PMID: 20648739Jul 23, 2010Paper

Computer-aided examination reports in clinical functional analysis of TMD.

International Journal of Computerized Dentistry
M O Ahlers, H A Jakstat

Abstract

Clinical functional analysis is the first step in the diagnostic cascade in the diagnosis of craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD). This examination comprises palpation of the muscles, auscultation of noises in the temporomandibular joint, registration of jaw mobility as well as the search for dysfunctional contact relations in static and dynamic occlusion. The structured evaluation of these findings enables an initial diagnosis to be made as the basis for further diagnostics and therapy. Because of the complexity of the material, both the referring dentists and the patients expect a meaningful examination report. However, writing it is extremely time-consuming. New software for the semi-automatic generation of such illustrated medical reports has therefore been developed to reduce internal costs and provide quality assurance. The CMD medical report assistant (dentaConcept) imports the examination data and initial diagnoses through a standardized interface from the dentaConcept diagnostic software CMDfact. The CMD medical report assistant assigns matching texts to the findings on the basis of random number generators and combines these findings-dependent texts with illustrations of the most important findings as well as standard t...Continue Reading

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