DSI Standards in Development
Public Review
BSR/DSI OWSST1.1:202X - Oral Wellness Status (OWS) Determination, Categorization and Reporting (New Standard)
This Standard details the determinants, categories and reporting of a dental patient’s oral health via Oral Wellness Status (OWS). OWS quantifies and simplifies previously complicated oral health information into categories and scales that allow non dental professionals, as well as dental professionals, to recognize the oral health of an individual. Emphasis is placed on determining Emergent Oral Wellness (EOW) needs, as well as oral determinants which have a direct medical impact on the patient.
The goal of this Standard is to provide an accurate, concise and easily consumed data structure that quantifies Oral Wellness in distinct categories.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Producers, Consumers, Users
Public Comment Deadline: 12/1/2025
BSR/DSI GSST1.1-2020 (R202x), Graphic Symbols - Pictograms For Information Regarding the Healthcare Patient (reaffirmation and redesignation of ANSI/DSI GSST1.1-2020)
This Standard defines graphic symbolization and pictogram representation of crucial information regarding the healthcare patient. The goal of this Standard is to address the need for easily identifiable, universal communication of information within the electronic health record (EHR), including electronic dental records (EDR), for the purpose of reducing miscommunications within healthcare. This Standard also defines the visualization of crucial graphic symbols within the EHR.
Public Comment Deadline: 12/15/2025
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Drafts In Progress
BSR/DSI HILD1.1:202X - Health Informatics Log for Dentistry (HILD) (New Standard)
This Standard focuses on the mapping and filtering of critical patient health information to meet the unique requirements of dental professionals. It encompasses the integration and management of past medical history, family history, social history, medication history, allergies, review of systems, immunization records, and laboratory results. The Standard will define the requirements for identifying and isolating medically relevant data for dental applications, standardized data formats and terminology to support interoperability, guidelines for filtering, prioritizing, and presenting critical information in a dental context, and best practices for ensuring data accuracy, privacy, and security when integrating health information systems. Several aspects of dental use cases are defined, including specialty work, sedation and other elements which can affect the required health informatics to optimize for patient safety, while not being onerous for patients and/or overwhelming for dental professionals. This Standard aims to improve oral-systemic health outcomes by creating a seamless bridge between medical and dental health records.
Interest Categories: Users, Consumers, Producers
Stakeholders: Healthcare Providers, Consumers, Regulatory Community, Government Agencies
BSR/DSI PAIID1.1:202X - Prudent Adjudication Reporting in Dentistry (New Standard)
The Prudent Augmented Insurance Intelligence for Dentistry (PAIID) are Standards seeking to improve Patient Cost Transparency by creating a reporting system that allows dental providers and dental claim reviewers to describe the results of claim reviews based on empirical measurements to all stakeholders. This Standard describes the empirical data to be reported including information illustrating how adjudication decisions are determined based on the patient and providers reimbursement benefits.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Users, Consumers, Producers, Payers
BSR/DSI PAIID2.1:202X - Calibration of Adjudication Techniques in Dentistry (New Standard)
The Prudent Augmented Insurance Intelligence for Dentistry (PAIID) are Standards seeking to improve Patient Cost Transparency by creating a reporting system that allows dental providers and dental claim reviewers to describe the results of claim reviews based on empirical measurements to all stakeholders. This Standard seeks to improve Patient Cost Transparency by describing datasets that would allow dental providers and dental claim reviewers to apply consistent measurements in the determination of procedure code accuracy and reimbursement applicability.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Users, Consumers, Producers, Payers
BSR/DSI ODINST1.1:202X - The Specification, Storage, Transmission, Retrieval and Processing of Vital Datasets In Oral Health Care In The Oral Dataset Interoperability Network (ODIN) (New Standard)
This Standard details vital information that is necessary to be included in dental patient care when either the patient, dental care team member or dental industry professional requires to view the patient’s Digital Dental Record (DDR). The availability, storage, transmission, retrieval and processing of this crucial electronic dental patient information is described. The goal of this Standard is to provide secure and open access to the dental patient’s crucial data, elevating patient care and reducing the incidence of errors due to miscommunication or lack of information availability. This Standard covers the the formatting and data exchange within the Oral Dataset Interoperability Network (ODIN), as well as how ODIN can be leveraged with existing health care Standards, such as HL7, FHIR and DICOM, to provide more complete overall care of the dental patient.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Producers, Employers, Consumers, Users
BSR/DSI ERST1.1:2020 - The Dental Practice Medical Emergency Kit (New Standard)
This Standard defines the design, contents and usage of the dental practice medical emergency (DPME) kits, based on procedures performed within the dental practice. The goal of this Standard is to define the most likely medical emergencies within a dental practice based on procedures performed in that office and define a system to address them effectively. The location and visuals of the DPME kit are also defined.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Users, Consumers
BSR/DSI TDST1.1:202X - The Usage of Teledentistry For Remote Prediagnostic Dental Care (New Standard)
This Standard defines the category of Prediagnostic Teledentistry (PDTD), as well as the subcategories within the category. The goal of this Standard is to address the need for differentiating prediagnostic remote care from definitive remote care, as well providing convenient, secure, consistent, interoperable communication between dental care providers and patients remotely. In addition this Standard will address some of the most problematic areas of providing teledental care today, including the need for easy documentation and efficiently managed quality remote dental care screening.
Stakeholders & Interest Categories: Users, Consumers
Comments or request for involvement in Standards can be emailed to dentalstandards@gmail.com.