Dental office and operatory network

The doctors of a dental practice working extensively in arena of cosmetic dentistry wanted to integrate new networked computer technology into their existing dental operatories.

The goal was to allow a doctor to show the patient, in real time, images from an oral camera as well as digital x-rays on a high resolution computer monitor while the patient was in the chair. The doctor wanted to have the ability to record still pictures as well as live video from the oral camera and store the images in the patient’s digital file while performing procedures.

McMillan installed workstations in each of the seven existing operatories with the CPU hidden out of sight and the LCD monitor screen mounted on an articulating arm attached to each dental chair. Completing each operatory was a wireless keyboard with a built in pointing device.

Oral camera base stations were installed in each operatory so any of the several new oral cameras could be quickly utilized in whichever operatory was in use.

The operatory workstations were tied into the business side of the network enabling doctors to access their practice management software to give them immediate access to pictures, x-rays, and treatment plans for the patient they were with.

In conjunction with the operatory make over, McMillan replaced the client’s aging server and coordinated with the practice management software vendor to upgrade their primary application as part of the cutover to the new server hardware platform.

The client experienced no unanticipated downtime as the new network was deployed between end of business Friday and start of business the following Monday.