How to use open emr for dental practice

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Name of Company
Citizen dental care , egypt

Job Title
G.m and owner

Im new her , im seaking to configure how to use open emr in dental practice

I can’t figure out how to use or to build any form with emr

Im a dentist with no experience in programming and this stuff

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Hello @Ahmedebraheem,

you’re officially welcome to OpenEMR.

There are couple of ways you can use to create forms in OpenEMR.

  1. Layout Based Forms (LBF)
  2. Custom forms
    a. XML
    b. HTML & PHP

** LBF doesn’t require programming skills at all though there’s a little learning curve involved. It’ll take a little bit of playing around to be able to get used to. This is approach has limitations to look and feel. It is rigid.
Check out the presentation on LBF by @gutiersa tutorial
Check here for Form Creation Tools

** The custom forms involves programming skills. The level of customization to the look and feel is endless. This definitely requires programming expertise.

Kindly let me know how i can be of help.
Feel free to send me an email on knapps.appiah@gmail.com

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With Layout Based Forms (LBF) you can create a form similar to this:

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Can this be recreated? Periodontal Chart online - www.perio-tools.com

there’s deep functionality there. updated averages, images and color coding that responds to numbers entered.

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Hello @tatakai -
That looks to me like you would need actual php- coded forms to deliver those features. I’m not a dev but I do know that LBFs and html by themselves are not capable of obtaining the information required.- HT

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I guess so. it would be great if these tools were integrated into openemr. https://www.perio-tools.com/

went ahead and tried messaging them. The eye exam form is of that nature?

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The eye exam form is a php coded data form, yes.

OpenEMR depends on contributions of code to be able to feature new tools. If you do get those forms built for your practice, please consider donating them to the OpenEMR project for everybody’s use!

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Hello everyone!

I wanted to share a bit about my current project and see if there are any updates on OpenEMR, particularly on resources for form (template) creation. I’m based in Colombia and have a non-profit foundation focused on serving under-resourced communities. We’re planning to set up OpenEMR, including dental modules, to effectively manage patient data and improve care delivery in these communities.

I’m also exploring the different options for form creation, and I’m curious about the flexibility and best practices for Layout Based Forms (LBF) and custom PHP forms. Since we aim to track detailed dental and medical records, I’m interested in hearing from anyone who has developed similar forms or workflows. Any updates on the latest resources or tutorials—especially on creating LBF templates or custom forms—would be fantastic.

@htuck, I noticed your comment about donating developed forms. I’d be happy to contribute any forms we create to the OpenEMR community as well.

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Warm regards,
Tony

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Hi @Anthony_Gonzalez Welcome to the community! It’s great to see you willing to share your forms-- this is the generosity the OpenEMR community depends on to thrive.

Without knowing what you have looked at already it’s hard to know where to send you for info. I’m sure you will eventually get plenty of responses here but while you are waiting you can survey the written resources.

  • Searching this forum is always a great place to start (img at bottom). I simply entered ‘lbf practices’ and got some results that look useful.
  • Many people have never heard of it, but OpenEMR has a wiki which contains a large collection of documentation on the application. Use the search tool at the bottom of every wiki page. A lot of the wiki information is older, but since LBFs have been in OpenEMR since nearly the beginning, the docs are still good in many areas. Here’s a link to a sample search in the wiki:

https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=lbf&go=Go

  • One thing to know is that originally LBFs were called LBVFs (layout based visit forms) so you might search on that too.
  • You might also look at ‘Nation Notes’, which are an added layer of configuration on top of LBFs which provide functionality similar to macros
  • Look in the wiki for ‘Contributed forms’ to survey the collection of LBFs which have been incorporated into the OpenEMR distribution. They would have examples of good LBF design and construction.
  • also, check these references on how to be an openemr dev, in reference to your researching for php pointers:
    New Developer Information - OpenEMR Project Wiki

Good luck in your searches, and as you develop specific questions about how to do some particular thing come on back to the forum and ask!
Best- Harley

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