When mouse and keyboard interrupt the chairside dental workflow
Some actions seem simple outside the clinical setting: using a mouse, typing on a keyboard, opening a patient record, scrolling through a diagnostic image or retrieving a file.
During a dental procedure, however, these actions have a real impact on chairside work. The clinician and dental assistant are focused on the patient, with their hands engaged, and every move towards a mouse or keyboard can interrupt the operational flow and reduce concentration.
The question, therefore, is: how can the dental team interact with the computer without touching the mouse or keyboard, while keeping the chairside workflow smooth?
INTERA System: hands-free control and voice dictation for the PC
INTERA System is Tecnomed Italia’s solution for hands-free control and voice dictation of the PC in the dental practice.
It turns the PC into an operational tool integrated into the clinical and administrative workflow, allowing the team to interact with software, diagnostic images, files and digital patient records without touching the mouse or keyboard.
The integrated voice dictation function allows users to dictate and transcribe information directly into the available text fields of the practice management software: clinical notes, periodontal values, patient data, appointment updates and operational instructions.
Compatible with PCs and dental practice management software, plug and play and with no dedicated software required, INTERA System is designed for simple and effective use.
Supporting the whole dental team
With INTERA System, every member of the practice interacts with the PC in a different way, but with the same need: to work more smoothly, hygienically and continuously.
- Dentists and oral surgeons can review diagnostic images, CBCT scans, radiographs, intraoral scans and patient data during chairside work, while dictating clinical notes and operational instructions directly into the software.
- Hygienists can access digital patient records, retrieve the information needed for each appointment and dictate periodontal values, notes and observations.
- Dental assistants can support the retrieval of images, files, patient data and content required during treatment, helping clinical activity and digital management work together more effectively.
- Administrative staff can enter information more quickly, update appointments and manage operational communications through voice dictation.
Depending on the selected configuration, control can take place through a pointer worn on a headband, glasses or headset, or through a wrist or ring device.
Discover INTERA System
In the demo video, Dr Barbara Sabiu, an expert in digital dentistry and AI, shows how INTERA System integrates hands-free control and voice dictation into the daily chairside workflow of the dental practice.
