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Dentrix
Developed by	Dentrix Dental Systems
Latest release	Dentrix G3
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	Practice Management Software
License	Proprietary
Website	www.dentrix.com

Dentrix Dental Systems, a division of Henry Schein, sells and supports DENTRIX and Easy Dental (dental practice management software). A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use Practice management software (PMS is a category of software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software The word proprietary indicates that a party or proprietor exercises private Ownership, control or use over an item of Property. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Henry Schein Inc is a Fortune 500 company based in Melville New York with a Worldwide turnover of $5 billion and a UK turnover in excessof £80m Dentrix was the first practice management software for Windows in 1989. Practice management software (PMS is a category of software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Dentrix Dental Systems was founded in 1985, and was incorporated in 1989. Henry Schein purchased DENTRIX in 1997 and has continued to develop and release new versions and products since. Henry Schein Inc is a Fortune 500 company based in Melville New York with a Worldwide turnover of $5 billion and a UK turnover in excessof £80m

Dentrix uses a C-tree database system with theoretical limit of 29 workstations. C-tree is a family of embedded database and data management software by Faircom Corporation A workstation, such as a Unix workstation, RISC workstation or Engineering workstation, is a high-end Microcomputer The Enterprise version (DXOne) uses a SQL database and can support many workstations and/or multiple office locations. In addition to their fully integrated digital imaging program (Dentrix Image), Dentrix allows integration with many different image software through use of DtxLinks. Images and documents are all stored in a proprietary format.

Some disadvantages of the software include: being unable to mix insurance information between families which makes divorce situations difficult; and difficulty splitting payments between family members.

The following is a basic list of some of the software features:

Scheduling

 * Ability to attach lab cases, treatment planning, periodontal cleanings. 
 * Broken appointment lists
 * ASAP / Wait will call lists- to maximize productivity

Accounting

 * Accounts Receivable reports
 * Daily detailed printouts
 * Bank Deposit Slips
 * Production, payment, adjustment analysis
 * Projection Analysis
 * Payment planning
 * Financing pptions
 * Filtration for collections

3D Charting

 * Customizable Chart views (upper, lower, quadrant, side of mouth, arch and 3D modeling)
 * Graphical Display of prior existing treatment, current treatment and projected treatment
 * Clincal Notation

3D Perio Charting

 * Voice software for periocharting

Patient Tracking

 * Notation for billing, scheduling, alergic reactions, and much much more

Insurance Claim Tracking

 * Printing to blank paper or pre-purchased forms
 * electronic claims through eClaims.

Patient Pictures
Lab case Tracking
Audit Trail
Auto phone dialing
Connectivity to Palm^(R) OS through DxMobile

 * Patient Information
 * 3 day advance Appointment book tracking
 * Patient prescription tracking

Document Center to scan and store paperwork, images, and other items to make the practice paperless.
Office Journal to track letters sent, phone calls, billing and other communication with the patient.
Letter merge with Microsoft^(R) Word^TM
Custom report lists
Dentrix Image

 * Digital radiographs 
 * Intra/extra oral Imaging software
 * View image thumbnails in multiple sizes

Payment/fee schedules
Extensive treatment planning options
Create mutliple treatment plans for different patient treatment options
Generate dynamic presentations based on the selected treatment plan
Integrate relevant digital images into patient treatment plan presentations
Burn a presentation to CD for your patient to take home
Layout changes can be saved and applied according to the user who is logged in
Choose from 70 new Clinical Note templates or create templates of your own
Digitally capture a patient’s signature on informed consent form.
HIPAA tracking
Web page building, and integration of patient billing online through eCentral
Online payment options for patients through ePay
Remote backup system through eBackup
Patient Education through GURU

References

Dentrix: About Us. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.

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The following is a list of software packages and applications licensed under an Open source license or in the Public domain for use in the Healthcare industry Open Dental, previously known as Free Dental, is an open source Practice Management Software licensed under the GNU General Public License. PracticeWorks is Practice management Software for dental offices SoftDent is Practice management Software for dental offices Originally developed by InfoSoft based in White Marsh MD SoftDent was purchased by PracticeWorks

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