EARLY ACCESS ONLY Previously, if a procedure was posted to any patient records, the treatment area (such as mouth or range) could not be changed for that procedure code. To help meet the needs of practices (especially the need to report accurate information on insurance claims), you can now change the treatment area setting for … Read more
Released 8/26/26 Previously, the Refresh button appeared in the calendar and appointment details only when an estimate had changed. Moving forward, a Refresh button will be available next to every Production amount in the calendar. This change helps improve application performance and reliability while reducing the likelihood of Server Error and Service Disruption messages.
EARLY ACCESS ONLY In Dentrix Ascend, if your organization has multiple locations, you can now build and manage your organizational structure. You can define a hierarchy that reflects how your organization operates, with various business units grouped by geography, market, brand, specialty, and so forth. Then, you can assign each location to one of those … Read more
Released 8/26/26 You can now move or resize scheduling template time blocks for a specific day from the Calendar page. Benefits: Notes: To resize a time block 1. Make sure your view of the Calendar page is displaying operatories and scheduling time blocks. 2. Navigate to the day of the week for which you want … Read more
Released 8/11/26 When you add or update a schedule template or appointment reason in Dentrix Ascend, you can now immediately sync the change to the online booking website instead of having to wait up to 24 hours for the automatic sync to occur, and you can do this from the same area in Dentrix Ascend … Read more
Released 8/18/26 Important Note: An updated acquisition agent may be required for features in this release. For instructions on checking for updates, refer to the “Updating the acquisition agent” Help topic. Detect AI Tab Is Selected by Default If Detect AI is enabled for the location that you are logged in to, on the AI … Read more
Released 9/3/26 When you create a future payment plan for a patient, you can now apply a guarantor’s or patient’s unapplied credit straight to the plan’s down payment. You no longer need to move credit onto the account manually before you set up the plan. Note: Future payment plans are included in the Orthodontics package … Read more
Released 7/29/26 You can now choose to have voice commands spoken back to you. You can also now choose to have feedback sounds play when commands are recognized or not. To configure the settings 1. Start a new perio exam, or start editing a perio exam. 2. Click the Voice Perio button. The Voice Perio … Read more
Released 7/29/26 For an unrecognized voice command, in addition to an audible error sound playing (if the Perio Sound Feedback setting is on), an error appears (highlighted in red) in the command history. Note: See also “Voice Perio Feedback Sounds.”
Released 7/29/26 When you are dictating a clinical note with Voice Notes, if you are using a template that has quick-picks, Voice Notes now detects the quick-picks and inserts the applicable information in the note while retaining all the text/structure of the template. Also, Voice Notes now bolds the quick-pick items in the generated note/summary … Read more