title: Computer systems for dental practice management. A new generation of independent dental software.
abstract: A new generation of computer programs for dental patient management eliminates total dependence on the vendor for programming support. The software design enables information collected with the dental system to be transferred to popular off-the-shelf programs designed for business. A simplified example is used to illustrate for practitioners the advantages of this type of data structure management. Programs designed on this basis offer optimum performance and expandibility for both present and future needs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Gilboe
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D012984:Software