-Add Custom Charting Conditions

Conditions are an image applied to selected surfaces of a tooth which are unrelated to a procedure. For example, abrasion, wear facet, rotated.

Activate 3D Charting

Custom conditions are visible in both 2D and 3D Charting, however can only be setup with 3D Charting activated. 

1. Go to Location Setup > General tab

2. Group: Charting

   1. Mode of Charting: 2D and 3D Charting or 3D Charting

Add New Condition Group

Dental4Windows already has two groups for Conditions: Condition and Movement. To add another, e.g. Custom Conditions, follow the below steps. Otherwise, highlight the existing group and move to the Add New Condition to a Group steps below. 

1. Go to Location Setup > Operations tab

2. View: Conditions

3. Click Group

   1. Show these tabs: Tick the tabs to display this group

   2. Group: Enter the name of the group e.g. Custom Conditions

   3. Grouping Icons: 

      No	This means that every condition with a toolbar Icon setup will be listed as an icon on the charting toolbar as per the example below.
      Rows	This means that every condition with a toolbar Icon setup will be grouped by the number per row as per the example below.

Add New Condition to a Group

Conditions can be added to existing groups; Condition and Movement or to a new group setup by the user (as above).

1. Select the group to add the condition to e.g. Custom Conditions

2. Click Condition

   1. Name: Enter the name of the new condition

   2. ToolBar Icon: Select if the condition should appear as a toolbar icon and in the menu

   1. 2D Charting, Picture: Select the image to show on the surface when selected in charting

   2. 3D Charting, Charting Type:

      Whole Tooth	No image will show, but the Hint will show
      Symbol on Cell	A symbol - alphabetical or numerical - will appear on the surface
      Symbol with Background Cell	A symbol - alphabetical or numerical - will appear on the surface with a background to the symbol
      Picture on Cell	Select a Picture to show on the surface
      Hint	Enter the Hint which will be shown onscreen in 3D Charting when the condition is not visible due to rotation. Tick if the Hint should be shown in 3D Charting all the time, or only when surface is not visible.	See above images for hint examples.

Click here to mark a condition as obsolete. Conditions cannot be deleted once used on a patient.