BDS [Orthodontics] course

1. COMPUTERS IN ORTHODONTICS
PROF (Dr.) SAIBEL FARISHTA

2. 1. RECORD KEEPING
2. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
3. PATIENT EDUCATION
4. CASE PRESENTATIONS
5. DENTAL IMAGING
6. RADIO VISIOGRAPHY
7. COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT
1. RECORD KEEPING, ACCOUNTS AND ADMINISTRATION
RECORD KEEPING WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR WHICH
COMPUTERS WERE CREATED. IN A DENTAL CLINIC, COMPUTERS
EFFECTIVELY BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE PATIENT DATA BASE.
THEY ARE USED TO MAINTAIN FEES DETAILS AND CREATE BOOKS
OF ACCOUNTS. APPOINTMENTS, INVENTORY MANAGEMENT,
PAYROLLS, PHONE BOOKS AND MAILING ADDRESSES ARE EASY TO
KEEP IN COMPUTERS. VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE SOFTWARES,
EXCLUSIVELY FOR DENTISTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

3. 2. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
IN A CONSUMERIST SOCIETY, HOSPITALS AND CLINICS HAVE TO BE
MANAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT, THERE IS PATIENT SATISFACTION
AND JOB SATISFACTION. THEREFORE, SOME DENTAL
ADMINISTRATIVE SOFTWARES GO BEYOND PATIENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ANALYZE THE NATURE OF THE WORK
BEING DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE COST EFFECTIVENESS
OF TIME SPENT ON VARIOUS PROCEDURES, THE PRODUCTIVITY OF
DENTIST OVER A PERIOD OF TIME ETC. IN SHORT, ANALYZING THE
PRACTICE WITHIN THE SHORTEST TIME.
3. PATIENT EDUCATION
TO EDUCATE PATIENTS ABOUT DISEASES, PREVENTION AND CURE,
COMPUTER IS THE IDEAL TOOL. VARIOUS MULTIMEDIA PATIENT
EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED AND PLAYED ON
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PATIENT’S BENEFIT, JUST LIKE DVD.

4. 4. CASE PRESENTATIONS
MAINTAINING DATAAND CREATING PRESENTATIONS IS ONE OF
THE GREATEST BOONS OF COMPUTERISATION. MOST
ADVERTISING AGENCIES USE SOFTWARES LIKE MICROSOFT
OFFICE ‘POWERPOINT’TO PUSH THEIR PRODUCTS. THIS IS ALSO
USED FOR MAKING SLIDE PRESENTATIONS, WHERE WE CAN USE
TEXT, COLOUR, PICTURES AND ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY
SAVE TIME, MONEY, EFFORT AND CAN BE PERMANENTLY STORED.
5. DENTAL IMAGING
A SMALL INTRA-ORAL CAMERA IS INTERFACED TO THE
COMPUTER, AND THE USER HAS TO JUST FOCUS THE CAMERA TO
CAPTURE THE IMAGE ON THE MONITOR. THE SAVED PICTURES
CAN BE VIEWED, EDITED, TRANSFORMED INTO SLIDES AND
PRINTED LATER.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT RECORD KEEPING AND MARKETING TOOL.
THERE IS HARDLY ANY PATIENT WHO IS UNIMPRESSED BY THE
PHOTO RECORDING OF HIS/HER TREATMENT.

5. 6. RADIOVISIOGRAPHY (RVG)
RVG IS A SYSTEM OF COMPUTERISED RADIOGRAPHS WHERE THE
X-RAYS ARE STORED IN THE COMPUTER AND THE SOFTWARE
AUTOMATICALLY DIGITIZES AND PERFORMS THE
CEPHALOMETRIC ANALYSIS. IT PUTS AN END TO MANY MANUAL
AND INACCURATE CALCULATIONS.
7. COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT
A COMPUTER CAN FUNCTION AS ANSWERING MACHINE AND A FAX.
IT CAN LINK YOU TO THE INTERNET.
ENTERTAINMENT TOOLS LIKE GAMES, WATCHING TV, CD PLAYER,
CD/DVD MOVIE PLAYER ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON COMPUTERS.
THE COMPUTER CAN TRULY BE CALLED A ‘DREAM MACHINE’

6. THANK YOU