Paul Feuerstein DMD handout page 2

Paul Feuerstein, DMD

Technology review and workshop- page 2

Patient Education

ORASPHERE www.dentalpatienteducation.com was called Communident

Digidentist The Dental Wizard

Medvisor (Now Dentrix GURU) presentations on tablet or pen enabled monitors. Very interactive. Cercon Coach uses Medvisor as its backbone.

XCPT Using your patient’s X-rays or digital images, XCPT allows for real-time treatment planning with a patient participating at your side. With
XCPT, the doctor and staff quickly draw or graphically drop crowns, implants, notes, and more right on their own images. In this way, the patient is able to see the plan of treatment and projected outcome.

BiteFX amazing animations of Occlusion, TMD

Voice Recognition

IBM Via Voice, Dragon Naturally Speaking

Office intercom

Amtel- a traditional light/text system- Look for them at most dental meetings. Say hi to Jack- a dental meeting fixture.

Light simulations on computer networks:

CIEOS CAI www.cieos.com

Smoke Signals Software

SoftCom (www.kcinternational.net)

Venga

Bluenote new product from Dallas

Computer Restorations- Lab

Procera, Cercon (Dentsply), CEREC-In-Lab, LAVA (3M), Everest (KaVo), DCS (BienAire)

Computer Restorations- In-office scanned and manufactured

CEREC 3/ 3D

Schein Evolution 4D

Computer Restorations- In office scanners- export to lab

Cadent -hundreds of restorations have been completed by users

Brontes3D Now a 3M company- launched early 2008. Now called LAVA COS ( Chairside Oral Scanner)

Densys3D - Israeli company in final testing last Q 2007.

CEREC now can be sent to CEREC labs- CERECCONNECT

Computer Appointment confirmation

Televox- Housecalls

Tel-A-Patient

Vali-date (.com) (may be gone 10/2005)

Smilereminder.com send text messages to your patients' cell phones

Dental Sesame/ Sesame Communications

Demand Force

Elexity new in 2008- sponsored version- no charge to dental office

Computer Perio Charting

Florida Probe

PerioPal - new charting software. Voice recognition. Patient education.

Dental Rat- innovative foot controlled mouse- you have to see it to appreciate it. New wireless model

Perio Risk Assessment www.previser.net

Shade systems

Shade Scan (Cynovad) out of production 2007?

Shade Eye ( Shofu) out of production 2007?

Clear Match (Smart) ( Software- all you need is your digital camera and their Black and White card)

Shade Vision (X-Rite)

Easy Shade (VITA)

Olympus - prototype shown in Chicago 2007

THE LADDER- a unique non digital approach to shade matching. This is a very different shade guide that uses photographs of subtle characteristics of teeth allowing the dentist to transmit concepts to the lab. It goes way beyond just "the shade". At about $250 (although your lab will need a copy too-you can get 2 for $400) you will save hours of remakes. www.4theladder.com

Virtual Study Models

Edentalmodels

OrthoCad

Computer Hardware – Min Requirements This may not be up to date due to rapid fluctuation of hardware. See course notes.

Depends on what the workstation is being used for. Front desk for example has different requirements from treatment room

Windows Vista- be sure your PM system is compatible before installing.

Some cameras may need "Video Capture Cards" although new models use USB or Firewire

ATI All In Wonder, Hauppauge http://www.hauppauge.com/ Win Tv (also USB)

Look for these connectors in new computers: Firewire connector, USB2

WiFi is an option: Wireless 802.11b (older slower), 802.11g (most used)- 5 times faster. New"N"

Bluetooth

Dual Monitors: According to Dell: they recommend the 32Mb, ATI RADEON VE VGA/DVI (DUAL MONITOR) or the 32MB AT RADEON, VGA (DUAL MONTIOR). They would want to go with the first one, VGA/DVI if they are going with the Flat panel monitors, and the other video card if they are going with any other type of monitor. However, if they are selecting a Flat Panel monitor analog, for example a E151FP or E171FP then they can go with the second card. It is essential that if they select a digital monitor that they select a card cable of supporting a digital monitor which is why they would want the DVI card (DIGITAL VIDEO INPUT).

Examples of compact hardware (CIEOS Cieoport- mounts in wall www.cieos.com) Note- Cieos installs medical grade flat screen monitors- easily cleaned and designed for treatment area use.

Consultants (regional names given at the lecture)

Ekram Khan www.cieos.com Consulting, design, integration, specialized hardware solutions. Now has software packages including a new imageing product 2005.

Lorne Lavine, DMD www.thedigitaldentist.com Consulting, design, integration

Massachusetts Comlink ( www.comlinkma.com) ask for John Tran ( Amazing pricing on computers- custom built- he will ship)

Northwest US : http://www.crctechnologies.com/ http://www.dentalsystemsintegrators.com/

Networking computers

Network card, CAT5, CAT6 Wire, Hub/Switch

Snapserver-(now owned by Adaptec) hard drive that just plugs into hub www.snapappliance.com (look at "success stories" for the my story). This is called a network appliance- it is essentially a hard drive that shows up in your network neighborhood. You can "map" it and store images on it centrally and access it from any computer on the network.

Wireless 802.11B or A or G Linksys.com or Netgear.com or Dlink.com. New faster and further reaching wireless configurations in 2005. There is now "super G" and "pre-N". N is not yet official but it exists. Be careful with security- it has to be encrypted to avoid people from getting into your network.

Keyboards, mouse- Logitech wireless desktop. Creative has an inexpensive wireless set online

Intellimouse- no ball uses lasers

Keyboards and mice ( is that the correct plural?) There are many products that will allow disinfection of these devices to avoid cross contamination. According to Rella Christensen of CRA high ethyl alcohol content cleaners are sufficient for this type of disinfection. Lysol is one of these products. (You can learn more about CRA and their courses by clicking here www.cranews.com ). There are also several covers and barriers made for keyboards. Some are universal covers while others are custom made for each major keyboard manufacturer.

These products are washable and can be sprayed down:

Virtually Indestructible Keyboard (grandnet.com)

Unotron keyboard and mouse

Ikey keyboard and mouse

SmallPC

CleanKeys (touchfreecomputing.com) Flat glass top- cleanable

Protective covers:

Viziflex Seels viziflex.com

Protect Computer products protectcovers.com

Backup

Uninterrupted Power Supply- UPS (battery backup)

APC, Tripp, Blackout buster

Two hard drives- Duplidisk- www.arcoide.com

Karen's Replicator www.karenware.com -automatically backs up files from one computer ( or folder ) to another. Set up multiple backup folders for different days. This can be downloaded for free for home use. You should pay for it if you use it in the office- She sells a disk for about $30. optional. Let your conscience guide you.

Handheld Device Software

www.Handango.com (palm, pocket PC)

www.Dentalpda.com (palm)

Viruses