How To
Every Feature. Video, Photo, Words.
Videos First. Same Door Every Time: Open Chair. The Nested Peak On A Black Field Is The Only APEX Mark.
Sign In · Picture Home · Chart / Notes
Same Lessons Inside The Chairopen
Open chair
One button. Website, ads, header — all the same door. Not a second product.
- Tap Open chair.
- Sign in with Google, X, Apple (iPhone), or email + password.
- Land on picture home — or the board if you turned the picture off.
Open chairsignin
Sign in
Google + password on Android. Apple + password on the iPhone binary. Magic link and codes print on screen until Resend / Twilio are licensed — nothing emails, nothing bounces.
- Use a real inbox — test@ and example.com are blocked.
- Password 8+.
- Face ID only on the native shell after you enroll.
Open chairhome
Picture home
Tap the thing you see. Front desk, operatory, exam, vision lane. Drag and pinch — desktop, iPhone, Android.
- Home opens the real office.
- Drag to look. Pinch or scroll to zoom. Tap Book, Family, the chair.
- The door walks you into the room for this floor — operatory, exam, or lane.
- Names on/off. Board is the reader view if you hate pictures.
Open chairboard
Today’s board
Huddle: production, in the chair, claims, unscheduled tx, next up.
- Open from Picture home → Board, or turn picture home off.
- Status on a visit. Pin to the board.
- Peek at the picture any time.
Open chairbook
Book
The day. Landscape is the chair.
- Tap the left screen on the desk, or Book in the bar.
- Move status: confirmed → here → seated → in chair.
- Operatory / lane / exam room names follow the floor.
Open chairfamily
Family file
Portrait is the pocket. Demographics, alerts, minors 18+7.
- Tap the right screen, or Family.
- Open a person. Chart, vision, ledger live on that record.
Open chairchart
Chart
Dental odontogram + medical on one wellness record. Vision lane when that floor is on.
- Open a patient.
- Tap a tooth or a problem.
- Voice notes sit in three columns: original, professional, plain.
Open chairimaging
Imaging
PMS + imaging in the $99. Nobody beats this price. Fire a sensor to prove the pipe.
- Tap Imaging on the chair photo.
- Proof → pick DEXIS / Schick / MouthWatch → Fire Sensor. PASS hash is the proof.
- 2D wants 100 Mbps up and down. 3D wants 1 Gbps fiber. 5 Gbps if the CBCT is fat. Probe this chair.
- USB TWAIN is the native wrap. This browser proves APEX stored the frame.
Open chairledger
Ledger
Coming soon. CareCredit and plans are built, not live.
- Money Desk is Coming Soon until that work is cleared.
- Card bridges stay on. Open Pay for Stripe and cheaper rails.
- The $99 PMS and 2D cloud imaging stay on.
Open chairreports
Reports
AI on the books. Morning brief, production, AR, recare, claims. Ask in plain words.
- Tap the wall calendar on picture home, or More → Reports.
- Pick Today / 7 / 30 / 90 / YTD.
- Ask The Books. Grok reads the pack. Local brief still works if Grok is out.
- CSV is an export you own. ERA and bank rec stay WALL.
Open chairclaims
Claims
837D / 837P board. Printer on the desk.
- Submit is licensed next (clearinghouse). Status board is here now.
Open chairdocs
Docs
Folders on the desk. Attach to patient or carrier.
- Upload. Tag. Don’t dump PHI in the wrong family.
Open chairorders
Orders / labs
Delivery unit and the shared medical cart.
- Labs, imaging orders, referrals. Results come back here.
Open chairwire
Wire
Desk phone. Chair talks to the front.
- Send a short. Front sees it. Not a social app.
Open chairvoice
Hey APEX
Optional. “Hey APEX, open the book.” Enroll a voice if several people share a computer.
- Tutorial is on /app/voice. You do not have to enroll.
- Anyone talking vs enrolled seat.
- System account cannot be deleted.
Open chairai
APEX AI
House Grok. Rork next. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, xAI, and the rest for heavier models.
- More → APEX AI.
- Pick Grok, a connected account, or All connected.
- Paste your key on this device. We do not keep it.
- Voice notes still sit in three columns. You sign.
Open chairpeople
People
One admin. System seat you cannot delete. Add / remove staff.
- People. Admin adds a seat. They pick a role. Permissions live in Security.
Open chairsecurity
Security
Who can do what. Roles, named people, custom rules, floors.
- Deny beats allow. Custom rule: role + floor + action.
- Vision / hearing / custom floors have their own actions.
Open chairlook
Themes + logo
14 house themes. Upload the practice logo beside the APEX mark — never instead of it. Color wheel / reel, no hex typing.
- Settings → Brand kit.
- Wheel or reel for exact lime vs magenta-green.
- House mark stays house lime.
Open chairsound
Sound
APEX sting first. Your jingle after. Waiting music last. Never over the password field.
- Check the rights box before you upload a file you own.
- No Spotify. No YouTube. House beds are original tones.
Open chairfloors
Floors
Dental specialties, primary, peds, surgery, OB, cardio, derm, ENT, eye, psych, PT, urgent, vision, hearing, custom.
- Pick a floor at first open. Rooms rename (operatory / lane / exam).
- Custom floor + custom rules in Security.
Open chairnetwork
Network
Offices referring offices: $25. Hygienist and other roles: $5. Build the book and the rate climbs.
- More → Network.
- Share the office code or your role code.
- Credit applies to the $99 chair. Bank payout is WALL.
Open chairportal
Portal
Waiting-room glass on the picture. Patient lite.
- Share a chart. Patient sees what you released.
Open chairsupport
Help & Support
AI plus a desk seven days. Saturday 8 hours. Sunday on demand. After hours opens a ticket.
- Tap Help anywhere.
- Name + email starts the chat.
- After hours = ticket. AI still answers.
Open chairingest
Bring charts
CSV, FHIR, Open Dental, practice exports. Gaps stay listed. Locked vendor DBs stay locked.
- More → Bring Charts.
- Pick the source. Upload. Map columns if we cannot guess.
- Load. Read the gap report.
Open chairwall
WALL
Honest. eRx, FDA 3D, CDT license, clearinghouse — licensed next. Not “we beat Dentrix.”
- Read the wall. Don’t sell a license we don’t have.
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