Managing orthodontic wires Administrators only
Wires can be assigned to treatment posts.
Before users can add wires to treatment posts, they must first be added by an administrator via the organisation settings.
Wires can be managed by doing the following:
- logging in
- clicking on the button containing their initials in the top right of the page
- clicking Settings
- clicking on Orthodontic wires in the sidebar below the Treatment posts item
A Status menu can be used to switch between Active and Archived wires.
Creating wires
To create a wire:
- click on the Add wire button
- enter a title
- click Save
Editing wires
To edit a wire:
- find the wire in the list on the wires page
- click on the dot menu for the relevant item
- click on Edit
- edit the form, and click Save
When a wire is associated with a treatment post, its title is _copied_ from the orthodontic wire.
This ensures that administrators are able to change wires as and when they need, without modifying treatment posts that used the wires that require updating.
This ensures that medical records are not modified after-the-fact.
Archiving and restoring wires
If a wire is no longer applicable to a practice, it may be archived, after which it will no longer be accessible to select on treatment posts.
To archive a wire:
- find the wire in the list on the wires page
- click on the dot menu for the relevant item
- click on Archive
A wire can be restored by using the Status menu to view archived items, and then selecting Restore from the relevant wire’s dot menu.
Similarly to how changes to wires work as per the Editing wires section, archiving wires will not affect wires that are already associated with treatment posts.