COMPUTERS IN ORTHODONTICS

A computer is an automatic electronic device capable of
accepting information,
performing operations and calulations acoording to the instructions given,
supply the result of the operations.

It is capable of holding lareg amount of data.
It can perform routine communications with greater speed and accuracy than is humanly possible.

USE OF COMPUTERS IN ORTHODONTICS :
ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS :
Patient appointments and recalls
Billing
Accounting
Inventory controls and supply orders
Dental insurance claims
Document preparation
Referral information
Missed appointments and follow ups

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS :
Patient record storage and retrieval
Patient examination, evaluation an dtreatment planning
Patient motivation
Application designing using CAD CAM
Computerised imaging
Computerised cephalometrics
Computerised growth predictions
Clinical diagnosis and treatment planning

MISCELLANEOUS :
Reveiwing literature
Document preparation
Case presentation
Research