Interactive DentalCanvas tour

See the practice workflows—not another generic dashboard.

Click, drag, play, and restart each example. The names and amounts are fictional, but every workflow is built directly into this Shopify theme so you can understand what DentalCanvas changes for the team before booking a walkthrough.

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Office communication

Stop hunting for each other.

Request the doctor from the operatory, see who accepted, and know when help arrives—without leaving the patient.

Assistant · DoctorEvery request has an owner and a completion point

Operatory 3

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Sarah M.Crown seat

Doctor needed for final check

Ready to request

Dr. Lee

Doctor checkOperatory 3Sarah M. · Crown seat

✓ Request resolved

1Requested
2On my way
3Arrived
✓Resolved
Interactive example · no patient data

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Accounts receivable

See who actually owes the money.

Split insurance from patient responsibility, then open the exact families behind the aging number.

Owner · Office managerOne total becomes work the team can understand
$143,820Total A/R
Insurance A/R$91,44064% of total
Patient A/R$52,38036% of total

Patient A/R aging

0–30 days$21,200
31–60 days$13,550
61–90 days$7,180
90+ days$10,450

Exactly where the 90+ money sits

Michael R. family$3,840
Stephanie C. family$2,920
Daniel L. family$1,760
Other families$1,930
Patient portion only · insurance separated
Illustrative balances · no patient data

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Associate compensation

Know exactly what your associate will be paid.

Collections, lab fees, contract percentage, guarantee, days worked, and the winning pay basis stay in one understandable calculation.

Owner · PayrollNo spreadsheet guessing at payroll time

Associate contract

Commission beats guarantee after$40,000in compensable collections

This pay period

Collections$78,900
Lab fees−$6,400
Compensable collections$72,500
Contract (30%)$21,750
Guarantee (12 days)$12,000
Final pay$21,750Commission wins

Pay comparison

Commission$21,750
Guarantee$12,000
Drag either slider to recalculate

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Hygiene bonus

See the bonus build in real time.

Daily production crosses a wage-based threshold, and the overflow turns into a bonus everyone can follow.

Owner · HygienistA dental-specific bonus formula made visible

Emily's day

Hours worked8
Hourly rate$50
Daily wage$400
Bonus threshold$1,2003× daily wage
Overflow share25%

Today's production

$2,450Drag the production
Overflow$1,250
Hygiene bonus$312.50

Emily earned $312.50 today.

Drag production to test the threshold

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Insurance follow-up

Know which carrier to call first.

Rank outstanding carrier work by how old it is and how much is still owed, then open the claims behind the total.

Billing coordinatorThe next call is obvious

Who should billing call first?

Delta Dental

14 claims
$18,420

Ranked by age and dollars still owed.

PatientSentStill owedAge
S. CarterMay 9$4,820103d
M. LopezMay 18$3,11094d
J. KimJun 2$2,76079d
Click a carrier to inspect its claims

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Collections and promises

Turn patient promises into follow-up.

Record the commitment, watch the due date, and bring a missed promise back to the team automatically.

Front desk · BillingA promise cannot quietly disappear

Patient responsibility

MR
Michael R.Insurance finished
$1,240

Promise made

Friday · $1,240Owner: Front desk

Friday passed

Payment received: $0Promise remains visible

Broken promise

6 days overdue · $1,240

One call becomes a tracked commitment—not a sticky note.

Illustrative collection workflow

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Payroll time review

Review accidental early clock-ins before payroll.

See punches outside scheduled starts, understand the time represented, and correct approved entries together.

Owner · Payroll96 unreviewed minutes becomes zero
EmployeeScheduledClocked inEarly
Jessica8:00 AM7:42 AM18 min
Mark8:00 AM7:55 AM5 min
Ashley8:30 AM8:18 AM12 min
Tyler8:00 AM7:48 AM12 min
Pay period total96 min

Review before payroll

96unreviewed minutes

Compare punches with scheduled starts before approving an adjustment.

$38.40illustrative labor reviewed
Illustrative punches and configured rate

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Checkout handoff

Nothing gets lost between the chair and front desk.

Send the next visit, care call, patient note, and checkout context together—and keep the handoff open until it is complete.

Assistant · Front deskThe patient arrives with the full story

From operatory

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Sarah M.Crown seat
  • ✓ Next visit
  • ✓ Care call
  • ✓ Patient note

Discussed whitening and night guard.

Front desk

SM
Sarah M.Checkout handoff
  • Next visit
  • Care call
  • Patient note

✓ Checked out · handoff closed

1Sent
2Acknowledged
✓Complete
Interactive example · no patient data

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