| Developer(s) | Henry Schein |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Practice Management Software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.dentrix.com |
Dentrix was the first dental practice managementsoftware for Microsoft Windows when it was launched in 1989 by Dentrix Dental Systems, a firm founded by Larry M. Gibson in 1985 and is based in American Fork, Utah. The Dentrix dental practice management system was designed to automate as many of the functions within the dental office as possible .
Dentrix Enterprise: Efficient and Productive Dental Software. Dentrix Enterprise is a dental practice management software for multiple location and group private practices, DSO's, community and federally qualified health centers, and institutional dental organizations.
History[edit]
In 1997, Henry Schein, Inc. purchased Dentrix Dental Systems, which became Henry Schein Practice Solutions or HSPS and has continued to develop and release new versions and products. The firm at one point provided their own digital imaging software, Dentrix Image. In 2007, the Dentrix Image product was sold to DEXIS, LLC.[1]
Product features[edit]
Dentrix products include practice management software for dental offices, imaging software, patient education software, computer-based training software, voice recognition software, and other products designed to enhance the dental office experience.
In 2012, the firm launched the Dentrix Developer Program (DDP),[2] a program allowing third party vendors to access the Dentrix database through APIs. The program has steadily grown since then to include more than 250 vendors from all over the applications spectrum.[3]
Awards[edit]
Dentaltown 2016 Townie Choice Awards: best practice management software[4] and best periodontal charting.[5]
Dentaltown 2015 Townie Choice Awards: best practice management software[6] and best periodontal charting.[7]
Dentrix has won the Townie Choice Award for best practice management software every year in a row, starting in 2003.[8] It has also won every year for best periodontal charting since the category was added to the Townie Choice Awards in 2006.[9]
Dentalcompare ranked Dentrix G6 as number six in its Top 10 New Dental Products of 2015.[10]
Dentaltown 2012 Townie Choice Awards chose Dentrix Mobile for the best practice management enhancement.[11]
Dental Product Shopper's 2010 Recommended Product for the Dentrix G4 PowerPay LE Credit Card processing.[12]
Dentrix vulnerabilities[edit]
When Dentrix G5 was released to the market, the client and server was vulnerable to packet sniffing. If someone finds the password to their site, then they would know the password to all sites. This was fixed in G5 PP1 HotFix 1. Now the password is randomly generated.[13]
Dentrix G6 uses Data Camouflage. From US-CERT.GOV, 'Faircom c-treeACE provides a weak obfuscation algorithm (CWE-327) that may be unobfuscated without knowledge of a key or password. The algorithm was formerly called Faircom Standard Encryption but is now called Data Camouflage.'[14]
Dentrix G6 uses Hard Coded Credentials.[15]
Federal Trade Commission Fine[edit]
In 2016, The Federal Trade Commission reported that Henry Schein, the provider and distributor of Dentrix, will be forced to pay $250,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it falsely advertised the level of encryption it provided to protect patient data in the software Dentrix G5.[16]
See also[edit]
- List of FLOSS healthcare programs
References[edit]
Dexis Software Support
- ^'Danaher/Dexis/Dentrix Update'. 2007-01-10. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^'John Flucke's Dental Technology Blog - Ramblings of Dentistry's Technology Evangelist: HENRY SCHEIN PRACTICE SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES DENTRIX® G5'. blog.denticle.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^'Dentrix Developer Program - Dentrix'. dentrix.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^'Dentaltown'. www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^'Dentaltown'. www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^'Dentaltown'. www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^'Dentaltown'. www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^http://www.dentaltown.com/Dentaltown/SurveyResults.aspx?action=RESULTS&surveyid=1&cid=9&qid=68
- ^'Dentaltown'. www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^'The Top 10 New Dental Products of 2015'. www.dentalcompare.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^http://www.dentaltown.com/Dentaltown/SurveyResults.aspx?action=WINNERS&surveyid=11&cid=9
- ^http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/evaluation/powerpay-le-credit-card-processing
- ^http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948155
- ^http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/900031
- ^http://www.csoonline.com/article/2923887/vulnerabilities/hard-coded-credentials-placing-dental-offices-at-risk.html
- ^https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/01/dental-practice-software-provider-settles-ftc-charges-it-misled
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