Design and development of an interactive dental chart
Holmnäs, Staffan (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202305078087
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202305078087
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The purpose of this thesis was to develop an interactive dental chart in the Delphi programming language. A company called Abilita commissioned the software development task described in this thesis. The task consisted of graphic design and programming of functionality with the goal to create a complete dental chart. Dental charts are used by dentists and dental assistants to monitor the status of the patient’s oral health. Therefore, it is important that a computerized dental chart includes the ability to show a variety of treatments and diagnoses including tooth decay and periodontal disease.
The topic of this thesis is to demonstrate how to design and develop the interactive elements in a dental charting application. Charts must visualize the components and be comprehensible to the user. Furthermore, the balance between graphical fidelity and comprehensibility must be considered. Consequently, the objective is to demonstrate how to implement intuitive and distinctive graphics visually representative of human teeth. In the finished software, users enter dental notations as inputs which then automatically generate a graphical visualization of the dental issues. The tools used for development consisted mainly of image manipulation software and the Delphi integrated development environment.
Designing a graphical dental chart requires knowledge of concepts from the fields of both dental healthcare and information technology. The goal of this thesis was to connect these two fields and demonstrate how to develop a lucid dental chart.
The topic of this thesis is to demonstrate how to design and develop the interactive elements in a dental charting application. Charts must visualize the components and be comprehensible to the user. Furthermore, the balance between graphical fidelity and comprehensibility must be considered. Consequently, the objective is to demonstrate how to implement intuitive and distinctive graphics visually representative of human teeth. In the finished software, users enter dental notations as inputs which then automatically generate a graphical visualization of the dental issues. The tools used for development consisted mainly of image manipulation software and the Delphi integrated development environment.
Designing a graphical dental chart requires knowledge of concepts from the fields of both dental healthcare and information technology. The goal of this thesis was to connect these two fields and demonstrate how to develop a lucid dental chart.