A new method of direct computer entry for dental epidemiological data using an X-Y digitiser.
A method has been devised for obtaining a rapid and accurate transfer of dental epidemiological data directly from survey sheets or dental charts to computer records by using an X-Y digitiser. The technique involves modification of the conventional 'menu' approach to data entry via a digitiser.
D003201:Computers; D003792:Dental Records; D003813:Dentistry; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods