title: Basic computing for dental practitioners: 4. Computer applications--spreadsheets and databases.
abstract: This article, the fourth in a series, discusses the uses of spreadsheets and databases in the dental practice.
authors.affiliation: Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weerakone
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003792:Dental Records; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009816:Office Automation; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface