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Dental
informatics:
Time to join the
revolution?
Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD
titus@pitt.edu
Jules Eugène Lenepveu (French, 1819-1898),
Jeanne d'Arc en armure devant Orléans
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ADA definition:
“Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is an approach to
oral health care that requires the judicious
integration of systematic assessments of clinically
relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's
oral and medical condition and history, with the
dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's
treatment needs and preferences.”
ADA Policy on Evidence-based Dentistry, 2/2008
Evidence
Patients’
Clinical
needs &
expertise
preferences
• established in 2007
• > 1,000 members from 30 countries
• self-declared interest in DI
• emphasizes access to discipline
• resources:
– member directory
– tutorials and white papers
– publication archive
– project directory
• www.dentalinformatics.org
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Dental informatics research (dental
students)
• Time utilization in clinical dentistry (Diane Ko, 2010)
• Development of a 3D model for patient records in
general dentistry (Andrew Martin, 2008)
• Development of a controlled terminology for dental
diagnoses and findings (Jonathan Misner, 2008)
• Influence of a 3D model on clinical decision-making in
general dentistry (Amat Kamat, 2007)
• Interacting with information during dental charting
(Colleen Dugan, 2005)
• Appropriateness of a practice management system for
dental clinical documentation: Usability (Bryce Larsen,
2004)
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Dental informatics online certificate
• online offering through the Department of
Biomedical Informatics
• Five courses
– Introduction to health information technology in
dentistry
– Dental informatics research
– Principles of health informatics
– Applied medical informatics
– Software engineering
• expected start: 2011
• degree options
– Masters (36 credits, 2 years)
– PhD (72 credits, 3-5 years)
• full tuition remission and stipend through
NIDCR
• 35 trainees, > 40 faculty
• offered through DBMI, one of the leading
informatics departments in the US
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Thanks to:
… and
many
others.
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