Novudentics gives patients a portable Dental Passport

Novudentics in Royal Palm Beach says it is the first dental office to give patients a Dental Passport, a patient-owned record that carries treatment history, implants, consents and insurance details with them. The move could make it easier for dentists to share records, preserve implant data and keep care continuous across offices.

Why it matters: - Dental records often stay trapped in one office’s software, making it hard for patients to transfer history, get second opinions or keep implant details organized over time. - Novudentics says the Dental Passport shifts control of that record to the patient. - The change is especially relevant for implant patients, because manufacturer, size and placement date can be needed for the rest of a patient’s life.

What happened: - Novudentics, a prosthodontics and implant dentistry practice in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, says it became the first dental office to distribute a Dental Passport to patients. - The practice is led by Serafeim Kallithrakas, DDS, MS. - The Dental Passport is built by Intake Dental. - Each Novudentics patient receives a passport linked to the practice’s charting system.

The details: - The passport stays current with completed procedures, tooth chart data, radiograph history, an implant registry, health history, medications, allergies, insurance coverage, signed consents and a care plan. - The implant registry includes manufacturer and placement details. - Patients control which offices can view the passport. - Patients can share the record with any dentist, in-network or out of network, through a link or scan. - Patients can add family members as dependents. - Patients can request records from prior offices directly from the passport. - Patients can review a log showing every access to their information. - Patients can carry the passport in Apple Wallet for check-in at participating practices. - The Dental Passport is free for patients. - Practices issue passports through Intake Dental, which connects to existing practice management software so the passport stays updated without extra front-desk work. - Novudentics serves patients from Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Boca Raton and surrounding Palm Beach County communities. - Intake Dental also describes itself as an AI-powered operating layer for dental practices, covering patient intake, an AI front desk, insurance verification, claims, clinical documentation and patient communication. - Intake Dental says the Dental Passport is its patient-owned health record. - Intake Dental was founded by Dr. Jordan Thomas, DMD, a practicing dentist in Southern California. - Intake Dental’s media contact is press@intake.dental. - More information is available at Novudentics, the Dental Passport and Intake Dental.

Between the lines: - The announcement frames records portability as a long-overdue shift in dentistry, especially for specialty care that spans years and multiple providers. - The model also reduces dependence on faxing, manual re-entry and record requests between offices. - Dr. Jordan Thomas said Novudentics is the first office to hand the record to the patient and expects other offices to follow.

What's next: - Intake Dental expects more offices to adopt the patient-owned record model. - If the system spreads, patients could arrive at new offices with a complete treatment history already in hand. - Novudentics patients will continue carrying updated records as treatment changes.

The bottom line: - Novudentics is testing a simple idea with broad implications: give the patient the dental record, not the office.