From v12.6 Oral Health Surveys includes a Permissions question for marketing purposes:
Patient would like relevant information sent to them
Three possible answers:
The question has three possible answers; Yes, No and Unknown:
The default answer is Unknown, so until a patient commits to either Yes or No, the status is considered as Unknown.
By answering Yes to the question patients agree that the practice can send them marketing media.
Contact List of patients with Unknown status:
The Unknown status remains significant however because the practice can run a Query to create a patient Contact List for all patients with the Unknown status.
See Contact Lists, Patient Queries for Oral Health Surveys
Optional to include the question
It is optional for the practice to include this question, as defined in the Oral Health Surveys Configuration screen:
Clinician Oral Health Survey with patient: