Dentoplus, is a custom made software that is used by Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy(RCsDP) which have been in place since January 2013, The current study was initiated in order to evaluate the electronic dental record system- Dentoplus installed in the Colleges of Dentistry. The focus of this study was on student’s performance and system efficiency, satisfaction level to the system as well as their perception of how the system has impacted patient care.

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Dentoplus, is a custom made software that is used by Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy(RCsDP) which have been in place since January 2013, The current study was initiated in order to evaluate the electronic dental record system- Dentoplus installed in the Colleges of Dentistry. The focus of this study was on student’s performance and system efficiencies, satisfaction level to the system as well as their perception of how the system has impacted patient care.
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS & METHODS
RESULTS
Overall mean rank for the general attitude of students toward Dentoplus software was 3.72 with a standard deviation of ±0.86. This result indicated that there was a generalised positive attitude to the newly installed software. There was a significant difference between the average satisfaction for male and female students on Dentoplus system, for the benefit of male students, with an average satisfaction score (4.09) compared to (3.74) the female students. A total of 604 questionnaires were distributed, of which 290 participated with a response rate of 48%. Males constituted 62.1% for example, Fig.1.
DISCUSSION
More than half of the sample size (51.4% n=149) were satisfied while 29% (n=84) was very satisfied with Dentoplus system. On the contrary, 28 students (9.8%) were not satisfied and a negligible number of 5 students were very unhappy about Dentoplus system. 8.3% of the total students preferred to stay neutral to this question as illustrated in Table.2.
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•Dentoplus is a challenging project adopted by RCsDP as that the full cost of implementing a fully integrated health information system is 7.5 to 13.5% of a clinic’s annual budgeted revenues (1).
•Results demonstrated that the students have a very positive attitude towards the implementation of the Dentoplus software system in RCsDP.
•Most of the students who had experience with both paper file system as well as the Dentoplus system (Levels 9-12) found the latter to be far better and practical to use.
•The first use of computation for medicine was in 1968 in dental practice at the National Bureau of Standards by Robert S Ledley. (2)
•Several studies have reported on use of computers and dental software in dental education and their potential use as an educational tool and in future practice. (3)
•David Brailer emphasized on the important role that electronic health recording systems play in improving the quality, increasing patient safety, increasing operational efficiency as well as reducing costs.(4)
•The survey has noticed an increase in quality of patient care due to improved oversight of patient management and the ability to more efficiently track down treatment outcomes.
•There is no better place to begin this learning curve regarding the importance and utilization of Electronic Dental record systems than in dental schools, where dental health professional students can acquire a comfort level with the system in an academic environment that they may then implement in their future practice.
•By providing a coordinated delivery of clinical services, the Dentoplus system has been accepted as an enabling technology that allows users to pursue more advanced practices than would be possible with paper based record
A digital based survey questionnaire comprising of a list of 19 questions was developed and validated for evaluating the electronic dental record system- Dentoplus. The questions covered the demographic data, addressed the trends of the students to the system and the extend of students satisfaction toward the system. A total of 290 participated with a response rate of 48%. The outcome of the questionnaire was analyzed using SPSS©V17.0 software. The results were analysed under six sections; namely
1. Preliminary results of data.
2. Results related to trends of students towards Dentoplus system.
3. Extent of student’s satisfaction to Dentoplus system.
4. Degree of satisfaction toward system’s interface.
5. Relationship between attitudes of both male and female students towards Dentoplus system.
6. The differences in level of satisfaction of students to the different variables of Dentoplus system.
College of Dentistry, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry & Pharmacy
P.O Box 84891 Riyadh 11681 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Almasari FS, Sadek KW, Alshehri RH, Abduljabbar SM, Alqahtani YS,
AboMostafa A*
Evaluation of Student's Perception in Using
Electronic Dental Records at Riyadh Colleges
Fig.1 Distribution of respondents according to the variable type
Of the 290 respondents, 20% ( n=58) were from level 10 while 19.3% (n=56) were from students of level 8.Levels 7,9 11 and 12 were almost evenly distributed with a percentage of 14.5, 14.1, 16.9 and 15.2 % respectively as shown in Fig.2. (Note: levels 7 & 8 represent 4th year students, levels 9&10 represent 5th year students and level 11 & 12 represent 6th year students)
Fig.2 Distribution of respondents according to the variable of the academic level
Asked about their experience with computer usage, a clear majority of the research sample 97.9% (n=284) responded that they have experience with the computer while 2.1% (n=6) had no experiences with computers. Fig.3.
Fig.3 Distribution of respondents according to their expertise in the use of computer
Students were seen to have got used to the new Dentoplus system very quickly as majority of respondents had previous experience with computer handling .The arithmetic mean average to this variable was 3.91 with a standard deviation of ±1.04
More than 75% of the users of the system agreed to the fact that they had no problems whatsoever in following the sequences of the screens (3.82±0.98)
A total of 66% (n=189) of the study group thought that the system had enhanced their productivity than when using the paper file system, but 21% (n=61) were not sure. This attitude of the respondents had an arithmetic mean of 3.75 with a standard deviation of ±0.98
N
Items
Mean
Std
Ranking
1
Dentoplus at the college is easily accessible.
4.22
0.79
1
2
Dentoplus tutorial video given before using the system was sufficient.
3.34
1.10
13
3
I got used to the system very quickly
3.91
1.04
7
4
Entering the patient data into the system does not increase my workload
3.36
1.22
11
5
All patients' data can be entered without assistance.
3.22
1.31
14
6
Using Dentoplus system is practical
4.00
0.82
5
7
There is no confusion in following the sequence of screens
3.82
0.98
9
8
The speed of the system is practical
3.36
1.18
12
9
While entering data, I have encountered collapse/freezing of the system
3.83
1.00
8
10
feel that Dentoplus system is better than the paper file system
4.12
1.10
2
11
The system enhances my productivity
3.75
0.98
10
12
I feel that Dentoplus system is required to improve data accuracy
3.93
0.94
6
13
The system decreases data security and confidentiality of patient details
2.98
1.22
15
14
The system improves communication between dental departments
4.01
0.94
4
15
The list of clinical procedures programmed into the system cover all the procedures intended to be performed by the students in the clinic.
4.02
0.97
3
Overall mean
3.72
0.86
Frequency
Per cent
Very un satisfied
5
1.7
Not satisfied
28
9.7
Don't know
24
8.3
Satisfied
149
51.4
Very satisfied
84
29.0
Total
290
100.0
Table.2. Distribution of respondents according to the degree of satisfaction with the system – Dentoplus.
Table.1. Arethmetic mean and standard deviation of student’s attitude towards Dentoplus system . Questions were ranked depending on Mean value.(Sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values).
Although more than half of the students (58%; n=166) reported that the entry of patient data into the system did not increase their workload when comparing with the paper file system, a significantly high percentage of 31% (n=89) found it more difficult in data entry with a mean average of 3.36 ± 1.22 Table.1
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