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PATIENT RECORDS
The complete patient file,
one click from the chair
Medical history and alerts, images, signed consent forms, prescriptions and the patient's family — in one file, in Arabic or English.
Included in every plan, including Free.
Synora's patient records keep each patient's whole file in one place: medical history with alerts shown at the top of the file, X-rays and photos tagged by tooth, consent forms signed on screen, prescriptions, visit notes and family links. Patient files are on every plan; Free holds up to 50 patients and Basic and Pro have no limit.
| Plan | Every plan. Free: up to 50 patients. Basic and Pro: no limit on patients. |
|---|---|
| Medical history | Allergies, conditions, medications, surgeries, habits, pregnancy and dental history, each with a severity. Entries flagged as alerts show at the top of the file and of the dental chart. |
| Images | Radiographs (panoramic, bitewing, periapical and more) and intraoral or extraoral photos, grouped by type and tagged with FDI tooth numbers and the date taken |
| Forms | Intake and consent forms from your own templates, in Arabic and English, signed on screen with a mouse or a touch screen |
| Prescriptions | Issued from the file, each drug typed with its dose, frequency and duration. A mistake is cancelled and re-issued, never edited. |
| Family | Relatives linked to each other's files, with the guarantor who is answerable for the bills |
| Links for the patient | The treatment plans, invoices and images you tick, behind a link with an expiry date and an optional 4–6 digit PIN, revocable at any time |
| Who opened the file | Every opening of the chart, the medical history or the images is logged, and the owner sees it in the file's History |
| Last updated |
The allergy you did not see is the one that matters. When history lives in a paper file and images live on a phone, the information is there — just not in front of the dentist.
Everything about the patient, in one place
Medical history and alerts
Record conditions, allergies and medications once; alerts show at the top of the file every time it opens.
Images
Keep X-rays and photos in the patient's gallery, organised by type and tooth.
Signed forms
Consent and intake forms, signed on screen and kept with the file.
Prescriptions
Write the prescription from the patient's file, each drug with its dose, frequency and duration, and it stays in the file.
Secure links for the patient
Share a treatment plan, invoice or images through a link you can protect with a PIN and revoke at any time.
What doesn't it do yet?
- DICOM X-rays open in a 2D reference viewer on Basic and Pro (brightness and contrast, zoom, length and angle), marked not for diagnosis: there is no 3D CBCT view: a CBCT series opens one slice file at a time.
- There is no national drug database built in: each clinic adds the drugs it prescribes to its own list once, then picks them when writing a prescription.
- The import brings in the patient list only, from an Excel (.xlsx) or CSV file, up to 1,000 patients per file: not appointments, medical history, images or balances, and there is no direct connection to other software.
See also: Security & your data · Free plan
QUESTIONS
Questions about this feature
Synora keeps a dental clinic's electronic patient record: medical history with alerts, images, signed consent forms, prescriptions and family links, all in the patient's file. It is a dental clinic management system, built for a clinic, not a hospital-wide medical records system.
Only staff whose role allows it, and every time someone opens a patient's chart, medical history or images, it is written to an audit log.
Yes, through a secure link you create — optionally protected by a PIN, with an expiry date, and revocable at any time.
Yes. Patient files are part of every plan. The Free plan holds up to 50 patients; Basic and Pro have no limit.
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