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Dentrix Ascend Live 22: What Dental Practices Need to Know
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Ezra Angelo
- • September 12, 2026
Treat the Dentrix Ascend Live 22 demo as a workflow test, not just a tour of features.
The September 22, 2026 live demo is useful because the agenda follows real practice workflows from online booking and digital forms through AI imaging, charting, billing, and claims.
The stronger evaluation is to watch how those workflows connect, then compare what the demo shows with the practice’s real internet, imaging, workstation, identity, integration, migration, downtime, and support requirements before a software decision is made.
Watch how patient information moves between forms, charting, imaging, billing, and claims, then ask what infrastructure, permissions, integrations, migration work, training, downtime planning, and vendor coordination are required after the sales call ends.
Use the September 22 live demo as a structured observation session
The article identifies the event as a Dentrix Ascend live demo scheduled for September 22, 2026 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time, featuring Amanda Bell of Bell Family Dentistry and Henry Schein One solution consultants.
Watch how many steps staff need for common patient intake and front-desk workflows, and whether data flows into the patient record without duplicate entry.
Observe how imaging appears inside the patient workflow, what hardware is involved, and whether imaging and charting feel connected rather than like separate systems.
Watch how eligibility, claims, billing, and patient collections connect to the clinical and front-office workflows shown earlier in the demo.
The stronger demo is the one that shows how the patient journey stays connected from intake to collections
The article also notes that Dentrix Ascend changed significantly in 2026, so practices should compare the current platform with their present software and not with an older perception of Ascend.
Does patient information move forward cleanly, or does staff still have to re-enter information in the next step?
How do Dentrix Ascend Imaging and AI-assisted imaging fit into the clinical record and the rest of the patient workflow?
Watch how eligibility, claims, and patient collections connect to the clinical record and current 2026 platform capabilities.
Ask which integrations are authorized through the Henry Schein One API ecosystem and how visibility works where multiple locations or DSO workflows matter.
Ask the questions the demo does not answer automatically before choosing a go-live date
Dentrix Ascend removes the traditional PMS application server, but the article says the practice still depends on reliable internet, healthy workstations, local imaging components, browser and security standards, user access, integrations, and downtime procedures.
Confirm internet design, backup connectivity planning, workstation specifications, imaging hardware compatibility, browser standards, and security requirements before migration work begins.
Plan data conversion, imaging, users, devices, integrations, forms, billing workflows, training, contingency planning, and the support path before the go-live date is chosen.
See What Happens Between Each Step of the Demo
A live demo can make every module look polished on its own. Click each green box to see the question that matters when patient information moves from one step to the next.
Tap a handoff to expand it
Observe how patient information enters the system and how much staff intervention is needed before it becomes usable in the clinical record.
Does data flow into the correct patient record, or does staff need to re-enter or reconcile information?
Watch how the clinical record is updated and how patient information remains available to the next steps in the workflow.
How does imaging open in patient context, and what workstation, browser, device, or local component does that handoff depend on?
Observe Dentrix Ascend Imaging and AI-assisted imaging as part of the patient workflow rather than as a separate feature demo.
Which clinical information moves forward automatically, and which eligibility, billing, or claim steps still require manual work?
Watch how the business workflow uses the patient and clinical information already captured earlier in the visit.
Which integrations are native or authorized, which depend on third parties, and who owns support when Ascend and another vendor are both involved?
Finish by asking what happens after purchase: migration, training, permissions, integrations, downtime planning, and support ownership.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ekim IT Solutions supports Dentrix Ascend practices across Maine, New England, Tampa Bay, and nationally. We can walk through what the demo won’t cover, imaging bridges, internet requirements, integrations, and what implementation actually looks like.
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- • September 12, 2026
