Free dental note templates, smooth as butter.
Free copy-paste clinical note templates for the most common dental procedures. Customize the bracketed fields, paste into your EHR, done. Or click-build your own from a free ButterNote account.
By Yasmin Byott, DDS, MS · Founder, ButterNote · Updated
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View templatearrow_forwardFrequently asked questions
Where can I find free dental note templates?
Right here. ButterNote publishes a free library of copy-paste dental note templates covering restorative, endodontic, periodontal, surgical, exam, sedation, and emergency visits. Every template is free to copy, paste, and customize. No account needed to use the written templates.
Are these dental note templates really free?
Yes. The copy-paste templates on this page are completely free, with no account required. A free ButterNote account adds click-to-build note generation and syncing, but the template text itself is always free to use in your charts.
Can I customize the templates for my practice?
Yes. Each template uses [bracketed fields] you replace with your specifics (tooth numbers, materials, anesthesia, findings), and you can freely reword any sentence to match your own documentation style before pasting it into the chart.
Do these templates work with Open Dental, Dentrix, or Eaglesoft?
Yes. The templates are plain text, so they paste into the clinical-note field of any dental software, including Open Dental, Dentrix, and Eaglesoft, as well as any other EHR or word processor. You copy the finished note and paste it wherever you chart.
Are the templates HIPAA-compliant to use?
The templates themselves contain no patient information. They are blank clinical-note scaffolds. You fill in patient specifics inside your own HIPAA-compliant chart system, and the copy-paste templates on this page never transmit that data to ButterNote.
“I'm Dr. Yasmin, a dentist who got tired of staying late writing notes. I used to search the internet for note templates that actually worked, and I could never find good ones. So I built ButterNote to make note writing feel as smooth as butter.
If the click-build flow above just saved you time, you'll love what's behind a free account: templates for practically every clinical scenario you'll see this week, with instant custom note generation. And if you want zero clicks at all, the iOS app handles that too. Ambient listening on your iPhone or Apple Watch turns each appointment into a finished note.
Take whatever's useful here for free.”
Yasmin Byott, DDS, MS
Founder, ButterNote
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