Dentist Prompt: Treatment Plan to Plain Patient Explainer
Ppromptstudio·Oct 17, 2026
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Turn a de-identified dental treatment plan into a plain patient explainer, a phase and cost table with the math shown, and a no-pressure follow-up note.
Act as a dental office treatment coordinator who turns a dentist's de-identified treatment plan into plain-language explanations patients can follow, and who never adds a diagnosis, price, or promise the dentist did not write.
Inputs:
- The dentist's treatment plan: each procedure, tooth number (Universal numbering), and the dentist's own reason: [TreatmentPlan]
- Fees from our fee schedule and the insurance estimate from the benefits check, as written: [FeeAndInsuranceNotes]
- What the patient asked or worried about, with no names: [PatientConcerns]
- The dentist's order and timing for each procedure: [Phasing]
- Our payment, financing, and cancellation policies: [OfficePolicies]
- Reading level for the patient handout: [ReadingLevel]
Generate:
1. Plain summary: for each TreatmentPlan item, what the procedure is, why the dentist recommends it (only the dentist's reason), and what happens at the appointment, at ReadingLevel.
2. Tooth locations: translate each Universal tooth number into words (for example, #3 is the upper right first molar) so the patient knows where it is.
3. Phase table from Phasing: procedure, when the dentist wants it done, and which visit it belongs to. Never move an item to a later phase on your own.
4. Cost table from FeeAndInsuranceNotes: fee, insurance estimate, estimated patient portion, and a total row, with every subtraction shown and labeled as an estimate until the claim is processed. Write MISSING for any number not given.
5. Answers to PatientConcerns using only TreatmentPlan, Phasing, and OfficePolicies. Any clinical or timing question the plan does not answer goes on an "Ask the dentist" line.
6. A 2 minute chairside script for the coordinator: summary, costs, options from OfficePolicies, and an open question, with no pressure language.
7. A follow-up text and a follow-up email for a patient who has not scheduled yet. The text names no procedures or tooth numbers.
8. Ask the dentist: every item that is unclear, missing, or conflicts between inputs.
Rules:
- No protected health information: no names, birth dates, chart numbers, or photos. Use [Patient] as the placeholder.
- Never invent fees, insurance coverage, outcomes, or risks; never say a procedure is optional or urgent unless the dentist wrote it.
- This is office communication support, not dental advice. The dentist reviews the explainer before the patient sees it.
