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Find out how ready your practice is to restore from its backups, and what to fix first.

Backup readiness scorecard for dental practices

QUESTION 1 OF 12

0 of 12 answered

How often does your practice-management database get backed up?

How the score works

  1. STEP 1 Answer twelve questions Each question is about one part of restoring from a backup: how it is taken, where it is kept, whether it has been restored, and who is responsible.
  2. STEP 2 Each answer earns points An answer earns 0 to 3 points. Three questions count double because they decide whether a restore works at all: whether the copy cannot be altered by ransomware, and when a restore was last tested.
  3. STEP 3 Your points become a grade The total, out of 45, becomes a percentage and a grade: A at 90% or more, B from 75%, C from 60%, D from 40%, and F below that.
  4. STEP 4 Two gaps limit the grade If you have no protected copy, or have never restored, the grade cannot be higher than C however well the rest scores.

The weights reflect our editorial judgement of restore risk, grounded in HIPAA 45 CFR 164.308(a)(7) and standard backup practice. This is a self-assessment, not an audit or legal advice, and it says nothing about how other practices score.

Frequently asked questions

Does this send my answers anywhere?

No. The scoring runs in your browser. Your answers are kept in the page address after the # symbol, which browsers do not send to servers, so you can bookmark or share the result without us ever receiving it.

Is the score an audit?

No. It is a self-assessment based on the answers you give. It is not an audit, a certification or legal advice, and it cannot see your systems.

Why do three questions count double?

They are the three gaps that most often decide whether a restore works at all: whether the copy is captured the way your software vendor requires, whether a copy is out of reach of ransomware, and whether anyone has actually restored it. That is our editorial judgement, not a statistic.

What does "not sure" score?

Zero, always. Not knowing the answer means you cannot rely on it in an emergency, so the result treats it as a gap.