Document Dental Care Details of Pediatric Patients

You can document dental care for a pediatric patient in the Social panel on the Histories template.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. Open the Histories template.
3. Expand the Social panel and select Nutrition.
4. Click Add/Edit.
   Based on the patient's age, one of the following windows opens:

   • Interval History - Nutrition birth- 12 mo for 0 to 12 months
   • Interval History - Nutrition 1 to 4 yr for 1 to 4 years
   • Interval History Nutrition Over 5 yr for 5 years or older
5. To review the existing CQM – Dental Caries details of the patient, click the quality icon.
6. Select the date when the patient last visited the dentist in the Last visit section.
7. For dental concerns, do one of the following:
   • If there are no dental concerns, select No concerns.
   • If there are dental concerns, provide the following details:
     • In Concerns, type a description of the concern.
     • Select No or Yes for Caries, Erosion, Disease, and Topical fluoride applied.
     • If you selected Yes for Topical fluoride applied, type the name of the provider in the By whom field.
     • In Date received, select the date on which the patient received the treatment in the Date received field.
8. Depending on the patient’s age, do one of the following:
   • If the patient is under 5 years of age and still uses a pacifier, select the Uses pacifier check box.
   • If the patient is over 5, click Add/Update to open the Dental Caries Risk/Sealants template and document caries risk and sealant details.
9. Click Save & Close.