JP2002083060A - Dental clinic introduction system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily have advice regarding teeth anywhere and anytime and to have teeth treated by selecting a dental clinic out of introduced dental clinics by using a portable information terminal that a person always puts on and an information terminal such as a personal computer. SOLUTION: An in-mouth photographic image of an examinee photographed by an information terminal 11 equipped with a camera function is sent to a personal computer 14 of a mediator 13 through the Internet 12. The mediator 13 makes a dental check on the in-mouth photographic image by a dentist or dental hygienist 18 under contract. Then the mediator 13 informs the examinee of the judgment result of the dental check and introduces a dental clinic 19 registered as a member. Consequently, the examinee can selects a desired doctor for treatment and easily have teeth treated according to free intention.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a dental check based on an intraoral photograph image and / or a questionnaire taken by a personal digital assistant having a camera function possessed by an individual,
The present invention relates to a dental clinic introduction system for introducing a dental clinic.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has been pointed out that valuing teeth in various medical fields is important for maintaining physical health. Therefore, interest in teeth is increasing regardless of age or gender. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a dental checkup is generally performed by a person directly going to a dentist or regularly undergoing a checkup at a company or school.

[0003] Recently, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. HEI 1 (1999) discloses a dental examination method in a depopulated area or a business site where a dentist cannot be dispatched.
There is a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 0-91703. This prior application technology uses a digital camera 1 and the Internet 3 as shown in FIG. That is, the oral cavity of the examinee is photographed by the digital camera 1 as a color photograph, and the photograph and the health examination questionnaire of the examinee are transmitted to the intermediary company 4 via the Internet 3 by the personal computer 2. The intermediary company 4 creates an electronic medical record examination database 8 on the server 6 based on the oral photograph image of the examinee and the health examination questionnaire. Thereafter, the dentist who has contracted in advance accesses the examination database 8 from the personal computer 9 via the Internet 3, reads out the electronic medical record of the examinee, and performs a dental health examination by viewing the oral photograph image and the questionnaire result. The electronic medical record is completed and stored in the examination database 8. And
Finally, the intermediary company 4 transmits or mails the completed electronic medical record to the examinee 10 via the Internet 3.

[0004]

However, the diagnosis method in which the person goes directly to the dentist and receives a dental health check has a drawback that the diagnosis cannot be easily received. That is, when it is difficult for a dentist to receive a diagnosis within a normal medical hours, it is easy to avoid visiting a dentist. Also, the pain and annoyance associated with the treatment tended to discourage a dentist's diagnosis. In addition, although he would like to have a dental checkup, he did not have any particular pain in his teeth and did not have the opportunity to go to the dentist. For this reason, in the conventional dental examination method, the present situation is that a cavity or the like progresses to a painful level before going to a dentist. This is the same even when a medical examination is regularly performed at a company or a school, and it is diagnosed that dental treatment is required.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, a digital camera 1 is connected to a personal computer 2, and a dental checkup is performed by a dentist or a dental hygienist based on an intraoral photograph taken by the digital camera 1 via the Internet 3. In the method,
It is limited to regular group examinations in schools and companies, and to examinations of examinees in remote areas. Therefore, it has not been possible for individuals to freely and freely meet the demands of having a dental checkup anytime, anywhere.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems and has been improved and eliminated. The present invention utilizes an information terminal such as a portable information terminal or a personal computer which a person always wears. Thus, it is intended to provide a system in which dental advice can be easily received at any place and at any time, and a dental clinic can be selected from among the introduced medical services to receive treatment.

[0007] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention employs an information terminal having a camera function and an intraoral photographic image of the examinee taken by the information terminal. A determination means for receiving a dental check on the intraoral photograph image via the Internet, and a means for notifying the examinee of the determination result of the dental check and for introducing a registered dental clinic. This is a dental clinic introduction system characterized by the following. According to the present invention, a dentist or a dental hygienist takes an intraoral photographic image of a subject by using an information terminal such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a personal computer having a camera function, and uses the information via the Internet. We perform dental check as advice. Therefore, the examinee can receive the advice of the dental check and the member registration information of the dental clinic from the intermediary, and can select a clinic to receive treatment. Therefore, the examinee can easily receive dental treatment based on free will.

[0008] The means of claim 2 adopted by the present invention is:
An information terminal having a camera function, and an intra-oral photographic image of the subject and / or a questionnaire of a preset content photographed by the information terminal are received via the Internet, and a dental check judgment and / or the or- ral oral photo image is received. A judgment means for making a judgment on the questionnaire, and a means for notifying the examinee of the judgment result of the dental check and / or the questionnaire and introducing a registered dental clinic. It is a dental clinic introduction system. According to this invention, a questionnaire having contents set in advance in addition to or independently of the invention of claim 1 is used. Using this, it is possible to select a doctor's office to receive treatment, and it is possible to easily receive dental treatment based on free will, as in the case of the first aspect of the present invention.

Further, the means of claim 3 adopted by the present invention is a means for transmitting the intraoral photographic image and the result of the dental check to a specific dental clinic selected by a request from the examinee. It is a dental clinic introduction system according to claim 1 or 2 provided. According to this invention, in addition to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the dentist of the selected clinic can use the intraoral photograph image of the examinee, the advice result of the dental check, and the like.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings. 1 to 7 relate to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire system, FIG. 2 is a flowchart, and FIGS. 3 to 7 are specific examples of information exchanged through the Internet. It is a drawing showing contents. As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, an i-mode (registered trademark) mobile phone 11 is used as an information terminal having a camera function. Then, the intraoral photographic image of the examinee taken by the i-mode mobile phone 11 is taken into the personal computer 14 of the broker 13 through the Internet 12.

The intermediary agent 13 has a server 15 and a color printer 17 connected to the personal computer 14, and reads the intraoral photograph image of the examinee and the contents of the questionnaire captured by the personal computer 14, and the personal information of the examinee. Data 1 etc. on server 1
5 and, if necessary, taken out of the server 15 and printed out. Further, the broker 13 has software 16 connected to the server 15. The software 16 includes information of a personal database stored in the server 15 and the personal computer 1.
This is for creating a dental check from a diagnosis result such as an intra-oral photographic image taken by a dedicated dentist or dental hygienist taken in through 8 and a questionnaire, and creating an electronic medical record of the service user. Also broker 1
Reference numeral 3 indicates that data can be transmitted / received to / from the personal computers 19 of many dentists who have contracted in advance through the Internet 12.

Next, the operation of the dental clinic introduction system thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
7 will be described with reference to the input contents of the examinee, the example of the questionnaire, and the like in FIG. First, the service user accesses the personal computer 14 of the intermediary agent 13 from the i-mode mobile phone 11 through the Internet 12, and the information to be inputted by the examinee shown in FIG. 3 from the personal computer 14 and the questionnaire shown in FIG. Download the contents of Fill in the necessary information such as name, age, address, telephone number, etc.
Write down the answer to the questionnaire. On the other hand, the service user uses the i-mode mobile phone 11 having a camera function to photograph the front surface, lower jaw, and upper jaw of the oral cavity by themselves or with the cooperation of a third party, and save the image.

Then, the personal data of the examinee, the answer to the questionnaire, and the intraoral photographic image data are
An intermediary (in FIG. 2, J
-DOL) 13 to the personal computer 14. Broker 1
3 is the transmitted examinee (service user)
Each data is stored in the server 15 and is shown to a dedicated dentist or dental hygienist directly through the personal computer 14 or transmitted through the personal computer 18 or printed out by the color printer 17. . The dentist or dental hygienist performs a dental checkup of the examinee based on the data, and completes a dental check (see FIG. 5). If there is a site such as a periodontal disease or a cavity, the dental check should be completed by inputting a mark with a mouse or the like at the corresponding site on the intraoral photograph as shown in FIG.
At the same time, the dentist's findings or dental hygienist's findings are input and completed. This dental check is also stored in the server 15.

The completed dental check is sent to the examinee as dental advice. As for the sending method, the information may be printed by a color printer 17 and mailed.
From the examinee via the Internet 12
The message may be transmitted to the de's mobile phone 11. If you mail it, you will receive an invoice for this service fee, a letter of introduction to a dental clinic that has been registered in advance, and advice and knowledge about dental health that has been automatically regenerated by software processing based on the responses to the questionnaire. You just need to enclose the written document. In the case of transmission to the examinee's mobile phone 11 via the Internet 12, the service usage fee may be collected by the fee collection system by the communication carrier to collect the content usage fee simultaneously with the call fee. You may pay immediately by e-commerce.

The examinee who has received the dental diagnosis result and the letter of introduction of the clinic selects a clinic to receive treatment from the introduced clinic list with reference to the dental diagnosis result, and displays the selected information. The personal computer 14 of the intermediary 13 again from the i-mode mobile phone 11 via the Internet 12
Send to The intermediary company 13 looks at the content received from the examinee, and, as shown in FIG. 7, sends the examinee's personal computer 19 to the personal computer 19 of the dentist at the clinic that the examinee has selected for treatment. The data, the data of the intraoral photographic image, and the result of the questionnaire are transmitted via the Internet 12. The received doctor may communicate with the examinee by e-mail or the like as necessary, specify the date and time of treatment, and diagnose the examinee. At that time, it goes without saying that the data from the broker 13 is referred to.

Incidentally, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed. For example, as an information terminal having a camera function, i-mode
Although the description has been given of the case where the mobile phone 11 is used, a mobile phone having a camera function of another communication method may be used.
It may be a desktop or notebook personal computer with a camera function, or a hand-sized personal digital assistant (PDA) with a camera function. In addition, the exclusive dentist or dental hygienist when performing a dental check,
The dental check may be performed through the Internet 18 or the personal computer 14 of the intermediary agent 13 may be directly operated. In addition, dental check
It may be performed only by a questionnaire from the examinee, or may be performed only by an intraoral photograph image taken by the examinee. Furthermore, the clinic referral commission paid by the examinee to the intermediary agent 13 is a billing method which is usually performed, a method in which a communication carrier receives a content usage fee at the same time as a call fee in a fee collection system, and an e-commerce immediate settlement. And other methods are possible.

[0017]

As described above, in the present invention,
An information terminal having a camera function, receiving an intra-oral photographic image of the examinee captured by the information terminal through the Internet, determining means for performing a dental check on the intra-oral photographic image, and The dental clinic referral system is configured by notifying the result of the dental check and introducing the registered dentist clinic, so that a mobile phone with a camera function or a portable information terminal (PD)
A) and an information terminal such as a personal computer or the like to take an intraoral photographic image of the examinee, and a dentist or a dental hygienist can perform a dental check as advice through the Internet. Receiving advice of the dental check and member registration information of a dental clinic from a trader, a doctor who wants to receive treatment can be selected.

[0018] Therefore, anyone can easily receive a dental check from a personal mobile phone or a personal computer, etc., without causing pain, without choosing a place, and even from a personal home or office. Since a medical examination is possible and there is no need to visit a dental clinic at all, it contributes to early detection and treatment of cavity and periodontal disease. In addition, the examinee himself / herself can check the state of the check location while looking at the printed intraoral photographic image, which is advantageous in that it is easy to motivate health.

In the present invention, it is also possible to perform a dental check by using a questionnaire with preset contents, which is helpful when a dentist or a dental hygienist gives advice. In addition, service users who answered yes to the questionnaire items "I am interested in tooth bleaching" and "I would like to receive painless treatment" can be referred to dental clinics where such treatment can be performed. It is possible to respond to various needs of service users.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of an examinee input screen of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an example of a questionnaire screen of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a dental advice screen of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a dental check screen of the system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a clinic introduction screen of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional dental examination system.

[Explanation of symbols]

11: Information terminal having a camera function (i-mode mobile phone), 12: Internet, 13: Broker, 1
4 ... Intermediary personal computer, 15 ... Server, 16 ... Software, 17 ... Color printer, 18 ... Dentist or dental hygienist's personal computer, 19 ... Dentist's personal computer

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Ayako Hanoshita 3-2-7 Minamikuhoji-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka World Wing Building Twin Bit Japan Corporation F-term (reference) 5B049 BB43 CC00 DD00 GG06 GG09

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information terminal having a camera function, a means for receiving an intra-oral photographic image of the examinee photographed by the information terminal via the Internet, and performing a dental check on the intra-oral photographic image; A means for notifying a patient of the result of the dental check and introducing a registered dental clinic. 2. An information terminal having a camera function, and an intra-oral photograph image of a subject to be examined and / or a questionnaire of preset contents received by the information terminal are received via the Internet, and a dental examination is performed on the intra-oral photograph image. A judgment means for making a check judgment and / or a judgment on a questionnaire, and a means for notifying the examinee of the judgment result of the dental check and / or the questionnaire and introducing a registered dental clinic. Dental clinic introduction system characterized by the following. 3. The dental clinic according to claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting the intraoral photographic image and the result of the dental check to a specific dental clinic selected by a request from the examinee. Referral system.