Providers 

In the Main Menu, under Lists | Providers, you can set up your providers.  A provider is a dentist or a hygienist.

You can easily change the order by highlighting a provider and clicking the up or down button. Changing the order does not harm any patient data. If a provider leaves the practice, they can be marked hidden. A provider can never be deleted because that information has been used in other places in the program.

Click Add to add a new provider, or double click on an existing provider to edit.

There is a 255 letter limit for the abbreviation, but the shorter the better.  The abbreviations may be changed at any time. The order that the providers show on the list is the order that they will show on various lists throughout the program.

The Fee Schedule is the default fee or the Usual, Customary, and Regular (UCR) fee for that provider. This is typically the fee schedule that will be used for new patients for that provider unless the patient has insurance, and then the insurance fee schedule is usually used. The secondary provider box would be checked if the provider is a hygienist because the primary provider would be the dentist.

The colors that are used in the Appointments module for the provider can be selected by single clicking on the colored boxes. After picking your colors, click ok. Try to use lighter colors as the main color so that the black text will show more clearly.