Unanswered questions

Hi everyone,We’ve just recently switched to Dentally (as of yesterday), and I’m looking for some advice regarding using an intraoral camera with the system.We’re currently using a FocusDent MD740 (generic), and it’s set up under the “Legacy Capture Device.” The issue we’re facing is that the workflow feels quite clunky — we have to keep two separate windows open, and when capturing images, a pop-up appears requiring us to click “freeze” and then “capture.”Unfortunately, this can only be done using the mouse, which means I can’t capture images directly myself while working — I have to rely on the nurse to do it. It’s quite inconvenient and interrupts the workflow.Ideally, I’d like to:• Use just one window• Capture images directly using the button on the intraoral camera• Avoid the extra pop-up and mouse interactionHas anyone managed to set this up more efficiently, or found a workaround that allows direct capture via the camera button?Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hi,I’m sure that I can’t be the only dentist frustrated with Dentally’s reticence to provide an extra and intraoral Mouth Map… how else can we record oral pathology each time we see our patients? I’ve  been regularly asking for this facility since moving from SOE to Dentally in 2020, but to date, no progress! Perhaps the community could help push Dentally’s software development team to facilitate this extremely important function; it seems crazy to have to revert to separate paper-based records! 

Hello allIs it possible to link directly to a specific appointment type in the online booking.For example, let’s say I have setup a New Patient Exam. Is it possible to have an online booking link that only enables that appointment specifically.The use case would be:To include the New Patient Exam link in marketing correspondence (rather than a generic online booking link which requires choices by the patient).   To create numerous New Patient Exams for specific practitioners and zones. We can then do the logic check ourselves (e.g. is the patient a young patient, old patient, interested in implants etc) and direct them to the correct booking link.It is important the link would be isolated - its only possible to book the specified appointment type with that link, the patient cannot override the flow.Thoughts?

We are new to dentally moved from exact we used to get an appt pop up after patient has finished treatment to book their next recall on dentally how do we do this?  we are finding that when we select 6 months this isn’t always showing on the appt tab as 6 months.  

Can dentally be linked and integrate with VOIP phones? This would hopefully allow caller ID to be displayed, ie when Mr Daniel Smith calls the practice, with his patient file already in Dentally, his name would pop up on the display to give a personal touch.VOIP also can allow a phone transcript to be created and so when Daniel Smith calls, a text file would get saved under the correspondence tab in dentally when the call took place and the details.Is this possible, easily done?  

Good morning everyone. We have an App that integrates with Dentally. We obtain a token at authentication. After 14 days the token expires and we need to ask our client to manually refresh the token. Is there a way to:Extend the to token lifetime (change “expires_in”) and/or refresh the token automatically ( POST grant_type=refresh_token)?Many thanks folks.

Hi there, I’m trying to create an appointment with Zapier. I can see this option in the screenshots on the help page but the option isn’t coming up in events? Please advise how I can do it so I create an appointment via zapier?

Why is the save button at the bottom so i have to constantly scroll down to see it? The Save and Continue button is unreliable and i prefer to save this way, but the button was moved to make way for the Ai function which is useless to me. Its so annoying.

Anyone know if the Payment Allocations report being looked at?  The totals (when a provider isn’t selected) are nonsense.  And is there anywhere that one can track outstanding bugs? 

Hi Dentally Team,I recently signed up for the Dentally partnership programme as we’re looking to build an integration, but I haven’t heard back yet. I was in touch with Megan a couple of weeks ago about putting this through, so just wanted to follow up.I wanted to check on the status of the application and specifically request access to the sandbox environment so we can begin testing the API.We’re keen to get started with development and want to ensure everything is built correctly before going live.Thanks in advance — happy to provide any further details if needed. Thanks,Riyad

hi every time an xray is developed an automatic radiographic report appears in my notes, how do i stop this, i already have my own report 

Is it possible to display dentally id number when doing patient search as he have a large cohort of patients who share same name as another patient registered with us.  We correspond with laboratories via dentally id number but finding right patient when we receive correspondence from them can take time especially when there are several patients with same name

We find with some regularity that a treatment has been charged in the wrong practitioners name. We’ve tried to eliminate this through training, but it still occurs from time to time. Does anyone know of a way for the manager / admin to change this? If not, could the developers provide one?We currently have to re-open treatment plan > unallocate payment > delete invoice > untick treatment > change practitioner > charge using the same date of the original invoice > complete treatment plan > re-allocate payment.Suffice to say, this is inconvenient and prone to creating new errors. Worse, it means existing invoices (invoice numbers) are erased / replaced.Without doing this, Dentally’s reports become useless, and we’re back to calculating schedules manually.

Hi,We’ve been using the Dentally API to power Dentext (our custom external patient communication platform). It handles our SMS routing, custom templates, and automated messaging beautifully but we’ve hit a specific challenge. We want to automatically text patients a link to complete their Medical History questionnaire prior to their appointment, exactly how it behaves natively in Dentally's SMS system. To do this, we need to inject that patient-specific link directly into our Dentext templates.Does anyone know how to retrieve or construct this unique link via the API? Is there a specific endpoint to request this token/link? Or is the URL structure predictable enough that we can build it programmatically using the patient_id or patient_uuid?I know we can use the practice portal link from Portal Admin > Customise, but that behaves differently. It forces the patient to register first, whereas the native Medical History link goes straight to the questionnaire after a simple Date of Birt

I write notes using a dental note taking tool then copy and paste them into Dentally. Now I get a space between each line of my notes which I cannot remove. This did not occur with EXACT.Please can you help fix this? 

I'd like to provide feedback on your DIrect Messages feature. The windows to see the list of contacts is too small, and there is no appropriate signs as to which conversation has been read or not. Perhaps this features requires some reworking, as it is specially frustrating on large practices with dozens of staff texting. In fact, you cannot even read their full names if too long. Please fix this as this is a huge quality of lifeimprovement for a very good platform.

Really disappointed at the lack of effort in adapting the software for Scottish users. The software has clearly been optimised for English users privately or in the UDA system and while we pay the same for the same software, it is shamefully lacking in functionality and clunkier than older softwares especially for use within the Scottish NHS SDR.

a sidebar would be useful as in exact for seeing what a patient owes and next appointment due without having to go into patient in the way exact had.

We ran into an issue today that highlighted what feels like a massive gap in the workflow, so I wanted to share it here as both a question and a feature suggestion.A patient was completing their NHS PR on the tablet, but unfortunately the tablet crashed mid-process. As a result, the signature didn’t save and the PR form no longer appeared as an option on the tablet for the patient to complete.Support advised two possible workarounds:1️⃣ Ask the patient to complete a paper PR and upload it (!!! -  I was quite taken aback when a paper form was suggested. We invest in software precisely to avoid reverting to manual, paper-based processes. )2️⃣ Create a brand new treatment plan (with no completed items) plus a “temporary” appointment, link them together, and generate a new PR form that wayApparently the invalidate option removes the form but doesn’t prompt a new one.While I appreciate the suggested workarounds, neither feels ideal: Going back to paper isn’t something we want to do - it’s b

At the moment if an NHS patient books a Private appointment via the portal e.g for Private Emergency then the portal forces the patient to fill in an NHS PR form even though the appointment is a private appointment. NHS PR forms are ONLY for an NHS Course of Treatment. This is wrong functinality.

Hi there.  I am finding dentally really difficult to use in terms of paying my associates at the end of the month. I simply cannot find a way/report option to be able to see where payments are placed when a patient pays a deposit towards large treatments and where finance payments can be seen. The way I want to pay my associates is as follows: We calculate from the 1st of the month to the last day of the month (and then we pay a month behind which is standard for a dental practice). We do a lot of cosmetic dentistry which has high ticket value. A lot of our patients put large deposits down/take out finance/patients pay off their balance as and when they want via stripe on the dentally portal to reduce their balance for treatments such as ongoing clear aligner treatment. This money i’m assuming on dentally is ‘unallocated’ as it doesn’t know where to go/the treatment has not been completed yet/ticked through on the system so it doesnt have a specific invoice to place it against.  What I

I have found that when I am viewing a patient’s details, if i click on another patient through the “Recently Viewed Patients” section, it will keep stuff the same like the patient ID, and other things like dropdown selections such as who their dentist is etc.Most of the time its data that has been changed on patient X for example, then you view patient Y and those details yoyve changed are on their profile, however if you refresh the page, you will find these changes have not been saved onto anyone else you view after (phew).But it can create a lot of confusion for multiple people and multiple reasons, are we aware of this mini-bug and is it being worked on to improve? Is there anything internally we can do, any settings to change to make that run smoother? Obviously when loading a patient, refreshing the page is easy to do to make sure its all correct, but its not ideal.Im not sure if anyone else has encountered this or reported it but any feedback would be appreciated on this topic!