Dentrix AI alternative: Dentistry Dashboard runs alongside Dentrix.
Henry Schein One has announced AI features for Dentrix Ascend, but most US Dentrix offices still need an AI scribe today. Dentistry Dashboard is a HIPAA-aligned AI dental notes platform that runs alongside any Dentrix install (G7 or Ascend) - dictate during the visit, paste structured notes into the Dentrix chart.
By Dr Stephen Nkansah · UK-registered dentist · Founder, Dentistry Dashboard
The best Dentrix AI alternative for US practices that need AI dental notes today is Dentistry Dashboard. Dentrix is the practice management system - it holds your charting, scheduling, and billing. Dentistry Dashboard is a separate HIPAA-aligned AI scribe that you run in your browser alongside Dentrix. You speak naturally during the appointment, the AI generates a structured SOAP note, referral letter, or consent form, you review and copy it straight into the Dentrix clinical note, and your existing Dentrix workflow keeps running exactly as it does today. 25-day free trial, $79 USD per dentist per month after that, BAA available, isolated US infrastructure.
Using Dentistry Dashboard with Dentrix - the workflow.
Five steps from consultation to fully-charted patient record in your existing Dentrix workflow.
Open the patient in Dentrix as you normally would.
Pull the patient up in Dentrix G7 or Dentrix Ascend - perio chart, ledger, schedule, all stays in Dentrix. Dentistry Dashboard sits in a second browser tab, ready to capture the consultation.
Tap record on Dentistry Dashboard and dictate the visit.
One tap to start. Talk to your patient naturally - history, exam findings, treatment plan, post-op instructions. The AI listens, transcribes the dental terminology accurately, and builds a structured note in real time. No keyboard, no stop-starting.
Generate notes, letters and consents from the same recording.
From that single audio session you can spin out a structured SOAP note, a referral letter to a specialist, an informed-consent form for the proposed treatment, or a treatment plan summary for the patient. Same conversation, multiple outputs.
Review with Clarification Mode and copy.
Notes appear seconds after you stop recording. Clarification Mode flags ambiguous lines so you can sign off with confidence rather than guessing. Tweak wording if you want, then copy.
Paste into the Dentrix clinical note for the visit.
Click into the Dentrix clinical note, paste, save. The full SOAP-formatted note is now part of the Dentrix patient record exactly where your team expects it. No data migration, no PMS replacement, no front-desk re-training.
What works (and what doesn’t) with Dentrix
What works
- Dictating SOAP notes during exams, hygiene visits and treatment appointments
- Generating referral letters to oral surgeons, periodontists, endodontists from the same recording
- Producing patient-friendly informed consent forms in seconds
- Pasting structured notes directly into the Dentrix clinical note (G7 or Ascend)
- HIPAA-aligned: BAA available, AES-256 encryption, isolated US infrastructure
- Works in any modern browser - no Dentrix plugin to install or IT ticket required
- Multilingual patients: 70+ language families across 140+ regional locales (manually selected from settings)
- 25-day free trial so your team can test on real Dentrix visits before any card is charged
What doesn’t (yet)
- Direct API write-back into Dentrix tooth-charting (no public write API for third parties)
- Automatic patient look-up from Dentrix (you select the patient in Dentrix, then dictate)
- Replacing Dentrix itself - Dentistry Dashboard is the AI notes layer, Dentrix remains your PMS
- Reading existing chart history out of Dentrix - notes are generated from the live consultation
Frequently asked questions
Does Dentrix have AI dental notes built in?+
Henry Schein One has announced AI features for Dentrix Ascend, but as of 2026 most US Dentrix G7 and Dentrix Ascend offices do not have a fully-shipped AI dental scribe inside Dentrix. To add AI notes today you run a separate HIPAA-aligned tool like Dentistry Dashboard alongside Dentrix and paste the generated notes into the Dentrix clinical note for each visit.
What is the best Dentrix AI alternative?+
For US practices that need AI dental notes today, Dentistry Dashboard is the leading Dentrix AI alternative. It is HIPAA-aligned (BAA available, AES-256, isolated US infrastructure), works alongside Dentrix G7 and Dentrix Ascend via copy-paste, costs $79 USD per dentist per month after a 25-day free trial, and bundles AI notes, referral letters, consent forms, voice perio charting, and treatment plan summaries from one recording.
How do I add AI notes to my Dentrix practice?+
Sign up for Dentistry Dashboard, open it in a browser tab on your operatory PC, and start dictating during your next consultation. There is no Dentrix plugin to install, no Henry Schein approval needed, and nothing for IT to configure on the Dentrix server. You select the patient in Dentrix as usual, dictate in Dentistry Dashboard, then paste the structured note into the Dentrix clinical note.
Is using Dentistry Dashboard with Dentrix HIPAA compliant?+
Yes. Dentistry Dashboard is HIPAA-aligned. We provide a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), encrypt patient data with AES-256 in transit and at rest, and host all US patient data on isolated US-based infrastructure. Pasting notes into Dentrix is the same as typing them in - the notes live inside your Dentrix database, which your practice already controls.
Does Dentistry Dashboard write directly into the Dentrix chart?+
No - and to be transparent, no third-party AI scribe currently has a write-back API into Dentrix G7 or Dentrix Ascend. Henry Schein One does not expose a public write API for external scribes. The honest workflow is: dictate in Dentistry Dashboard, copy the structured note, paste into the Dentrix clinical note. That step takes a few seconds per visit.
How does Dentistry Dashboard compare to Bola.ai for Dentrix?+
Both are AI scribes that work alongside Dentrix via copy-paste rather than native integration. Dentistry Dashboard differs in three places: Clarification Mode flags ambiguous lines instead of guessing; the bundle covers more than notes - referral letters, consent forms, voice perio charting and treatment plan summaries from the same recording; and a 25-day free trial means you can test on real Dentrix visits before paying.
Will Dentistry Dashboard slow down my Dentrix workstation?+
No. Dentistry Dashboard runs entirely in the browser and the heavy AI work happens on our cloud, not on the operatory PC. Your Dentrix client stays as fast as it was before. Most US practices run it on the same operatory PC that already has Dentrix open in another window.
How much does it cost to use Dentistry Dashboard with Dentrix?+
The Dentist Zone bundle is $79 USD per dentist per month and includes AI dental notes, referral letters, consent forms, voice perio charting, and the supporting tools. There is a 25-day free trial - you can wire it into your Dentrix workflow and test on real consultations before any card is charged.
Try Dentistry Dashboard with Dentrix.
25-day free trial. AI Notes plus the rest of the Dentist Zone bundle. HIPAA-aligned, BAA available, isolated US infrastructure.