> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.decodahealth.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Dental Charting

> Document teeth, periodontal findings, and occlusion inside a clinical note.

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  **Prerequisites:** Dental fields are available to dental practices only. Ask Decoda support if you don't see them. They're added to a note from a [Note Template](/modules/settings/note-templates) — add the **Dental Chart**, **Perio Chart**, or **Occlusion & TMJ** field to a template under the **Dental** category in the field sidebar.
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Dental charting adds three structured fields you can drop into a note: a tooth-by-tooth restorative chart, a periodontal chart, and an occlusion and TMJ exam. Findings are stored as structured data, so they roll forward to the next visit, print as part of the note, and stay hidden from the patient portal regardless of template visibility.

## Dental Chart

A restorative chart for marking conditions on individual teeth and tooth surfaces.

* Switch between **2D** and **3D** views with the picker above the chart. The 2D view shows the standard top-down arch diagram; the 3D view rotates a full tooth model for closer inspection.
* Pick **Permanent** or **Mixed** dentition for the patient. Mixed shows primary tooth letters alongside permanent numbers.
* The tool rail on the left holds **Edit mode** (apply conditions) and **Watch mode** (mark a tooth to monitor). The **Procedure filter** above the chart limits the view to **Existing**, **Planned**, **Completed**, or **Referred** work.
* Click a tooth to open the **Tooth Detail** drawer for surface-level marking and notes. From there you can set the active condition (Caries, Composite, Amalgam, Crown, Root canal, Implant, Veneer, Sealant, Missing, and others) and paint individual surfaces.
* The table under the chart lists every charted tooth with surfaces, description, status, and notes. Click **Print chart** in the chart header to print the full chart with the table.

## Perio Chart

Six-point periodontal chart for pocket depths, recession, bleeding, plaque, suppuration, mobility, and furcation.

* The chart splits into **Maxillary** and **Mandibular** arches. Each tooth has six sites — distobuccal (DB), buccal, mesiobuccal (MB), distolingual (DL), lingual, and mesiolingual (ML).
* Use **Chart mode** to record pocket depths. Toggle the **Bleeding on probing**, **Plaque**, and **Suppuration** indicators to mark sites; they appear as colored dots on the affected tooth.
* Mobility and furcation are set per tooth from the tooth marker controls.

## Occlusion & TMJ

A short structured exam for bite and TMJ findings.

* **Angle's Classification** for anterior, posterior left, and posterior right — Class I (Normal), II.1 (Protruded), II.2 (Retroclined), or III (Mesial).
* Numeric fields for **Overjet**, **Overbite**, and **Max opening**.
* TMJ checkboxes for **Clicking**, **Popping**, **Crepitus**, **Pain**, and **Deviation** on each side, plus a free-text notes field.

## AI Scribe Extraction

When the AI scribe is running during a visit, it extracts dental findings from your narration straight into these fields — say "tooth 14 mesial caries, watch tooth 30" and the conditions populate. The chart then behaves like any other AI-filled field: review the proposed entries, edit as needed, and sign off when the note is ready.

## Patient Portal Visibility

Dental Chart, Perio Chart, and Occlusion & TMJ are clinician-only. Even if the note template is marked visible to patients, these fields are stripped from the patient portal view.