E-Signable Consent Forms
Dentospire's consent forms let a dental clinic prepare a procedure consent in the patient's language, have the patient, doctor and a witness sign on screen or on paper, and keep the signed form locked on the patient's record.
The problem in a real clinic
Consent is taken on a photocopied sheet in English that the patient signs without reading, and it goes into a file that may not be found if there is a complaint a year later. Nobody remembers who witnessed it or which version of the wording was used.
How it works
- Create a consent from the Consent Forms page, the patient's Documents tab or the consent step in Fast Mode, and choose the patient, the procedure and, if relevant, the tooth.
- Pick the consent type. Dentospire fills in the wording for procedures such as extraction, root canal, implants, orthodontics, sedation or periodontal surgery, which you can edit before signing.
- Choose the language. It starts from the clinic's default document language, and the wording is translated into the language you pick. For a child, add the guardian's name and relation.
- The patient signs on the signature pad on screen, then the doctor signs and, where needed, a witness signs with their name.
- Or print the consent from Fast Mode with blank lines for the patient, doctor and witness to sign by pen.
What you see on screen
- Every consent with its status: pending, signed or revoked, and a filter to find each group.
- The signatures collected so far on each form, so a missing doctor or witness signature is obvious.
- A PDF of the consent to print or download.
What the patient gets
- The consent written in their own language, from English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and other Indian languages.
- Their consent forms in the patient portal, with signature status and witness details.
Safety and control
- A consent locks once the patient signs; after that its wording cannot be edited.
- When a consent is created, a SHA-256 fingerprint of its text is stored, so a later change to the wording can be detected.
- Every signature — patient, doctor, witness — is written to the audit log with the time, the device and the network address it came from.
- A consent can be revoked, but only with a reason, and the revocation records who did it and when; a revoked consent cannot be signed or edited.
Good to know
- Patients sign on a screen at the clinic or on paper. There is no link for signing from the patient's own phone.
- The template wording is a starting point; read it and adjust it to the procedure and to your own practice.
- The language setting that decides a consent's starting language also sets the default for prescriptions.
Frequently asked questions
Can a patient sign a dental consent form on a tablet in Dentospire?
Yes. The patient signs on the signature pad on screen at the clinic, which locks the consent. The doctor and, where needed, a witness then add their signatures. There is no remote-signing link for the patient's own phone.
Can I print a dental consent form for the patient to sign with a pen?
Yes. The consent step in Fast Mode prints the form in the chosen language with blank name and date lines for the patient, doctor and witness. Printing does not create or sign anything in Dentospire by itself.
Which languages are Dentospire's dental consent forms available in?
English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese and Urdu. A new consent starts in the clinic's default document language, and the wording is translated when you pick another.
Can a signed consent be changed after the patient has signed it?
No. The consent locks on the patient's signature and its text can no longer be edited. If consent is withdrawn, you revoke it with a reason, and the revocation is recorded with who did it and when.
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