Dental Software - Classification

Classification

There are many types of dental software, in dependence of the specific task, that they do to help the dental practice. One classification is given from Schleyer and Kirsher. They categorize three main categories of dental software: administrative, clinical, and for internet. The clinical category from other side is categorized in: electronic dental records, electronic dental designs, dental imaging software, and software used for diagnostics and treatment. Zimmerman recognizes the following types of computer software, depending from their task: administration and management of patients documentation. electronic archives of the documentation. telecommunication computer - aided education computerizing instruments and techniques in the dental office software helping the clinical decision making. All classifications of dental software are relative, since there are software products, designed for realizing more than one task. A larger classification based on the specific task shows more types of tasks and software. This classification of dental software is:

• Dental administration management
• Dental practitioners records management
• Dental schedules and dental scheduling
• Patient dental records management
• Dental billing
• Dental imaging processing
• Dental diagnostics
• Dental treatment helping
• Computer aided dental education
• Software for usage of dental instruments and other techniques used in the dental practice