Dentrix

Dentrix
Developer(s) Henry Schein
Stable release
Dentrix G6
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Practice Management Software
License Proprietary
Website www.dentrix.com

Dentrix was the first dental practice management software 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 .

History

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

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

Dentaltown 2015 Townie Choice Awards: best practice management software[4] and best periodontal charting.[5]

Dentrix has won the Townie Choice Award for best practice management software every year in a row, starting in 2003.[6] It has also won every year for best periodontal charting since the category was added to the Townie Choice Awards in 2006.[7]

Dentalcompare ranked Dentrix G6 as number six in its Top 10 New Dental Products of 2015.[8]

Dentaltown 2012 Townie Choice Awards chose Dentrix Mobile for the best practice management enhancement.[9]

Dental Product Shopper's 2010 Recommended Product for the Dentrix G4 PowerPay LE Credit Card processing.[10]

Dentrix vulnerabilities

When Dentrix G5 was released to 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.[11]

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."[12]

Dentrix G6 uses Hard Coded Credentials.[13]

Federal Trade Commission Fine

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.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Danaher/Dexis/Dentrix Update". 1/10/2007. Retrieved February 6, 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Dentrix Developer Program - Dentrix". dentrix.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Dentaltown". www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Dentaltown". www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  6. ↑ http://www.dentaltown.com/Dentaltown/SurveyResults.aspx?action=RESULTS&surveyid=1&cid=9&qid=68
  7. ↑ "Dentaltown". www.dentaltown.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  8. ↑ "The Top 10 New Dental Products of 2015". www.dentalcompare.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ http://www.dentaltown.com/Dentaltown/SurveyResults.aspx?action=WINNERS&surveyid=11&cid=9
  10. ↑ http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/evaluation/powerpay-le-credit-card-processing
  11. ↑ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948155
  12. ↑ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/900031
  13. ↑ http://www.csoonline.com/article/2923887/vulnerabilities/hard-coded-credentials-placing-dental-offices-at-risk.html
  14. ↑ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/01/dental-practice-software-provider-settles-ftc-charges-it-misled

"Dentrix: About Us". Retrieved 2008-05-22. 

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