# Dental Charting Software in India | Dentrah > Dental charting software for Indian clinics: a 32-tooth FDI odontogram that records caries, fillings, RCT and crowns and turns findings into treatment plans. Source: https://dentrah.in/dental-charting-software Site index for AI agents: https://dentrah.in/llms.txt --- # Dental Charting Software for Indian Clinics An interactive odontogram that feeds the treatment plan, not a picture of one. Plenty of software shows you a tooth chart. The question worth asking is what happens after you mark a tooth. If the answer is "nothing", you have drawn a diagram. If the finding becomes a plan, a procedure and an invoice line that still knows which tooth it came from, you have a record. ## Quick answer Dentrah includes an interactive 32-tooth odontogram in FDI notation. Each tooth records colour-coded findings such as caries, filling, RCT, crown, extraction, implant or missing, and teeth sharing a finding can be charted together. Findings flow into treatment plans and invoices with the tooth number intact. Charting is part of the recommended plan and the free first month, not the limited plan. ## Key takeaways - **Tooth chart:** 32 teeth, FDI two-digit numbering (11 to 48). - **Findings per tooth:** caries, filling, RCT, crown, extraction, implant, missing; colour-coded. - **Connected record:** finding, treatment plan, completed procedure and invoice line share the tooth number. - **Where it runs:** any web browser, plus Android and iOS apps; nothing to install. - **Plan:** charting, examinations and treatment plans need the recommended plan (or the free first month). See [plans and pricing](https://dentrah.in/pricing). ## FDI tooth numbering, because that is what you were taught Dentrah charts in FDI two-digit notation: teeth 11 to 18 upper right, 21 to 28 upper left, 31 to 38 lower left, 41 to 48 lower right. Tooth 16 is the upper right first molar. Tooth 36 is the lower left first molar. This matters more than it sounds. Software written for the American market often defaults to the Universal numbering system, where teeth run 1 to 32. A chart that calls the lower left first molar "19" instead of "36" is a small friction on every single entry, and it makes your records harder for the next dentist who reads them. ![Dentrah dental charting software: FDI-numbered odontogram with colour-coded caries, filling, RCT, crown and missing tooth findings](https://dentrah.in/assets/images/app/hero-dental-chart.png) The Dentrah odontogram with tooth 37 selected. Findings on the right, colour legend across the top. ## What each tooth on the odontogram can carry Each tooth holds its own findings, colour-coded so the state of the whole mouth is readable without clicking into anything: - **Caries** and **Filling**, the two you will use most - **RCT** for endodontically treated teeth - **Crown** for existing and planned prosthetic work - **Extraction** and **Missing**, which are not the same thing and should not be recorded as if they were - **Implant** where a missing tooth has been restored Where several teeth share a finding, they can be charted as a group rather than repeated one at a time. A patient presenting with caries on four teeth is one entry, not four. ## From tooth chart to treatment plan to invoice Charting on paper produces a chart. Charting in the practice software produces a chain. A finding recorded on tooth 37 becomes a line in that patient's treatment plan, priced from your own procedure list. When the procedure is completed it is marked finished, and finished procedures generate the invoice. The invoice line still knows it was tooth 37. When an associate's commission is calculated, it is calculated from that line, as the [guide to dentist commission calculation](https://dentrah.in/dental-doctor-commission-calculation) explains. So the same piece of information is entered once and used several times. It also means a dispute months later has an answer: the finding, the date, the plan the patient agreed to, the procedure performed and the amount charged are one connected record rather than separate books reconciled by hand. For what the bill itself should carry, see [what every dental invoice should show](https://dentrah.in/what-every-dental-invoice-should-show). ## Charting at the chair The chart runs in a normal web browser, so the machine is your choice: the reception computer, a laptop, or a tablet beside the chair. There is nothing to install and nothing to reinstall when a computer is replaced. Moving between the chart, the plan and the invoice is quick enough to do while the patient is still in the chair, which is when the record is most accurate. Radiographs and other files attach to the patient record alongside the examination, so the image sits next to the finding it supports. Notes on the treatment plan and on each procedure can be dictated by voice in the browser; our guide to [writing dental clinical notes](https://dentrah.in/dental-clinical-notes) covers what those notes should contain. ## Which plan includes dental charting Dentrah has two paid plans and a free first month. Dental charting, examinations and treatment plans are included in the **recommended plan** and during the **free first month**. The **limited plan** covers appointments, prescriptions, invoices, payments and reports only, so it does not include the odontogram. A clinic can move up at any time. Current prices in rupees are on the [pricing page](https://dentrah.in/pricing), and the full module list is on the [features page](https://dentrah.in/features). ## How to choose dental charting software Most demos show you a pretty chart. These are the questions that separate a chart you will still be using in three years from one your staff quietly abandon: - **Which notation does it use?** If it is fixed to Universal numbering, every entry is a small translation for a dentist trained on FDI. - **How many clicks to record one finding?** Multiply by the number of teeth you chart in a day. A slow chart will be abandoned within a fortnight, however good it looks. - **Does a finding become anything?** Ask for a tooth to be charted and the invoice produced without retyping. If the demo hesitates here, the chart is decorative. - **Can you chart multiple teeth in one action?** Generalised caries is common; entering it eight separate times is not acceptable. - **Is charting in the plan you are actually buying?** Some products, Dentrah included, keep charting out of the entry plan. Check before you compare prices. - **Does it work on the device at the chair?** A chart that only runs on the reception desktop gets filled in from memory at the end of the day, which is when records get worse. The accuracy of a dental record is mostly a function of how soon after the procedure it was written. Software that is awkward at the chair does not just cost time; it quietly degrades every record the practice holds. ## Honest limits Dentrah's chart records findings at tooth level, using the seven findings listed above. It is built for general restorative and prosthetic recording rather than specialist periodontal work, so there is no six-point pocket charting or surface-by-surface restorative map. The interface is in English, and support is from Pakistan over WhatsApp and email, Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM IST. If your practice depends on periodontal charting, [ask for a demo](https://dentrah.in/contact) before you commit. The [Dentrah home page](https://dentrah.in/) sets out every limit in full. Related: [dental software for solo dentists](https://dentrah.in/solo-dentist-software) · [dental clinic setup cost in India](https://dentrah.in/dental-clinic-setup-cost) · [GST on dental treatment](https://dentrah.in/gst-on-dental-treatment) ## Dental charting software: frequently asked questions ### An odontogram is the tooth chart a dentist marks up to record the state of each tooth. A digital odontogram does the same job on screen, with each tooth carrying its own findings, so the chart becomes a searchable part of the patient record rather than a drawing in a file. ### Dentrah uses FDI two-digit notation, the system taught in Indian dental colleges, so adult teeth are numbered 11 to 48. Tooth 16 is the upper right first molar and tooth 36 the lower left first molar. ### Caries, filling, RCT, crown, extraction, implant and missing. Each is colour-coded on the chart so the state of the whole mouth is readable at a glance, and a tooth can carry more than one finding. ### Yes. Where several teeth share the same finding, they can be grouped and charted together rather than repeating the same entry tooth by tooth. ### A finding recorded on a tooth becomes a line in the treatment plan, priced from your procedure list. Completed procedures become invoice lines, and the tooth number travels the whole way, so the chart, the plan and the bill describe the same event. ### Dental charting, examinations and treatment plans are part of the recommended plan and of the free first month. The limited plan does not include them; it covers appointments, prescriptions, invoices, payments and reports. A clinic can move from the limited plan to the recommended plan at any time. ### No. The chart records findings at tooth level and is built for general restorative and prosthetic recording. If your practice depends on pocket-depth periodontal charting or surface-by-surface restorative mapping, ask for a demo before you commit so you can judge the fit. ### Radiographs and other files attach to the patient record alongside the examination, so the image sits next to the finding it supports rather than in a separate folder. ## Chart a Patient and See Your first month is free, with charting and every other feature unlocked. No credit card required. [Start Free Month](https://app.jdentclinic.com/register?type=free) [Book a Demo](https://dentrah.in/contact)