Several cases can be linked together; however, if a cases are not supposed to be alternate treatment plans or you do not want the cases linked for some other reason, you can unlink them.
Note: Unlinking alternate treatment plan cases requires the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right.
To unlink an alternate case
In Treatment Planner, in the Treatment Plan Case Setup section on the Navigation panel, right-click a case that you want to unlink, and then click Unlink Selected Case.
Notes:
If
a case is linked, it will have a link icon (
or 
) after its name.
The Unlink Selected Case option is available only if the case is linked to an alternate case.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Treatment Plan, Edit dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Treatment Plan, Edit" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can unlink an alternate treatment plan case this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can unlink an alternate treatment plan case this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Treatment Plan, Edit dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The case is unlinked, and the link icon is removed. If the unlinked case was one of two linked cases, the link icon after the other case is removed. If you unlinked the recommended case and there was more than one case linked to it, the icon is removed from the selected case, and one of the other cases is assigned as the recommended case.
To unlink multiple alternate cases
In Treatment Planner, in the Treatment Plan Case Setup section on the Navigation panel, right-click one of the cases that you want to unlink, and then click Link Alternate Cases.
Note: If
a case is linked, it will have a link icon (
or ) after its name.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Treatment Plan, Edit dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Treatment Plan, Edit" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can unlink treatment plan cases this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Edit" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can unlink treatment plan cases this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Treatment Plan, Edit dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Linked Cases dialog box appears.
Clear the checkboxes of the cases that you want to unlink.
At least two checkboxes must remain selected, or all of the checkboxes must be cleared.
Click OK.
The cases are unlinked, and the link icons are removed. If you unlinked the recommended case and did not unlink all the linked cases, one of the other cases is assigned as the recommended case.