Finding your way around

The parts of the screen

Every Dentora screen is built from the same parts, so you get used to it quickly: a sidebar to move around, a top bar with search, adding and notifications, and the page itself in the middle.

In the Arabic interface the sidebar is on the right; in English it is on the left.

1. Move between pages from the sidebar, for example Patients or Appointments.
2. Find any patient, appointment or invoice from the search box at the top.
3. Add a patient, an appointment or a payment from the New button.
4. Open Notifications from the bell icon.
5. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar to open your account menu.

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The sidebar and your account menu

The top of the sidebar shows your clinic’s name and logo, then Dashboard. Below come three groups: Clinical (Appointments, Patients, Treatments, Prescriptions, Lab), Finance (Invoices, Payments, Expenses, Reports) and Management (Inventory, Procedures, Staff, Settings).

1. For more room, click the arrow button at the bottom of the sidebar (Collapse menu). Only the icons stay (hover one and its name appears); click an icon to open its page. Click the arrow again to expand the sidebar.
2. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar to open your account menu, which also has Settings and Help (it opens this guide on Dentora’s website in your browser).
3. Choose Lock screen when you step away, or Sign out when you finish. Either way Dentora returns to the sign-in screen, and each person signs in with their own PIN.

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Quick search

The search box takes you anywhere in seconds: a patient by name, phone number, file number or national ID, an upcoming appointment by patient or doctor, an invoice by its number or the patient’s name, or any page by its name.

1. Click the search box at the top of the screen, or press Ctrl+K anywhere.
2. Type part of a name or a number. Results are grouped under Patients, Upcoming appointments, Invoices and Go to.
3. Move through the results with ↑ and ↓ and press Enter to open the highlighted one, or click any result.
4. Press Esc to close the search.

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The New button

The New button in the top bar adds what you need most every day, from whatever page you are on, without leaving it.

1. Click New.
2. Choose New patient, New appointment or New payment.
3. Fill in the form and save it. After you save a new patient, their file opens straight away.

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Notifications

The bell gathers what needs your attention today. A red dot appears on it when something important comes up that you have not seen yet: an overdue invoice, an item running low, late lab work, an unconfirmed appointment for tomorrow, or a backup that is due.

Depending on your role, the panel lists Backup, Remaining today, Unconfirmed for tomorrow, Lab work, Overdue invoices, Inventory (shortages, and items already expired or expiring within 60 days), Birthdays today and Due for a recall (last visit over 6 months ago and nothing booked).

1. Click the bell: the Notifications panel opens at the side of the screen.
2. Click any alert to go to its page: the appointment in the calendar, the invoice, the inventory or the patient’s file.
3. Each unconfirmed appointment for tomorrow has a speech-bubble icon (Remind on WhatsApp) that opens a ready-made message to the patient, when their phone number is on file. Birthdays have the same icon (Send greetings on WhatsApp).
4. When a group is long, click View all to open its full page.

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On a phone or tablet

On a phone, and on a tablet held upright, the sidebar gives way to a bar at the bottom of the screen. All pages and features stay the same.

1. Use the bottom bar to move between Dashboard, Appointments, Patients and Invoices.
2. Tap More to reach every other page. Its top row shows your name with buttons to lock the screen and sign out.
3. In the top bar: the magnifier searches, + books a new appointment (on a tablet you get the full New button and its menu instead), the bell opens notifications, and the circle with your initials opens your account menu.

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Language, appearance and font

Dentora works in Arabic, right to left, or in English, left to right, with a light or a dark appearance. The whole interface changes at once, printed invoices and prescriptions included.

1. Open Settings → Preferences.
2. Under Interface language choose العربية or English.
3. Under Appearance choose Light or Dark.
4. Under Interface font pick the font that is easiest on your eyes.

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Keyboard shortcuts and Windows extras

On a computer the keyboard saves a lot of time: Ctrl+K for quick search, Ctrl+Shift+N for a new patient, Ctrl+Shift+A for a new appointment, and Esc to close the open window.

The Windows app adds: Ctrl with + to zoom in, Ctrl with - to zoom out and Ctrl with 0 for the normal size, or Ctrl with the mouse wheel; Dentora remembers the zoom. F11 toggles full screen, F5 reloads the page, and Alt shows the menu bar.

Right-clicking inside any field offers cut, copy, paste and select all, handy for pasting a message you received on WhatsApp.

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