As discussed in Part 1, each patient has two 3½" disks (one a backup) on which all recorded DigiGraph data are stored. Information StorageĪnother decision related to the DigiGraph is where to store the patient information. Patients appreciate it as a symbol of the high level of technology involved in their care, and so we suggest that it be visible. Since there are no x-ray emissions, the machine can be placed almost anywhere there is space. Because the DigiGraph makes it possible to see records in the operatory and to use the records for consultations with the patient before, during, and following treatment, a popular site for offices with only one station is the consultation room or doctor's private office.Īctually, the DigiGraph may be placed in any open area of the office.
If the main DigiGraph Work Station is the only unit in the office, the best location may not be the traditional records or x-ray area. It can easily be rolled into the consultation room if required for a case presentation. If only one consultation unit is available, it can be kept in the operatory for on-the-spot progress and post-treatment consultations. These records, stored on 3½" disks, are immediately transferred to the Consultation Station in the consultation room ( Fig. The patient is sent to the records area to have the DigiGraph records taken ( Fig. In this situation, record-taking procedures require little modification.
This seems to work well when the practice also has one or more DigiGraph Consultation Stations. The DigiGraph performs many record-taking functions, so the orthodontist's first inclination is usually to place it in the same room as the cephalostat and/or photographic equipment. It also takes facial, intraoral, and model photographs (see Part 1, JCO, June 1990). 23) is a unique device that allows the clinician to perform non-radiographic cephalometric tracings and analyses, video imaging, and treatment planning, including manipulation of the patient's tracing overlaid on the video image.
Editor's note: Parts 1 and 3 of this series are published in the June and August 1990 issues of JCO.
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