DentalDNA · Product sample
This is what a patient actually sees.
Below is a complete DentalDNA report for a fictional patient — their second one, so you can watch the system remember. Read it the way a patient would: top to bottom, no dental degree required. This is the product thesis, on one page.
Read-only format
Clinician-reviewed before release
Sample · fictional patient
Overall, your mouth is in good shape — and compared with December, only one thing actually changed. We found a new cavity on a lower right molar that should be filled in the next few weeks. The older filling we’ve been watching on an upper left molar is unchanged, the early gum inflammation near your lower front teeth is new and very fixable at home, your 2022 crown is doing great, and the small chip on a front tooth is the same one we first noted years ago — still purely cosmetic.
Everything below expands on this paragraph. Wherever you see “since your last visit,” we’re comparing against your December 16, 2025 report. Nothing here was written by AI alone — every line was reviewed and approved by your dentist before you received it.
Watching
Needs care soon
Treated & stable
Universal numbering, shown as your dentist faces you: upper row runs 1–16, lower row 32–17. In December this whole map was gold-free except tooth 14 and the crown on 19 — tooth 30 is the one change.
A cavity that should be filled in the next few weeks
What that means: there’s a cavity on the chewing surface of this molar, and it has passed through the hard outer enamel into the softer layer underneath. At this depth it can’t repair itself, and it will keep growing.
The plan: a tooth-colored filling — one visit, local anesthetic, roughly an hour. Your written estimate is included with this report, and the fee you see before treatment is the fee you pay. Caught now, it’s routine. Waiting months risks the decay reaching the nerve, which turns a filling into a root canal.
An older filling we’re keeping an eye on
What that means: the silver filling in this tooth is aging, and its edge no longer seals as tightly as it once did. The good news — we checked carefully and found no new decay underneath it.
The plan: nothing right now. We’ll re-examine it at your next visit; if the seal keeps wearing, we’d replace it with a modern tooth-colored filling before a problem starts, not after.
Early gum inflammation you can reverse at home
What that means: the small pockets where your gums meet your lower front teeth measured slightly deeper than the healthy 1–3 mm range, and they bled when gently checked — the earliest, most reversible stage of gum disease.
The plan: this one is yours to win. Daily flossing focused on the lower front teeth, and we’ll re-measure at your next cleaning. Caught this early, gums usually return to healthy within weeks of consistent care.
A tiny chip — and honestly, it’s fine
What that means: a very small chip on the biting edge of a front tooth, limited to the outer enamel. It doesn’t hurt, it isn’t decaying, and it isn’t going to get worse on its own.
The plan: none needed. If the look ever bothers you, a simple cosmetic bonding can smooth it — entirely your call, no clinical reason to act. A good report tells you what’s fine just as clearly as what isn’t.
- For tooth 30 — is there any reason to choose one filling material over another for me?
- For tooth 14 — what specifically would you see at the next visit that would change “watch” to “replace”?
- For my gums — can you show me exactly where to focus the floss?
- Is there anything in my habits (grinding, diet, dry mouth) that explains why this molar got a cavity?
And if questions come up between now and then, that’s this report doing its job — bring them with you.
Read-only · nothing written back to your record
Sample notice — Jordan Sample is a fictional patient created to demonstrate the DentalDNA report format, including the comparison to a fictional prior visit. All findings are illustrative; manufacturer and lot fields are recorded in the real format but redacted here. This document is not medical advice and describes no real person. DentalDNA is an early-stage prototype built by a dentist; the format shown here is the design target.
Why it’s built this way
Four decisions hiding in that report.
It says what’s fine
Tooth 8 got a whole section to say “no action needed.” A report that only flags problems trains patients to fear it. One that also clears things earns belief when it does flag something.
It compares, so patients don’t have to
“New,” “unchanged,” “caught at the first measurable step” — every finding is placed in time against the last report. Scattered visits become one continuous story, which is the entire reason DentalDNA exists.
Every line has a source — and an audit trail
Each statement traces to the exam or imaging it came from, and the provenance shows the clinician’s review actually changed a sentence before release. Read-only, reviewed, auditable — visibly, not just in principle.
It travels with the patient — down to the lot number
The materials record lists what’s in the patient’s mouth: material, shade, placement date, manufacturer and lot on file. If a crown ever needs attention in another city, the answer is already in the patient’s hands. Dr. McQuirter isn’t aware of another office that hands patients this level of detail — so she built the format that does.