Dentrix Ideas

Add a gender option

There needs to be more options other than "male" and "female." we have a lot of patients that don't identify as either and are sensitive to using certain pro-nouns.  

  • Guest
  • Jul 9 2019
  • Released
  • Jun 21, 2022

    Admin response

    This feature is now available in G7.7, which is currently releasing in phases over the next few weeks. Below is a brief overview of the added capabilities.

    Updated Gender Field

    • Ability to select ‘Other’ gender in Dentrix

    • Questionnaires, eClaims, and printed claims have a third gender option

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  • Erin commented
    December 19, 2023 19:59

    If other is going to be the only other option, we need a field for preferred pronouns. Not everyone (esp clinical) goes into the family file everytime.

  • Dr J commented
    June 28, 2022 16:23

    To follow on to my last comment, in case anyone has a similar question following the recent update:

    The "Other" gender option in Questionnaires isn't an automatic update, but is optional. You have to enter Questionnaire Setup, edit the Questionnaire, then when adding a Patient Info block scroll down to the list of Patient\Spouse Demographics sets with "M\F\O"

  • Dr J commented
    June 28, 2022 14:10

    Supposedly we just installed this update (on 17.7), however the Patient Demographics blocks in Questionnaires still only have Male and Female. It would be nice for internal use if there was Male\Female\Other\Unknown, to differentiate between someone who has chosen Other, and someone for whom we don't yet have the information.

  • Guest commented
    June 22, 2022 17:08

    Our office is frustrated there is no option for non-binary in the Dentrix system. its 2022 for CS!! If they're insurance and id card says non-binary and not Male/Female then our records in our system shouldnt make us choose the incorrect gender either.

  • Guest commented
    June 21, 2022 18:28

    This doesn't apply to the medical field. You can't change the male/female anatomy of teeth no matter what your "preference". Sorry, but this downgrade to our dental software isn't necessary...not even for insurance purposes. Is there a way to delete it from our system?

  • Guest commented
    June 16, 2022 21:31

    Can we get an update? I know the newer version is supposed to have more options but I am not sure when that is coming out.

  • Michael Farmer commented
    June 10, 2022 18:28

    Do we have an update on this? It has been a year and I'm trying to find out the status for a lecture I'm giving on the topic soon.

  • Guest commented
    May 02, 2022 21:41

    Have there been any updated other than almost 1 year ago for this, We have a few patients that are complaining about this, I can see this becoming something legal in the future if not addressed sooner than later

  • Guest commented
    September 14, 2021 14:33

    Hello, Is this date expected any sooner?

  • Guest commented
    June 15, 2021 17:36

    Our office is all for it. ASAP.

  • Rob Joseph commented
    June 15, 2021 15:59

    Need to have gender at birth, then either gender identity or preferred pronouns etc.


  • Guest commented
    June 09, 2021 17:09

    Can you give us an update to adding this? This needs to be added yesterday and was brought up almost a year!

  • Guest commented
    May 17, 2021 15:11

    Please add this ASAP! This can cause insurance delays!


  • Shelsea commented
    May 05, 2021 21:40

    Is there any update to the additions of gender neutral?

  • Guest commented
    June 25, 2020 19:33

    Hello, this was raised over a year ago at least. Why are we still lacking additional gender options?

  • Admin
    Ashley Watkins commented
    February 20, 2020 17:08

    Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions. We plan to start development to add an "other" status shortly. For insurance purposes, the option will need to be a selection and not a free form field. However, there are other areas, such as salutation, preferred name, or title that can be used to specify pronouns or more detail.

  • Amanda commented
    February 20, 2020 16:48

    Agreed! Male/Female "sex" is no longer inclusive and "other" isn't good enough either.

    Field needs to be "Gender" and a fill in rather than a drop down.

    THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED!!

  • Guest commented
    February 19, 2020 23:47

    This is many months now - is this going to happen soon?

  • Guest commented
    February 17, 2020 15:41

    Please implement this SOON!  

  • Guest commented
    November 12, 2019 21:23

    I don't remember ever seeing if this printed on any report we generate for our patients.  Maybe insurance needs it?