The April 2026 releases of Dentrix include the following features:
- DentalPlans Savings Plans
- Dentrix Imaging
- Dentrix Forms
- Claims Manager
- Family File (Beta)
- Ledger (Beta)
- Miscellaneous
- Bug Fixes
DentalPlans Savings Plans
- A QR code is now automatically included on treatment case printouts for uninsured patients:
- No extra setup is required if you are using Dentrix 26.6 and later.
- When patients scan the QR code, they are taken directly to the dental savings plans on the DentalPlans website that your office already accepts.
- Each QR code is unique to your practice.
- Benefits to your practice include:
- Increased treatment acceptance for uninsured patients from 40 to 80%
- Simplified referral process with an automated solution
- Improved patient outcomes by reducing financial barriers to care
- Increased revenue by converting uninsured patients at the point of care, without adding operational burdens to your practice
Dentrix Imaging
- If you use Carestream devices to acquire images, they now appear first in the device list.
- If you use 3Shape, you can now use 3Shape Unite mDNS to discover your devices automatically.
- The filename extension for exported images was changed from JEPG to JPG.
- Image Verify uses AI to provide you with immediate, visual feedback on the quality and completeness of the images you capture so you can quickly identify any images you may need to retake before patients leave. Images are assigned a rating from one to five stars based on the overall diagnostic usability of the image.
- Ratings from 1 to 3 stars trigger a message in a banner reading, “Consider Review or Retake.”
- Ratings from 4 to 5 stars indicate that the image quality is acceptable, and the Feedback Panel to the right of the image indicates, “No Issues Detected.”
- Edge cases (no AI response, for example) receive no stars, and the banner reads, “No Quality Information Available.”
- The Feedback Panel opens by default appearing automatically 5 seconds after images are acquired.
- Tooth structure assessment (full or part of tooth) detects key anatomical including crown, root, and missing teeth.
- The Imaging panel now opens automatically whenever you select a patient, so that you have immediate access to that patient’s imaging data.
Smart Image
- A conversion message (Conversion in Progress) was added for on-demand conversions.
- Smart Image no longer sends teeth to Dentrix Imaging for procedure posting.
Dentrix Forms
- In Dentrix Forms, you can now revert updated patient information to its previously blank state. This feature is useful when patients enter information that is incorrect, sensitive, inappropriate, or unrelated.
- Before you can send your patients text messages via SMS, mobile carrier regulations now require you to register your practice. For more information, please refer to Registering practices to send text messages via SMS in the Dentrix Help.
Claims Manager
- When claims are resent from the Claims Manager, the resent date of the claim is updated to the system date at the time of the resend, and a resend status note is created.
- By default, the date filter in the Claims Manager for unsent and sent claims is now set to Last 30 days.
Family File (Beta)
- The redesigned Family File is now available for all Beta offices to view and try out. We invite your feedback. For more information, please refer to Previewing the new Family File in the Dentrix Help.
Ledger (Beta)
- The redesigned Ledger is available to a limited number of Beta offices to view and try out. We invite your feedback. For more information, please refer to Previewing the new Ledger in the Dentrix Help.
Miscellaneous
- In the Patient Chart, tooltips were added to the Referred By and the Referred To icons in the Progress Notes panel.
- The Practice Notifications icon/button was added to the Appointment Book, the Office Manager, and the Ledger.
- The provider’s name is now sent with the patient’s data to the Voice Notes web service so that voice notes are correctly attributed to the provider for transcribing, processing, and auditing. (Beta)
- If you have enabled passwords, the logged-in provider or staff member is now automatically selected in the Claim Status Notes dialog box.
- If you are creating a voice note in the Signature Manager, the Signature Manager refreshes automatically when you close it.
Bug Fixes
- Importing and saving eligibility data bloated the database. (26.6)
- Eligibility results were inconsistent between the Appointment Book and the Family File. (26.6)
- When you deleted a claim, the new Insurance Claim window incorrectly set procedure codes to “insurance no.” (26.6)
- In Heartland dental practices, the option “Apply Ledger Discounts to All ‘F’ Claim Forms” no longer appeared in the Preferences dialog box. (26.6)
- The Claims Manager took over a minute to open. (26.6)
- When a Voice Notes note was still pending, you could not set appointments as complete. (26.6)
- Payment notes were not saved when payments were made with a saved card in Dentrix Pay. (26.7)
- Automatic updates sometimes failed, and some folders were not properly restored. (26.7)
- Claims Manager was taking too long to open. (26.7)
- Claims Manager queries were taking too much time to run. (26.7)
- If you rearranged images, they did not display correctly after you saved changes. (26.7)
- If you used the Back or Next buttons to navigate multiple images in the CAD/CAM/IOS or 3D Volumes/CBCT views, the thumbnail preview did not change to the next or previous image. (26.7)
- After exiting the Compare mode, you were unable to change the annotation outline width or type. (26.7)
- You could not reassign exams to another patient. (26.7)
- When you reassigned a 3D Volume that had a snapshot taken, an error message appeared. (26.7)
View the Release Guide.
These versions of Dentrix are known as 26.6 and 26.7.
