Every digital radiography salesman will show potential buyers how their software can colorize an x-ray. WOW does it ever look impressive. How does it help you diagnose dental disease????
It doesn’t, it just looks cool. On the other hand Doug Yoon at XDR has developed some software tools that can really help. For example he has a tool that will automatically correct for any distortion in the image as shown in the examples. Now there is a tool we can use every day.

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Dental Practice Optimizer from Sikka Software (www.sikkasoft.com [1]) gathers data from both the practice management system and a financial system like QuickBooks. This data is then analyzed and displayed in easy to understand graphs and comparison charts.
In the past, the alternative has been to gather financial information by hand, send it to an accountant or consultant and then wait several weeks until the numbers were analyzed. And then how did you know how you were doing or how you might compare to the ideal?
With Dental Practice Optimization, in as little as 5 minutes, in you can see all the major business indicators of your dental practice on an easy to use dashboard with red indicating a problem area and green indicating everything is satisfactory?  You can automatically track every aspect of the dental practice, including Fee Schedules, A/R Management, Inventory Management, Supplier, Support, Overhead, Marketing analysis and ROI.

[1] http://www.sikkasoft.com/

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The first and only device on the market that automatically detects subgingival calculus.
Finally, an innovative and affordable solution for clinicians to discover the presence of hidden calculus. Used as a traditional periodontal probe without tactile pressure, it allows the clinician to explore the gingival pockets delicately and continuously, without tactile pressure. When calculus is detected, DetecTar emits audible and visual signals, regardless of the presence of blood or saliva.
From NEKS [1] 

[1] http://www.neks.com/

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ClikRay™ is a totally new system developed by a dentist to take digital sensor images. It is composed of the ClikRay™ “U” Size #2, ClikRay™”01” Size #1 and ClikGuide™ ”G” cone guide ring and rod set. It was designed for maximum patient comfort and ease of use. The system is fully autoclavable and may be used for both Parallel Cone and traditional bisecting angle radiographic techniques. Contact ClikTech at 877.251.0594  or visit on the web at www.clikray.com [1] .
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The device is unique because it allows the user to complete an entire full mouth radiographic series including bitewings with just one instrument. ClikRay™ is fully compatible with same sized standard x-ray film. ClikRay™ “U” fits most size #2 dental sensors and x-ray film, ClikRay™ “01” fits most size #1 sensors and fits both size #0 and #1 x-ray film.
 

[1] http://www.clikray.com/

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