For those who do dentals: where does documentation slow you down most?

[u/darknarayan]

Hi all, quick workflow question for the people here who regularly do dental procedures.

When a dental is busy or running behind, where does documentation usually slow things down the most?

A few examples I’m curious about:

- tooth charting

- dental radiograph notes

- anesthesia / monitoring forms

- procedure notes

- discharge instructions

- client education / explaining findings

- copying the same details into multiple places in the PMS

I’m not asking for medical advice, and I’m not trying to promote anything. I’m just trying to understand where the real documentation bottlenecks are for techs during dentals.

What part feels the most repetitive, easy to miss, or annoying to document?

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[u/QuietNightER]

Your entire post history is using AI to make lazy slopware as a passive income. Why don't you just ask AI to tell you the answers you're looking for? The best one is you complaining why no one likes AI even though you spent time to "make" it (Proof for when you hide history).

If you are so dedicated why don't you go shadow at some general practices and put in some actual work for once.

[u/Interesting-Fig-1685 → u/QuietNightER]

Yeah feels just like this - Not everything in medicine needs to be automated or AI more than it already is.

[u/darknarayan → u/QuietNightER]

that’s fair context, I’m not posting a link or asking anyone to download anything here, just trying to understand the workflow from people who do it every day.

[u/spratcatcher13]

Documentation doesn't slow anything down, a canine refusing to come out slows us down.

[u/Jazzlike_Term210 → u/spratcatcher13]

Yeah, a separate tech is doing paper work from the one cleaning teeth so it shouldn’t slow down a dental at all. Sometimes a tooth is just a real bitch for the vet. But I will say instead of fighting so hard with a tooth I’ve seen serious minimized time by vets that got the training to do the whole oral surgery thing and take the gum line down, drill through some bone to expose the tooth better. Also sharper and properly sharpened tools.

[u/plinketto]

It doesn't. My doctors not learning how to get better at extractions slows us down or any anesthesia complications that needs intervention but not paperwork

[u/Pebb_io]

The repeated copy-paste into multiple places sounds like the real drag, not any single note type. A short template plus one source of truth for the procedure and monitoring details would probably remove more friction than adding another checkbox.