One surgeon.
Every office.
One record.
Tern follows you between practices — voice-charted perio, scanned implant labels, and finished chart notes routed to the right office automatically. HIPAA-compliant, built for the periodontal surgeon who operates across locations.
Chart by voice, hands on the patient
Call out pocket depths and Tern records them in real time — no assistant transcribing, no looking away from the field. Powered by AI on Google Vertex AI (BAA-covered), so PHI never leaves your compliant boundary.
- Speak three numbers per surface; the cursor advances on its own
- Jump anywhere — “number 14” — and correct by meaning — “no, the distal was 5”
- Live transcript on screen so you can verify every reading
- Tuned for perio vocabulary: buccal, lingual, bleeding, suppuration
Scan the label, not your memory
Snap a photo of the implant, graft, or membrane label and Tern reads it — REF, lot, expiration, manufacturer, and UDI — into the note. Traceability the FDA expects, captured in seconds instead of hand-copied at the chairside.
- REF, LOT, EXP, manufacturer, size and GTIN/UDI extracted automatically
- Every field shows a confidence score — you review before it's saved
- The label photo is filed with the procedure for the record
- Works for implants, bone grafts, membranes, biologics and more
Notes that write themselves from the chart
Structured intake and procedure data compose straight into a finished chart note and DOCX — per-tooth narratives, scanned label details, and photos folded in. You read and edit a clean draft instead of writing one from a blank page.
- Teeth with identical findings are grouped automatically
- Scanned label data and photos embed inline at the right site
- Computed values (osteotomy sizing, anesthesia) filled from the chart
- Editable preview before anything is signed or stored
#14, #15 Bone graft (allograft) placed; resorbable membrane; four-wall defect.
#19 Implant placed; osteotomy 3.8 × 10 mm; primary closure.
Every office gets the note, securely
Finish the encounter and Tern routes the note to the right place — your home practice and the referring office. No faxing, no email attachments: staff sign in to their location and the records they're allowed to see are waiting.
- Templates route each document to home and recipient locations
- Office staff are scoped to their own location's records
- Envelope-encrypted with Cloud KMS; every access in a 7-year WORM audit
- MFA, passkeys and session auto-lock protect PHI between sites
One record that follows you everywhere
Purpose-built for periodontal surgeons working across offices — voice charting, label scanning, and chart notes routed where they belong. Get your practice running today.
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