Computers and Networking

• Types of Printers for Your Practice There is no doubt that many dental offices have moved into the digital realm over the past few years. Systems that were primarily paper-based, such as insurance processing, scheduling, and charting are now being accomplished within the digital patient rec...
• To “Serve” and Protect: Choosing A Server The modern dental office continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Many dentists are building or upgrading their practices to achieve their goal of a paperless or chartless system. There are many components to this, which includes electronic chart notes, digit...
• The Paperless Practice As the modern dental practice continues to evolve, many young dentists who are either starting a new practice or purchasing an existing practice are striving towards the ideal of a “paperless” practice. In reality, it is virtually impossible to elimin...
• The "Killer Application" Many dentists have embraced the digital dental practice. Paper-based systems have been replaced by practice management software, intraoral cameras, and digital radiography systems. One of the biggest benefits of these systems is the ability to share data ...
• Technology in the Dental Practice For the graduating senior dental student or recently graduated dentist, there are an unbelievable number of decisions that must be faced. Some of these include whether to buy, associate, or build a new practice, choosing which supplies to use, your lab, a...
• Tablet PCs: The Future of Computing? In previous articles in Dentistry Today (August, 2002, and November, 2002), I examined the advantages of having computers in the treatment rooms and specifically looked at Internet access and its applications in the operatory. While there are certainly ma...
• Tablet PCs In a previous article in The Digital Dentist, I discussed the benefits of traditional desktop-style computers over laptops, focusing on the better price/performance ratio, larger screens, and expandability. However, there is a relatively newer class of la...
• Software in the Dental Practice The progressive dental practice has evolved considerably since the late 1980’s. Practices are moving towards a “paperless” or “chartless” concept, where records are kept in a digital format. The advantages of this type of system should be obviou...
• Printers There is no doubt that many dental offices have moved into the digital realm over the past few years. Systems that were primarily paper-based, such as insurance processing, scheduling, and charting are now being accomplished within the digital patient rec...
• Printer Solutions for Dentists' Offices Image is Everything

  There is no doubt that many dental offices have moved into the digital realm over the past few years. Systems that were primarily paper-based, such as insurance processing, scheduling, and charting are now being accomplished within ...

• Phosphor Plates

  In the past issue of The Digital Dentist, we explored the main criteria for picking a sensor-based system. There is no doubt that sensors are still the most dominant type of digital radiography system on the market in terms of units sold. However, ove...

• Network Know-How I have discussed many times in previous articles the need for computers in the operatories. Besides being mandatory to use high-end digital systems like intraoral cameras and digital radiography, they also allow the office to become more decentralized by ...
• Looking at the Vista If you are a fan of computers or technology, then you’ve probably heard of Microsoft’s long-overdue and much-delayed operating system, Vista. Originally scheduled for late 2003 (if you can believe that!), it has already been released for Enterprise cu...
• How to Choose Dental Software For the new dentist in 2001, the practice options have increased dramatically in the past few years. It wasn’t too long ago that the economy was down and banks were unwilling to finance new practitioners. Most senior dental students were left with few c...
• Harnessing the Internet Driving Real Business Value Through More Effective Patient Communication

  As dentists, our lifeblood is ensuring a perpetual patient base. How do we harness the power of online communication to drive both business volume and value?
  Patient relationship...

• HSAA Practice Management Software The modern Canadian dental practice continues to evolve rapidly in the new millennium. Many practices that were once paper based are becoming chartless and digital, with such high-tech systems as intraoral cameras, digital radiography, digital cameras, an...
• Desktop vs. Laptop In the last installment of The Digital Dentist, we explored the features of a typical operatory computer and reviewed the basic criteria for choosing a desktop or tower system. In recent years, though, many companies are recommending laptops as an alterna...
• Dentistry Today As many dentists are well aware, there are numerous integrated technology systems that are part of the modern dental practice. Few will argue that the Practice Management Software is the most important component, as it ties many of these different systems...
• Computers in the Operatory Recent surveys from various dental journals suggest that the vast majority of dentists have become computerized in the last decade. Most dentists would have difficulty handling their schedules, billing, insurance, and a host of other functions without the...
• Computer Servers To “Serve” and Protect

  The modern dental office continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Many dentists are building or upgrading their practices to achieve their goal of a paperless or chartless system. There are many components to this, which includes...

• Clinical Dentistry and the Internet There are few practices today that are running without the assistance of at least one computer system and dental practice management software. Most dentists have come to appreciate the convenience and additional efficiency of centralized patient data, ins...
• Choosing a Dental Operatory Computer Computers in the Operatory

  For the new dentist, there are many decisions related to technology that must be made when designing and starting their first practice. Choosing practice management software is certainly the most important, and we have discus...

• Choosing a Computer According to a recent survey, only 30% of dentists currently have computers in the operatories. For the office that wished to move towards the “paperless” or chartless concept that is all the rage right now, computers in the treatment rooms are mandat...
• 10 Things You Should Know Before Upgrading Over the past few years, there have been a number of changes throughout the dental industry. Nowhere has the change been more pronounced than in the area of practice management (PMS) software. Recent consolidations and alliances have created the need for ...