Requesting Patient Form Resubmission Using Previous Responses

Released 12/17/25 While you are reviewing a patient form, you can send a request to redo the form, but now the form in the online portal is pre-filled with all the patient’s previous responses so the patient can quickly correct or update inaccurate or incomplete information instead of having to start from scratch. Notes: To … Read more

Updated Security Rights for Patient Forms

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

Providers Reviewing Patient Forms

Released 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

DentalPlans.com Integration with Patient Forms

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

Saving Cards on File Through Patient Forms

EARLY ACCESS ONLY With Dentrix Ascend Forms, after patients complete forms online, they will now see an option to save a card on file. Having cards on file before patients’ appointments reduces front desk friction, minimizes manual entry errors, and provides touchless payment capabilities. Notes: To add a card on file 1. The patient completes … Read more

Syncing Negative Responses for Medical Alerts on Patient Forms

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