Released 11/5/25 Including Medications on Patient Forms You can now flag the medications that you want to have appear on any form that includes the “Medications” element. Only the medications you have flagged in Dentrix Ascend will be available for a patient to select on forms. To edit a medication 1. On the Settings menu, … Read more
Released 11/5/25 In previous releases, patient forms could be viewed in Spanish and Chinese (simple) on demand. With this release, patient forms can now be viewed in Chinese (traditional).
Released 10/29/25 Previously, the “Manage Patient Forms” security right controlled whether a user could change the due date of a form in a patient’s record or not. Now, there is a new security right that controls this. The new security right, “Edit forms due for a patient” (in the “Patient Information” category), allows a user … Read more
Release 11/5/25 You can now send patient forms on an “as-needed” basis to patients. Setting Up a Form to Allow On-demand Requests 1. On the Settings menu, select Form Builder to open the form builder on a new browser tab. 2. For a form in the list, select the Settings option on the corresponding Actions … Read more
Release 11/5/25 While viewing a patient’s clinical record, a provider can now review clinically relevant information from a completed patient form and then mark that form as having been reviewed. Changing a Form Setting To enable the provider review workflow for a patient form, you must change a setting. To enable the provider review workflow … Read more
EARLY ACCESS ONLY A patient form can now include an option for a patient to consent to receiving information about dental savings plans (DSPs) if the patient completing a form with this option enabled indicates that he/she does not have dental insurance. If the patient opts in, his/her contact information and consent are captured, and … Read more
Previously, only the “positive” responses to medical conditions and allergies on a form (such as when the patient indicated that he/she had asthma) updated the patient’s record. With this release, the “negative” responses to medical conditions and allergies on a form (such as when the patient indicates that he/she no longer has asthma) now also … Read more
Released 10/1/25 After a patient completes online forms prior to his/her appointment, the message that appears now includes the location and the date and time of the patient’s upcoming appointment. This occurs only in the following scenarios Example 1. Select an appointment. 2. On the Appointment Information panel, click Forms, and then Request Forms. 3. … Read more
Released 9/24/25 With Dentrix Ascend Forms, when a patient completes an online patient form with demographics, the patient’s record in Dentrix Ascend is updated. Now, you can review the changes, reject specific changes as needed, and then save the patient record. Currently, the following demographics on a form can update a patient’s record: Note: Duplicate … Read more
Released 9/24/25 If a patient form has a section that allows a patient to select his/her allergies and conditions, a patient’s active conditions and allergies from his/her patient record in Dentrix Ascend are now selected automatically on the form. Note: Only the allergies and conditions in your medical alerts library that have been flagged to … Read more