# Dental clinic software with a tooth chart, treatment plans and billing > Tooth chart with history, periodontal charting and treatment plans that become bills, plus booking, X-ray viewing and stock for Ethiopian dental clinics. Source: https://www.medicine.et/for/dental-clinics Site: Bloom Medicine — https://www.medicine.et --- Every tooth’s history in one chart, every planned procedure billed when it is done, and chairs filled by reminders patients actually read — on Telegram, WhatsApp or SMS. For Ethiopian dental clinics, from a two-chair practice to a hospital dental unit. ## Measured in Ethiopia - **40.98%** — pooled prevalence of dental caries in Ethiopia, across 13 studies published 2000–2020 ([Environ Health Prev Med, 2021](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-021-00943-3)) - **34.20%** — caries prevalence in Addis Ababa studies — and 46.59% in Tigray, from the same review ([Environ Health Prev Med, 2021](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-021-00943-3)) - **18.4%** — of 2,145 audited paper records across 73 southern Ethiopian facilities were complete and readable ([Research note · Paper to EMR](https://www.medicine.et/research/paper-to-emr-gap)) ## The problems we hear from dental clinics - **Treatment plans that never become bills** — A plan quoted at the chair and written on paper is carried out over four visits — and the second-stage filling nobody charged for is where a dental clinic’s money leaks. - **Tooth history redrawn every visit** — When the odontogram lives on a card, nobody can say what was done to tooth 36 two years ago, and the case for the next stage of treatment is harder to make. - **Empty chairs from no-shows and double bookings** — A chair booked twice and a patient who forgot both cost the same hour. Bookings in a notebook cannot remind anyone. - **Orthodontic and whitening courses in a notebook** — Long treatments are sold as a package and paid in parts. Which sessions are used, and what is still owed, ends up in someone’s memory. - **X-rays on a separate computer** — The radiograph is on the sensor PC, the chart is on paper and the patient is in the chair. Exported images belong in the record, next to the tooth. - **Composite, cartridges and gloves that disappear** — Consumables are the cost nobody counts per patient — until the store is empty on a full day. ## What changes - **From plan to bill without retyping** — Build the treatment plan on the tooth chart. Each procedure becomes a charge when it is done, on one balance for the visit. - **A chart patients can see** — A tooth chart with history, per-tooth procedures and periodontal charting shows the patient what has been done and what comes next. - **Fuller chairs** — Online and Telegram booking, double-booking prevention, a waitlist, and reminders by Telegram, WhatsApp or SMS. - **Courses that count themselves down** — Sell orthodontic or whitening courses at one price with deposits; every session used is tracked against the package. ## The modules dental clinics use - [Specialty Charting](https://www.medicine.et/features#specialties) — Specialty packs that install the forms, diagnoses and service catalogue a department needs. - [Appointments & Booking](https://www.medicine.et/features#appointments) — Booking against real staff availability, including requests patients raise themselves. - [Billing & Payments](https://www.medicine.et/features#billing) — One balance per visit, however many counters and bills it passed through. - [Notifications](https://www.medicine.et/features#notifications) — Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS and push from your own templates, with proof of what arrived. - [Inventory & Stock](https://www.medicine.et/features#inventory) (add-on) — Purchasing, receiving and consumption in one ledger, so the screen matches the shelf. - [Front Desk & Patient Flow](https://www.medicine.et/features#front-desk) — One screen for the whole front desk, and a live board showing where every patient is. - [Bringing Your Records Over](https://www.medicine.et/features#data-import) — Start with your history, not an empty system. ## A dental visit, start to finish 1. **Book** — The patient books on Telegram or your booking page, and gets a reminder before the appointment. 2. **Check in** — The front desk finds them by phone number, checks them in and takes the card fee on one screen. 3. **Chart** — Findings go on the tooth chart and periodontal chart, with the exported X-ray attached to the visit. 4. **Plan** — A treatment plan per tooth, priced from your catalogue, that the patient can see and agree to. 5. **Treat and bill** — Today’s procedures become charges on the visit balance; consumables used come off stock. 6. **Book the next stage** — The next appointment is made before the patient leaves, against the dentist who will be there. ## Questions ### Does it have a real tooth chart? Yes. A tooth chart with history, per-tooth procedures and periodontal (gum) charting. ### Can a treatment plan become an invoice? Yes. Treatment plans turn into bills, and everything charged in a visit rolls up into one consolidated balance. ### Can we sell orthodontic or whitening packages? Yes. Service cards and packages are sold at one price with usage tracking, and patient deposits are supported. ### Can we see X-rays in the chart? The image viewer opens exported X-ray images, with before-and-after comparison, and any scan or photo can be attached to the visit. It does not connect to an X-ray sensor directly — you attach the exported image. ### Can patients book online? Yes — through your public booking page or a Telegram Mini App, with reminders by Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS or push. ### Can we bring our existing patient cards over? Yes. Patients can be imported in bulk from Excel or CSV, reviewed before anything is written, and a batch can be rolled back. ### Does it work offline? The system needs an internet connection to record work. The staff mobile app keeps records readable when the connection drops, but new entries wait for the connection. ## Cited research - [EMR in Ethiopia: adoption is not the hard part, use is](https://www.medicine.et/research/paper-to-emr-gap) — Roughly half the Ethiopian health workers who have an EMR in front of them use it. The evidence points squarely at training, manuals and management — not at software features — and the paper baseline being replaced is worse than most comparisons assume. - [What actually drives outpatient satisfaction in Ethiopia](https://www.medicine.et/research/outpatient-waiting-and-satisfaction) — Pooled satisfaction with outpatient care in Ethiopian public hospitals is 61.95%. The meta-analysis findings are not what most clinics assume: getting all your prescribed drugs and having your privacy respected outweigh almost everything else.