Status: NOT YET AVAILABLE in the app (checked 07/08/2026). This page is a holding note — the workflow is described in the Work Processes index but is not implemented in VeriPath Dental yet. It is intentionally skipped in the dental app guide series until the feature exists. See below for the evidence.
As described in the Work Processes index, Lab Work & Case Tracking is:
Creating and tracking a laboratory order request (e.g. for an externally manufactured crown or bridge) with expected return dates.
In a full implementation, this would let a clinician:
The dental module (dental app) was checked end-to-end — models, views, templates, URLs, and API routers:
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
Lab/case models (e.g. LabOrder, CaseTracking) in dental/models.py |
None |
Lab/case views in dental/views.py |
None |
Lab/case templates in dental/templates/dental/ |
None |
Lab/case URLs in dental/urls.py |
None |
Lab/case API endpoints in dental/api/ |
None |
Feature flag lab_tracking in DentalPractice.has_feature() |
Present (True by default) but no implementation behind it |
The only matching code is a feature flag (lab_tracking: True) — the flag exists, but no feature is wired to it.
Not to be confused with: the separate
lab_documentsapp. That module handles pathology/biochemistry result ingestion (LabDocument, Biomarker, LabReport, LabResult — email mailbox polling, patient matching, PDF extraction). It is a different domain (pathology results, not dental laboratory orders) and sits outside the dental module, so it is not a substitute for this workflow.
lab_documents app (pathology results ingestion) instead, that should be a separate guide — it is a distinct workflow.