Google glass in dentistry

[Roman Ripp]

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Hi all,

I am Computer Science graduate student at the University of Minnesota and I have an idea for application that will help dentists. The idea is to use Google Glass to display helpful information and keep hands free during appointment. Can you give me an idea what doctor might need than seeing a patient? Magnifying glass? Anatomy atlas? Procedure guidelines? And where I can find this content.
Thank you.

 

[sacapuntas]

I love the idea, but I will wait for more seasoned dental students/dentists to chime in on exact applications.

 

[Roman Ripp]

Thank you for your reply, any thoughts are valuable. Can you think of an information that can be useful when seeing a patient?

 

[Screwtape]

medical history, patient's dental chart, any personal notes about the patient
a dentist should not need an anatomy atlas or procedure guidelines…maybe a dental student though

 

[sgv]

How about streaming Netflix? I love being distracted while doing endo! JK

How about linking the anesthesia machine and vital signs in real time with Google glass for oral surgeons and peds!

In medicine general anesthesia and surgery is a two man job but in dentistry a single dentist does both. There's been a lot of media attention on dentists who centralize both jobs and neglect to continually check on the patient and when the patient convulses or whatever, it's often too late, and the patient dies.

There's also a good chance I don't know what the **** I'm taking 'bout.

There's a famous book by Atul Gawande called The Checklist Manifesto about how a simple checklist enforced by hospitals reduced contamination from central IV lines by a significant percent. Upload the same checklist onto Google glass.

Marketing Google glass to the general public is stupid because people are afraid to get robbed, it's socially awkward to be so easily distracted, and it's as worse as people who talk on bluetooth. You could make an argument that Google glass use can be made acceptable in a healthcare setting if it improves care. Otherwise, you will look like a douche...

Til DFV, Surgitel, and Orascoptic loupes come with Google glass...

 

[Saddleshoes]

Thank you for your reply, any thoughts are valuable. Can you think of an information that can be useful when seeing a patient?

How about the patient's criminal record?

 

[FlyingSky]

medical history, patient's dental chart, any personal notes about the patient
a dentist should not need an anatomy atlas or procedure guidelines…maybe a dental student though

This and having the radios would be cool, infos about the materials you are using etc

 

[OhioDMD]

When I sit down to start things that I want and are only a mouse click away are the scheduled treatment for today, relevant medical history along with any alerts (drug & latex allergies, bisphosphonates, anticoagulants, metabolic disorders & potentially contagious illnesses), a periapical and/0r bitewing radiograph of the tooth or area to be treated today.

In each of my operatories within arms reach is a 27 inch flat touch screen monitor that with a mouse or cotton tipped applicator gives me access to my dental software (DOX), pt radiographs (carestream) and I plug my digital X-ray sensors and intraoral camera into its USB ports for capture. When I am working on a patient I wear loupes in my general practice. IMHO in my practice google glass would be better used by patients as a distraction during long procedures (endo & period) much like the IO glasses of the 90's.

 

[Silent Cool]

When I sit down to start things that I want and are only a mouse click away are the scheduled treatment for today, relevant medical history along with any alerts (drug & latex allergies, bisphosphonates, anticoagulants, metabolic disorders & potentially contagious illnesses), a periapical and/0r bitewing radiograph of the tooth or area to be treated today.

In each of my operatories within arms reach is a 27 inch flat touch screen monitor that with a mouse or cotton tipped applicator gives me access to my dental software (DOX), pt radiographs (carestream) and I plug my digital X-ray sensors and intraoral camera into its USB ports for capture. When I am working on a patient I wear loupes in my general practice. IMHO in my practice google glass would be better used by patients as a distraction during long procedures (endo & period) much like the IO glasses of the 90's.

Ohio,
Do you ever contract with a CRNA to perform sedation dentistry?

 

[wb1]

How about the patient's criminal record?

Do you work in the correctional facility?

 

[ohcdc]

Google glass would be a great idea for dentisty, as a dentist, during treatment we constantly need to look at patient's digital xrays that's either being display on a viewbox (if the xray is traditional film) or on a monitor (if the xray is digital, which most are these days), and we also constant look at patient's current treatment plan or previous progress notes.
as for new patient we need to dictate patient current conditions such as cavities, periodontal conditions(gum health), any abnormal lesions,
i would imagine it would be great for both practitioner and patients, showing them what we see in terms of any pathologic conditions, displaying their oral cavity in their google glass display.
also dictating our progress notes at the end of each appointment, at a busy dental practice, hand writing notes or typing can take up a lot of precious treatment time.

if your planning to implement google glass to dentistry, then i would be the first to buy it!! i can think of hundred of other applications

 

[summit30]

Hi, Roman. I sent you a PM.

 

[Daymon Capers]

Your thoughts is very valuable for me. Thanks for this information.

 

[CleverThought]

I would suggest heading over to Dental Town forums, if you haven't already, and see what they suggest. I'd be interested to see what dentists for have been practicing for many years would like to see Google Glass be used for

 

[tbond5]

Just got the email to buy google glass. Freaking A it's 1500 bucks.

 

[sacapuntas]

Just got the email to buy google glass. Freaking A it's 1500 bucks.

It looked like a few of the Seahawks players were wearing the google glass after the Superbowl to record the events...it looks pretty bad on people, but there was one guy wearing a gopro stuck to his head that looked worse at least.

 

[diasIItema]

If Google glass could look at a cast and outline an RPD design...

 

[Seahawk]

Has anyone (company) ever put a camera on a high speed? I guess you could stream it to the screen?

 

[shendo]

Roman,
I'm glad you are interested in seeing how Google glass can be implemented into the dental field. One issue with your idea is that more and more dentists are wearing dental loupes when they work on patients so it would be impractical for them to be wearing google glass at the same time. Like one of the other posters had mentioned, I would be intrigued if one of the loupe companies decided to incorporate this technology into their loupes since it would be more practical/user friendly.

 

[Zubnaya Feya]

Roman,
I'm glad you are interested in seeing how Google glass can be implemented into the dental field. One issue with your idea is that more and more dentists are wearing dental loupes when they work on patients so it would be impractical for them to be wearing google glass at the same time. Like one of the other posters had mentioned, I would be intrigued if one of the loupe companies decided to incorporate this technology into their loupes since it would be more practical/user friendly.

 

[SSTR]

It's not a terribly far stretch to imagine using a program like Logicon caries detection in an application like this. Enter Ray Kurzweil (Transcendent Man)

 

[shendo]

Just checked back on this thread...it's cool and exciting to see that someone is already trying to incorporate google glass technology with loupes!