Dental Consent Compliance Software

AI-assisted consent drafting, digital signing, and records to support your practice's documentation. Your team reviews and approves everything before it reaches patients — one platform for consent workflows.

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Stronger consent documentation

SmileConsent helps you document consent clearly and retrieve records when you need them. CQC outcomes depend on your whole practice — we do not guarantee ratings or inspection results.

How consent fits the wider picture

The CQC key lines of enquiry describe what good care looks like. Good consent documentation supports several of these themes — it does not replace your wider quality systems.

Safe

People are protected from abuse and avoidable harm

Risk assessments and management
Incident reporting and investigation
Safeguarding procedures
Infection prevention and control
Medicines management

Effective

People's care, treatment and support achieves good outcomes

Evidence-based practice
Clinical governance
Quality improvement
Staff training and development
Patient outcomes monitoring

Caring

Staff involve and treat people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect

Patient communication
Consent procedures
Privacy and dignity
Cultural sensitivity
Complaints handling

Responsive

Services are organised so that they meet people's needs

Accessible services
Reasonable adjustments
Service planning
Patient feedback
Continuity of care

Well-led

Leadership, management and governance assures the delivery of high-quality care

Leadership and management
Governance systems
Staff engagement
Continuous improvement
Partnership working

Features at a glance

Tools to support consent documentation and retrieval — your practice remains responsible for regulatory compliance.

Inspection preparation support

Tools to help you gather consent records and documentation your practice may need when preparing for scrutiny — you remain responsible for CQC compliance.

  • Consent and activity records in one place
  • Clearer evidence of what was shared with patients
  • Less time hunting for PDFs before visits
  • Export and reporting where available

Activity and consent records

Timestamps and logs for consent-related actions where the product provides them, to support your own record-keeping.

  • Send and access events where enabled
  • Structured storage of signed materials where configured
  • Backups depend on your plan and infrastructure
  • Search and retrieval from the app where available

Governance mindset

Clearer documentation makes team reviews easier — the practice still owns risk management and clinical governance.

  • Editable drafts before anything goes to the patient
  • Separation of draft vs sent where the workflow supports it
  • Less reliance on scattered paper or ad-hoc files
  • Supports your existing policies when used consistently

Usage visibility

See how consent activity is progressing in your account (where analytics are available on your plan).

  • High-level activity where offered
  • Plan limits and usage indicators
  • Fewer unknowns about pending consents
  • Operational reporting where built

Reminders

Optional reminders for consent workflows where the product includes them — not a substitute for practice-wide task systems.

  • Patient-facing links and expiry where configured
  • Email reminders where enabled
  • Fewer forgotten follow-ups for consents in flight
  • Configurable options where available

Document Management

Centralized document storage with version control and approval workflows.

  • Secure document storage
  • Version control
  • Approval workflows
  • Consent document storage

Good documentation habits

Examples many practices review when preparing for scrutiny — not exhaustive and not legal advice. Adapt to your own policies and professional guidance.

Pre-Inspection Checklist

All consent forms are properly completed and stored
Staff training records are up to date
Risk assessments are current and comprehensive
Incident reports are properly documented
Patient feedback is collected and acted upon
Clinical governance procedures are followed
Infection prevention protocols are in place
Medicines management processes are documented
Safeguarding procedures are current
Quality improvement plans are active

What SmileConsent can help with

Central list of consent requests and statuses
Retrieve sent consent materials from the app
Activity logs where the product records them
Export or reporting where your plan includes it
Consistent digital signing flow for patients
AI-assisted drafting with mandatory clinician review

Built for real practice workflows

Clearer consent records and less administrative friction — outcomes vary by how each practice uses the platform.

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Records

Digital consent trails to support your own governance reviews

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Clarity

Patient-facing wording you can edit before it is sent

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Control

Your practice decides what is sent and what is stored

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Legal Consent in Dentistry

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