А Simple Path to Digital Dentistry.
Today, we’ll explain what digital dentistry is and answer key questions: why it’s important and how a modern practice can implement it.
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Why Dental Data Remains Siloed.
Today’s dental practices are overwhelmed with data. This information comes from a wide range of sources and exists in many different formats. Data sources include equipment, phone calls, face-to-face communication with patients, results from other software systems, and more. Data types range from medical records and imaging to treatment plans and diagnoses, as well as patient contact details and scheduling information.
The root of this fragmentation lies in the fact that each data source – such as scanners – stores information in its own separate database. As a result, retrieving a complete patient profile requires multiple requests across different systems, which significantly reduces the practice’s overall efficiency.
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Centralized data is the foundation of digital dentistry.
One way to address the problems described above is to consolidate patient data from different sources into a single location. Modern technology makes this relatively straightforward through the use of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), which are supported by most modern IT systems and equipment.
In our view, our platform can become the central hub and the key to digital dentistry. Imagine this: instead of juggling multiple workspaces, you have everything in one app.
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Digital Dentistry.
In our view, digital dentistry today is a combination of modern diagnostic dental equipment and various digital tools, all integrated to improve the efficiency of working with patient data.
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Integration Planning: Equipment, Services, Data.
Before looking at specific integrations, it’s also helpful to note that many practices now use AI Symptom Checker from Ubie Health and from similar tools or digital pre-assessment forms to collect a patient’s concerns in advance, giving clinicians clearer context before the visit. Together, these digital tools help streamline the intake process and ensure that each patient’s visit begins with accurate, well-organized information.
A key task in building digital dentistry is determining which diagnostic equipment and services will be used in your practice – and what kind of information they will exchange.
Common data exchange scenarios include:
Appointment times appearing in popular calendar apps.
Patient payment transactions being sent to the POS terminal.
A new visit being scheduled in the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system and automatically appearing in the calendar of our program.
The patient record database being synced with any cloud service.
An intraoral scanner image being attached to the patient’s record or treatment plan.
A scan command being sent from the patient’s record directly to the intraoral scanner.
AI generating a diagnosis based on an image attached to the patient’s file.
Login to the system being performed via National ID.
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50+ Integrations and Growing with User Requests.
We’ve already developed a digital dentistry section that features integrated partner cloud services and equipment you can connect to our software and configure to exchange data based on your specific workflow.
Currently, the section includes around 50 integrations, and new ones are added within just a few days at the request of our users.
