Reactivating Archived Patients

Sometimes patients who have been away for several years move back into the area and come back to your practice. If you archived these patien...

Save Time with Payment Agreement Templates in Dentrix G6.4

As you set up a payment agreement, you can customize the terms and conditions of the agreement. Save yourself from having to make those adju...

Using Medical Alert Notes

When you document a patient's medical conditions in Dentrix, it is important to give all the information about the condition that your s...

Updating Deductibles Met and Benefits Used Mid-Year

Patients often come to your practice mid-year when they have met part or all of their deductible or used part or all of their maximum benefi...

Customizing the Appointment Book Hover Window

When working in the Dentrix Appointment Book you have the ability to see additional patient information whenever you hover your mouse over a...

Dentrix Notes Part II: Patient Information Notes

Continuing on the theme of Dentrix notes, today's tip will focus on the kinds of notes you can use to document patient information. Whil...

Dentrix Notes Part I: Scheduling

Sticky notes were a great invention, and I'm sure we've all used them for one reason or another since they came out back in the earl...

Where Did I Put that Patient Note?

"I know I entered a note in Dentrix that had something to do with John Doe's account, but I can't remember what it was, or wher...

Archiving Patient Records

Dentrix allows you to delete patient and family records, which results in all information associated with the patient (including alerts, not...

Got the Picture?

The Patient Picture feature displays a full-color portrait that you can access from the Appointment Book, Family File, Patient Chart, Treatm...

Find the Patients Attached to Each Insurance Plan in Dentrix

At times you may need to see a list of all patients assigned to an insurance plan in Dentrix. This information can be found by running the I...

Editing Family Relationships in Dentrix

There will be times when you will need to make edits to a patient's family in Dentrix. This task is fairly simple, but can get a little ...

The Birthday List

Did you know Dentrix has a list you can generate that will show you a list of patients with a birthday within a specified date range? You ca...

Creating Prescriptions in Dentrix

The Dentrix Prescriptions module allows you to create a library of medicines your office prescribes and use them for patient prescriptions. ...

Customizing Medical Alerts in Dentrix G6

Using Dentrix, you can assign medical alerts to patients. Medical alerts serve to remind you of any medical conditions your patients may hav...

Accessing Patient Information from the Select Patient Dialog Box

You can use the Select Patient dialog box for more than just selecting patients! It's a powerful search tool that lets you search by lot...

Adding Contacts to eDex

eDex is an electronic contact manager and directory available in Dentrix G6. You can use eDex to manage and quickly search lists of patients...

Using the New Dentrix G6 List Manager

One of the new features introduced in Dentrix G6 is the List Manager. When you create custom lists in Dentrix you can now view the data in t...

Attaching Another Patient to a Document

With the Dentrix Document Center you have the ability to scan, capture, and import documents such as patient letters, EOBs (explanation of b...

Printing Care Instructions with Walkout Statements

When patients have oral surgery or other difficult procedures completed in your office, you often have care instructions to send home with t...