Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
  • A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
  • A61C19/04—Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
  • A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
  • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
  • G16H10/00—ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data
  • G16H10/60—ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
  • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
  • G16H40/00—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
  • G16H40/60—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
  • G16H40/63—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for recording odontological measuring data such as status of caries and/or parcdontitis in a certain sequence of observations as to the different teeth which are carried out in dental care.
• the object of the invention in question is to simplify the procedure of recording status of caries and status of paro ⁇ dontitis to that degree that the dental nurse will be disengaged from the dentist during the whole procedure of recording. This will result in a substantial reduction of costs, without a decline in standard of dental care. The standard of dental care will rather increase since the risk of erronous recording decreases.
• Another object is to eli ⁇ minate all manual work in connection with epidemiological recording. This is cost-saving and increases the dental standard as epidi iological indices can be offered without any considerable extra costs.
• Another purpose is to reduce the time of the recording of status of parodontitis, when performed by a prophylactician.
• the invention also comprises a device for carrying out the " method in accordance with the invention for recording of measuring data in a certain sequence of observations of a certain kind of examinations , where the device has the specified characteristics as claimed in claim 2.
• the device consists of a handheld device 1 adapted for dental care and, connected to the device 1, a printer equipped device 2, known per se for processing and recording data from the handheld device 1.
• the device 1 has a display 3 designed as a rectangular window M- with three groups of digits and letters 5, 6, 7, and a first group consisting of 16 keys 8 arranged in the form of a curve according to the position of the teeth in the jaw, and numbered 1 - 8, starting with the front teeth and ending with the back teeth, as accepted is, and also the key 8' applicable to upper and lower jaw respectively; and a second group of keys 9 numbered 0 - 9 intended for input of measuring data. Further there is a third group of keys 10 intended for input of various functions and also a fourth group of keys 11 intended for input of which specific partial area of the tooth that the actual recording re ers to.
• the window 4- and all the keys 8, 9, 10 and 11 are placed in a common plane and are covered by a flexible lamina 12 made of a transparent material in order to make the cleaning of the handheld device 1 easier.
• the handheld device 1 is placed in the most convenient way, preferably on the patient's chest, and is used as follows.
• a key of group 8 is depressed for indicating a specific tooth and then a key of group 10 in order to select function. Then a key of group 11 is pushed in order to indicate the specific surface of the tooth and at least a key of group 9 is .pushed to record the measuring data. Whenever applicable the choice between input data corresponding to the upper or lower jaw is made.
• pocket depth The following available options of different functions can be mentioned: pocket depth, mobility of tooth, missing tooth, bleeding,furcation involvement, caries and previous dental treatment.
• Pocket- depth can be read on a grading 15 -on a pocket probe 16.
• the pocket probe 16 may be designed to directly read the pocket depth and transfer the measured value to the handheld device 1 by a wire 17.
• the last figure of measuring data has been fed the entire observation, displayed in the window 4, is automatically transferred to- device 2 to get a recording and a transcript on a paper 18 after an adequate processing in device 2.
• a key for statistical operations can be arranged on device 1 or device 2. Such a key is not shown here since statistical operations usually are carried out automatically by either device 1 or device 2.

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• Dental Tools And Instruments Or Auxiliary Dental Instruments (AREA)

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• 1986
  • 1986-11-20 SE SE8604966A patent/SE8604966L/sv not_active Application Discontinuation
• 1987
  • 1987-11-19 WO PCT/SE1987/000542 patent/WO1988004080A1/en unknown

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