolbar displays buttons you can use to adjust and save the image document.

To display or remove a toolbar

In Treatment Planner, from the View menu, point to Toolbars, then click the toolbar you want to display or remove. A check mark next to a toolbar name indicates that the toolbar is being displayed.  

Dentrix Modules toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Patient Chart

Enter patient treatment and conditions, document and track patient care, enter periodontal treatment information, and explain and demonstrate proposed treatment to patients.

Family File

Store and display important patient information, such as the patient’s name, address, phone number, medical alerts, birth date, insurance coverage, employer, and referral information.

Ledger

Enter payments, file claims, print statements, set up financial agreements, and more.

Appointment Book

Manage your patient appointments electronically.

Office Manager

Use several tools and reports to evaluate and improve the management processes of your practice.

DentriXlink

 

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.

Quick Letters

Combine data from your Dentrix database with the word processing abilities of Microsoft Word to create a letter for a single patient.

Quick Labels

Print a variety of labels for the selected patient.

Continuing Care

Monitor your patients’ pending dental care and communicate information and reminders with groups of patients.

Send Message

Create and send e-mail messages to patients in your Dentrix database.

Questionnaires

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.

Health History

Assign medical conditions and allergies to selected patients and keep a record of their health and treatments.

Prescriptions

Create prescriptions and accurately track medicines prescribed to your patients.

Office Journal

Keep a record of past events and create reminders of future events.

Treatment Manager

Access vital patient information, including treatment-planned work, balance, payment information, Office Journal entries, insurance information, and so forth.

eDex

Manage and search lists of patients (active, inactive, or archived), employers, insurance carriers, labs, non-patients, providers, staff, referrals, and any other contact you 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.

Dentrix Marketplace

 Open the Dentrix Marketplace website from which you can purchase many products to enhance and expand your Dentrix platform.

Patient Information toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Select Patient

Click to select a patient.

Patient Alerts

Click to display any patient alerts for the selected patient.

Patient Picture

Click to display the patient picture.

Patient Referrals

Click to display any patient referrals.

More Information

Click to open the More Information dialog box for the selected patient.

Acquire toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Acquire From Device

Acquires a document from a device, such as a scanner or digital camera.

Import From File

Imports a file on disk.

Paste From Clipboard

Copies the most recent contents of the Windows Clipboard into the Document Center using the closest supported file type.

Screen Capture

Selects an area of your computer screen and captures it. You can capture and save the image in the Document Center and then attach it automatically to an insurance claim.

Import From Patient Picture

Searches for an associated patient picture and import it.

Auto Directory File Acquire

Designates a folder to save scanned documents to automatically regardless of the type of device you used to scan the document.

Acquire To Unfiled

Acquires large documents and images and add them to the Document Center as unfiled documents. While you can use this feature for a single document, you can primarily use it to acquire batch documents and complete them later. This feature is helpful for importing multi-page picture documents.

Documents toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Refresh

Click to refresh the list in the Document Center view.

Print documents

Click to print documents.

Send Documents

Click to send documents electronically.

Export Documents

Click to export documents as files.

Document Information

Click to make changes to document information (as long as the document has not been signed.)

Modifying Document Attachments

Click to make changes to document attachments.

Sign Documents

Click to apply signatures to a document for patients, providers, and staff.

Use the Modify Document toolbar

Click to display the modify document toolbar with several tools you can use to modify a document.

Delete Selected Document

Click to delete selected documents.

View toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Expand List

Expands the list view to include details.

Collapse List

Collapses the list view to show only dates.

By Single

Displays the documents for a single patient.

By Family

Displays the documents for an entire family.

By Range

Displays the documents within a specified range.

Filters

Specify filters for the documents that will appear.

Show Preview

Toggles between displaying and hiding the Document Preview pane.

By Patient

Displays documents by patient.

By Provider or Staff

Displays documents by provider and staff member.

Preview toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Previous Page

Displays the previous page.

Next Page

Displays the next page.

Full Screen

Displays the page using the full screen.

Zoom Out

Zooms out on the image.

Zoom In

Zooms in on the image.

 

Modify Document toolbar

You can alter the appearance of image documents from the Document Preview pane using the Modify Document toolbar. Only image documents can be altered using the Modify Document toolbar. To display the image document, click the Show Preview button on the View toolbar.

To modify an image document

From the Document Center, in the Edit menu, click Modify Document.

The Modify Document toolbar appears in the Document Preview pane.

 

Button

Name

Description

Copy From Clipboard

Inserts a copy of the current information in the Windows Clipboard.

Add Page

Adds a page to the current document.

Delete Page

Deletes the current page.

Adjust Image

Adjusts the colour, light, contrast, and saturation of the document or image.

Crop Image

Crops the image.

Invert Colors

Inverts the image colours.

Convert to Grayscale

Converts the image to a grayscale image.

Remove Spots

Removes random spots on the image.

Rotate Image

Rotates the selected image.

Orientation

Specifies whether the image is of the Right Side of Mouth, Left side of Mouth, or of the Entire Mouth.

Undo

Undoes the last change you made.

Undo All

Returns the image to its last saved state.