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Late for Oct 13 crown

Crown on #16, upper right first molar · Crown appointment Tuesday Oct 13

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The crown is Tuesday Oct 13, sooner than Sun Life's usual 7 days. Move it, or tell the patient. Source

  1. Download packet (.zip)
  2. In your PMS, send a CDCP preauthorization for 27211 on #16. Attach every file.
CDCP requirements12 of 12 documented
  • Satisfied
    Claim form (CDA/CLHIA standard, or computer-generated treatment form)
    Matrix Restorative services — Claim form: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Claim form: Yes Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Treatment plan details — all relevant completed and pending treatment
    Matrix Restorative services — Tx plan: Yes (footnote 1) CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Tx plan: Yes (footnote 1) Treatment plan details indicating all relevant completed and pending treatment needs ... Does not need to be a stand-alone document labelled 'treatment plan' so long as the information is included in the documentation submitted. Open the source document via structured plan
  • Satisfied
    Dated periapical radiograph of the requested tooth, within 12 months
    Matrix Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes Also: CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01), 6.1.2 Radiograph standards: Intraoral radiographs are considered 'current' for preauthorization purposes if dated within the last 12 months of the preauthorization submission. Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Dated bitewing radiographs, right and left, within 12 months
    Matrix Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Dated complete periodontal chart, within 12 months
    Matrix Restorative services — Complete perio chart <=12mo: Yes, crowns only (footnote 7) CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Complete perio chart <=12mo: Yes, crowns only (footnote 7) If a complete perio chart is not available, a dated PSR for each sextant plus 6-site periodontal measurements for each tooth requested, within last 12 months, will be considered. Open the source document via complete perio chart
  • Satisfied
    Client is 18 or older
    Guide 6.3.5 Crowns CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns preauth, 18+ Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Requested tooth is an incisor, canine, premolar, first or second molar (third molars by exception)
    Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — tooth eligibility CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — tooth eligibility incisors, canines, bicuspids, 1st and 2nd molars; third molars only where 1st and 2nd are missing and the 3rd is in occlusion with a prosthetic or natural molar Open the source document via standard tooth
  • Satisfied
    No CDCP crown on this tooth within the previous 96 months
    Grid Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns CDCP Dental Benefit Grid — Ontario, General Practitioners and Specialists, 2026 Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns 1/96mo/tooth Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Fewer than 4 crowns for this client within the previous 120 months
    Grid Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns CDCP Dental Benefit Grid — Ontario, General Practitioners and Specialists, 2026 Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns 4/120mo/client Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    All basic treatment for active caries and periodontal disease completed
    Guide 6.3.5 Crowns CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns All basic treatment addressing any existing active biological disease (caries and periodontal) must be completed before submitting requests for crowns. Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Restorability criteria confirmed by the treating dentist
    Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — restorability CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — restorability Open the source document
  • Satisfied
    Tooth meets the "extensively restored" definition
    Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — extensively restored CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — extensively restored Open the source document

Not applicable here: Endodontically treated tooth has healed; Laboratory fee codes are valid for the 2026 date of service.

What Ophi read in the chart3 radiographs, 2 perio records, 1 note

Radiographs

PA #16
Aug 20, 2026, current until Aug 20, 2027
BW right #14, #15, #16, #17, #44, #45, #46, #47
Aug 20, 2026, current until Aug 20, 2027
A bitewing does not show the root tip.
BW left #24, #25, #26, #27, #34, #35, #36, #37
Aug 20, 2026, current until Aug 20, 2027

Periodontal charting

Perio chart Jul 13, 2004 uncertified draft
1 sites per tooth, 1 of 28 teeth
Perio chart Aug 20, 2026
6 sites per tooth, 28 of 28 teeth, current until Aug 20, 2027
#16 323323

Clinical notes

Aug 20, 2026, Dr. Terry Ackerman

Recall exam. Tooth 16: large failing restoration with a fractured cusp and recurrent decay under the margin. Vital, no periapical pathology on today's PA. Remaining restorations sound. Plan: PFM crown 16.

Procedure history

CodeToothDate
02111#16Aug 20, 2026
02144—Aug 20, 2026
99111—Dec 7, 2004
32313#16Jul 13, 2004