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Claudio M Levato

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PubMed2005

Caries management: a new paradigm.

In 2001, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) published its first consensus statement on the management of dental caries in response to the Surgeon General's 2000 report, Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Since then the dental profession has seen the introduction of evidence-based dentistry (EBD) and the classification of risk factors for dental caries, as well as the introduction of many new tools and technologies to augment current diagnostic and treatment applications. This article reviews the literature to explore dentistry's current understanding and management of dental caries. The new paradigm no longer focuses on caries detection and restoration, but on the integration of risk factors and the incorporation of new tools to facilitate early detection and potentially prevent or repair caries lesions.

Clinical Protocols↗
PubMed2004

Putting technology in place successfully.

BACKGROUND: This article discusses how to integrate clinical and administrative workstations into your dental practice from the planning phase to the implementation phase. The author discusses the costs that are associated with integrating technology, as well as the hardware components and configuration. He then discusses in greater detail the core clinical technologies and how they tie in together to facilitate building a cohesive digital patient record. CONCLUSIONS: There are no shortcuts to successfully integrating technology into a dental practice. A significant commitment of time, energy and money is a prerequisite to building a secure and reliable computer network that incorporates all clinical and administrative applications. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Technology is reinventing the world, and dentists need to keep pace with the people they serve. These new and not-so-new technologies will enhance dental services and productivity, which ultimately will raise the bar for the standard of care in dentistry.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed2002

Technology integration: a journey, not a destination.

This article discusses the integration of the latest technologies into the dental practice. Given the rapid rate of obsolescence in computer hardware, clinicians need to look to practice-management software to build the foundation for incorporating all future applications into a smoothly running operation. Combined, the core components of the clinical dental record, digital radiography, intraoral and digital cameras, and cosmetic imaging create an integrated dental image-management system that is becoming a critical factor in how we communicate with our patients and with each other.

Computer Systems↗