1. Going Digital: Using the DICOM Standard in Dental Imaging
Dr.Nielsen S. Pereira
Luiz Gaspar França dos Santos
PACS Quality Informática Ltda

2. Brazilian Dental Market
Distribution
Total
Dentists
Radiologists
4.356
Clinics
1.650*
Faculties
191
Federal Council of Odontology
*estimated
Hopefully this will make it easier to start reading and using the DICOM standard

3. Going Digital – OptionsDR CR

4. Going Digital – Difficulties and Obstacles
Correct network layout
Proprietary and incompatible image formats
Multiples independent entries and DB
Storage/Query/Retrieve
Incompatibility with dry-printers
X-ray images indexing
RIS/HIS/PACS interoperability
Proprietary System Application, OS and Database

5. Dental Cadi Group

6. Network Layout 6

7. PACS HIS RIS PACS & RIS - Solution DCM4CHEE PACS + FOSS
HL7
DCM4CHEE PACS + FOSS
DICOM + HL7 = EHR
Dental RIS -> TISS (ANS)
DICOM
HIS
RIS
Dental RIS 7

8. Modality Worklist

9. Capture Station

10. Our Quest!!

11. Muito Obrigado!
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.  Martin Luther King, Jr