🚨 Important: This feature is currently being rolled out and is not yet available to all users. If you cannot see it, it will be coming to you soon.
Dentally lets you add, chart, treat, and bill supernumerary teeth directly on the patient odontogram. Each supernumerary tooth is linked to the nearest standard tooth position and labelled with |SD to distinguish its treatments from those on the adjacent standard tooth.
How do I add a supernumerary tooth to my chart?
Open the patient's chart screen.
Select 'SD' on the left of the chart to show supernumerary dentition. Supernumerary rows appear between the upper and lower permanent teeth, with each empty slot linked to the nearest standard tooth position.
Select an empty slot to add a supernumerary tooth at that position.
The supernumerary tooth appears on the chart in a similar format to the standard tooth it is associated with.
You can chart treatments onto the supernumerary tooth in the same way as a standard tooth. Treatments on the supernumerary display with |SD after the tooth number in all places this is seen, like the clinical history. For example, 4|SD.
💡 Top Tip - Select 'SD' again on the left hand side to hide the supernumerary rows for a more condensed chart view. When the rows are hidden, |SD still appears next to tooth numbers where a supernumerary exists. Hover over the tooth number to see the message: A supernumerary tooth is present.
How do I update or remove a supernumerary tooth?
There are two ways to update or remove a supernumerary tooth.
Delete from the base chart
📝 Please Note: Deleting a supernumerary tooth from the base chart removes the record from the patient's clinical history.
Go to the 'Base chart'.
Locate the supernumerary tooth entry.
Click the 'Delete' button on this entry.
The tooth no longer appears on the odontogram.
Change the tooth status
Use this method when you want to record that a supernumerary tooth was removed or is no longer present, without deleting the history of it having existed.
Select or right-click the supernumerary tooth to open the socket menu.
Select 'Status'.
Choose the relevant status - for example, 'Missing', 'Extracted', or 'Present'.
The status change is recorded in the patient's chart history. Previous status changes are kept.
Top tip: Use the status change method rather than deleting from the base chart when you want to preserve a record that the supernumerary tooth existed.
How do I add a treatment on a supernumerary tooth?
Ensure you have SD selected on the left hand side so you can see the supernumerary teeth.
Select the supernumerary tooth position on the odontogram.
Chart the treatment onto the supernumerary tooth as you would for a standard tooth.
Then proceed as normal with adding notes, setting fees and completing treatment.
After charging and completing treatment in supernumerary teeth, this will be reflected in the patients account and through their invoices as treatments on supernumerary teeth show the tooth number with |SD next to it.
Things to remember about supernumerary charting in Dentally:
You can add one supernumerary tooth per standard tooth position.
All tooth statuses work on supernumerary teeth in the same way as on standard teeth.
You can add a supernumerary tooth again after removing or marking one as missing - add it back to the chart and set the status to 'Present'.
Tooth numbers display in your practice's configured notation. The
|SDsuffix is always appended to supernumerary teeth regardless of notation.