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If a patient is seen twice in the same day (returns because of bleeding, etc) often the second visit will show above the first in charts, this is, in the wrong order of the appointment happening. My guess is that the order is determined by the procedure code first, then the date, but time is ignored?

Any way to fix this?

Depends on what version you are at. Most recent follows the logic in the "Order of Rows in Progress Notes" section of this page:
http://opendental.com/manual/showtabchart.html

Currently there is no way to change the ordering (except clicking on the column titles after the module has loaded).

Actually, quite a useful suggestion By making a new chart view, and then a couple of clicks, I can now see what I occasionally need...the tooth history ordered by date. Never thought to do that (or maybe didn't even realize I could!).

Thanks Much, Sam Barr

Actually you can change the order in which items appear in the progress notes by assigning a priority number to each one. Assign prioity 1 to the item you want to appear first, then assign priority 2 to the second one and so on.

sam-I-am wrote:Actually, quite a useful suggestion By making a new chart view, and then a couple of clicks, I can now see what I occasionally need...the tooth history ordered by date. Never thought to do that (or maybe didn't even realize I could!).

Setting up custom Chart Views is one my favorite features. I use it every day (at the front desk) to quickly see a number of different things. Here's what I have setup:

KevinRossen wrote:

sam-I-am wrote:...custom Chart Views is one my favorite features.

It was fun to write too