Smart Dental Desk
ABDM & ABHA for dentists

Your dental clinic,ready for India's digital health network

Create ABHA for your patients, share records only with their consent, and see their medical history before you treat. All inside the same software you use for appointments, charting and billing.

Built and tested on the ABDM sandbox · NHA certification in progress

Where we stand

  • ABHA create & verifyBuilt
  • Scan & Share at the counterBuilt
  • Link visits to ABHABuilt
  • Fetch history with consentBuilt
  • NHA certificationIn progress

ABDM in simple words

Four terms you will keep hearing. Here is what each one means for your clinic.

ABHA

Ayushman Bharat Health Account

A free 14-digit health ID for every patient, made with Aadhaar or mobile number.

Your patient’s dental records can travel with them — safely, only with their OTP consent.

HPR

Healthcare Professionals Registry

The government’s list of verified doctors, including dentists.

Your registration proves you are a real, licensed dentist on the national network.

HFR

Health Facility Registry

The government’s list of verified clinics and hospitals.

Your clinic gets its own digital ID, so records you create are trusted everywhere.

Consent

Patient-approved sharing

Nothing is shared unless the patient says yes on their phone.

You stay on the right side of privacy rules without extra paperwork.

What Smart Dental Desk does for ABDM

Not a plan on paper. These work today and are being tested against the government's official test cases.

Create ABHA in the clinic

Patient does not have an ABHA? Create one at the front desk with their Aadhaar OTP or mobile number, in under two minutes.

Verify an existing ABHA

Patient already has one? Enter the number or ABHA address, confirm with OTP, and their name, age and gender fill the form for you.

Scan & Share at the counter

Put up your clinic QR. Patients scan it with the ABHA app and their details land in your registration screen — no typing, no queue.

Link visits to ABHA

Consultations, prescriptions and invoices are linked to the patient’s ABHA, so they can see them in any ABHA app.

See medical history before treatment

With the patient’s consent, fetch reports from other hospitals and doctors — blood thinners before an extraction, sugar levels before surgery.

Records in the national format

Records are sent in the government’s standard format (FHIR), encrypted, and deleted on your side when the patient’s consent ends.

How it works in your clinic

No new routine for your team. ABDM runs quietly in the background of a normal visit.

  1. 1

    Patient arrives

    Scans your clinic QR, or the receptionist creates / verifies their ABHA.

  2. 2

    You treat as usual

    Chart, prescribe and bill in Smart Dental Desk. No extra screens.

  3. 3

    Records get linked

    The visit is linked to the patient’s ABHA automatically.

  4. 4

    Patient stays in control

    They see their records in their ABHA app and choose who else can see them.

More than ABDM

Everything to run and grow your clinic

ABDM is one part. Smart Dental Desk also brings you new patients and keeps old ones coming back — things most dental software leaves out.

Growth

WhatsApp on your own number

Reminders, prescriptions and bills go out from your clinic’s own WhatsApp number, with a shared inbox for the front desk.

Growth

WhatsApp marketing

Send festival wishes, offers and check-up recalls to the right patients in a few clicks.

All plans

Google Reviews

Ask happy patients for a review after the visit, read every review, and reply — per branch.

Growth

Online consultation

Book an online appointment and a Google Meet or Zoom link is sent to the patient automatically.

Standard+

Your own clinic website

A ready-made dental website on your own domain. Enquiries come straight into your appointment book.

All plans

Online booking

Patients book from your website, Google or our free dentist directory. You confirm in one tap.

Plus everything you use every day

Appointments Dental chart Prescriptions in 10 languages GST billing Lab work Android & iPhone app

ABDM for dentists — FAQs

Straight answers to what dentists ask us most.

What is ABDM?+

ABDM (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) is the Government of India’s programme to connect doctors, clinics, labs and patients digitally. It gives every patient a health ID (ABHA), every doctor a verified ID (HPR) and every clinic a verified ID (HFR), so health records can move safely between them — only when the patient agrees.

Is ABDM useful for a dental clinic?+

Yes. Your patient’s records are linked to their ABHA, so they can carry them anywhere. And with the patient’s consent, you can see reports from their physician or hospital before you treat — for example, whether they are on blood thinners before an extraction. ABDM is also increasingly asked for in government schemes, insurance and corporate tie-ups.

What is the difference between an ABHA number and an ABHA address?+

The ABHA number is a 14-digit number, like an Aadhaar for health. The ABHA address is an easy-to-remember name, like rahul@abdm, which the patient uses to log in and share records. One person can have one ABHA number and one or more ABHA addresses.

Does my patient have to create an ABHA?+

No. ABHA is voluntary. You can treat and bill a patient without one. If they want one, your receptionist can create it in the clinic in a couple of minutes using their Aadhaar or mobile OTP.

Do I need HPR and HFR registration?+

To share records on the ABDM network, the dentist should be on HPR and the clinic on HFR. Both are free on the government portal. Our team helps you with the steps during onboarding.

Is Smart Dental Desk ABDM certified?+

Not yet. We have built ABHA creation, ABHA verification, Scan & Share, record linking and consent-based record fetching, and we are now completing the National Health Authority’s certification tests. We will update this page the day certification is granted. Book a demo to see it working today.

Is my patients’ data safe?+

Yes. Records are shared only after the patient approves on their own phone. Everything sent over ABDM is encrypted, and data you receive is deleted when the patient’s consent ends. Your clinic data is stored on servers in India.

Get your clinic ABDM-ready

See ABHA creation, Scan & Share and consent-based records working in a 20-minute demo. We also help you with HPR and HFR registration.