New Patient Statuses for “Deceased” and “Dismissed”

EARLY ACCESS ONLY Two new patient statuses are now available for selection when you want to inactivate a patient’s record: Selecting either of these two new statuses has the same effect as selecting “Inactive.” Note: For information about inactivating a patient and removing certain information regarding that patient, see the “Inactivating patient records” Help topic.

Additional Vital Signs Measurements

EARLY ACCESS ONLY You can now enter measurements for the following vital signs in a patient’s record: You can also now enter the date a specimen is collected. To allow for these additional measurements, the dialog box where you enter or edit vital signs has been reorganized. Before In this dialog box, you could enter … Read more

Treatment Area Option for Frequency Exception

Released 6/3/26 When you are adding or editing a frequency exception for an insurance plan’s coverage table, there is now a checkbox, “Apply per treatment area.” Leaving the checkbox selected preserves the existing insurance calculation logic from before this release (the procedure code is covered X times in the specified period if the treatment area … Read more

Imaging 179

Released 5/26/26 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. Magnify Tab There is now a Magnify tab on the AI panel (the panel on the right) to provide zoomed-in views of AI findings, … Read more

New Security Right for Updating Procedure Amount

Released 5/27/26 There is a new security right, “Update patient procedure amount,” that determines if a user can update a procedure’s amount by clicking the Update to: [amount] link. If a user has not been granted the “Edit patient procedure amount” security right, the user can be granted the “Update patient procedure amount” right so he/she … Read more

Assigning Multiple Billing Types

Released 5/20/26 You can now assign multiple billing types to a guarantor in Dentrix Ascend. On a guarantor’s Patient Information page, the following changes have been implemented for the Billing Type: Note: On a dependent’s Patient Information page, the Billing Type is read-only.