<body id="task-9225"><main role="main"><article role="article" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title1"><h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Make a dental chart</h1><div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Use a dental chart to record the results of a patient's dental inspection.</p><section class="section context">To make a dental chart, do this procedure.</section><ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"><span class="ph cmd">Go to the whiteboard.</span></li><li class="li step stepexpand"><span class="ph cmd">Select the applicable patient card.</span><div class="itemgroup stepresult"><span class="keyword">SmartFlow</span> shows the patient's flowsheet.</div></li><li class="li step stepexpand"><span class="ph cmd">Select <span class="ph uicontrol">Dental</span>.</span><div class="itemgroup info"><img class="image" src="https://smartflow.deploy.heretto.com/v4/deployments/89aLMNnLJLbhPZ3ThAse/object/6e3e479a-e1a6-4e69-8fbb-8defb16f5235?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJodHRwczovL2pvcnNlay5jb20vZXpkX29yZ2FuaXphdGlvbiI6ImV6eXZldCIsImh0dHBzOi8vam9yc2VrLmNvbS9lemQvb2JqZWN0X3V1aWQiOiI2ZTNlNDc5YS1lMWE2LTRlNjktOGZiYi04ZGVmYjE2ZjUyMzUiLCJleHAiOjE3NjIxNjI4NjksImp0aSI6IjRmYzViNGM2MjcyZTRjMGY4MDYwYTcxNjM2NzY2YzA1IiwiaHR0cHM6Ly9qb3JzZWsuY29tL2V6ZF9maWxlc2V0Ijoic1gxM3kwWmVpYXlYdnNwdlRSQ1EifQ.1A5Iu9W7z3rxA_eCPKPnSrOvfDfYvH3LWoI-A7iIoZk" alt="The Dental button"></div><div class="itemgroup stepresult"><span class="keyword">SmartFlow</span> shows the <span class="keyword wintitle">Create Dental Chart</span> dialog box.</div></li><li class="li step stepexpand"><span class="ph cmd">Select the applicable dental chart template.</span></li><li class="li step stepexpand"><span class="ph cmd">Select <span class="ph uicontrol">Create Sheet</span>.</span><div class="itemgroup stepresult"><span class="keyword">SmartFlow</span> shows the patient's dental chart.</div></li></ol><section class="section result">The patient has a dental chart. Use the dental chart to record the results of a patient's dental inspection.</section></div><nav role="navigation" class="related-links"><div class="familylinks"><div class="parentlink"><span class="hd-label">Parent topic:</span> <a class="link" href="/browse-documentation/record-treatment-for-a-patient/dental-care">Dental care</a></div></div></nav></article></main></body>

You can use the iPad application to show a patient's dental chart.

Show a patient's dental chart

Use SmartFlow to monitor the condition of your patients' teeth.

Dental care

The dental chart has abbreviations that you can record in the Diagnosis and Treatment sections for each tooth.

Dental chart abbreviations

Use a dental chart to record the results of a patient's dental inspection.

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