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The Digital Dentist

Welcome to The Digital Dentist. This is the online blog for Dr. Lorne Lavine, the founder and president of Dental Technology Consultants. If you're thinking of adding to or upgrading your technology systems, then you're in the right place.

Sunday, October 30, 2005

Footin' the Bill

Found an interesting product online. It's a footpedal created by Beckmer called the Dental RAT (Remote Access Terminal). It appears to be a foot pedal that is used primarily to enter periodontal chartings in your software. There are four buttons...click one of them to enter probings from 1-4, hold each one for probings of 5-8. There are also joystick and left/right click buttons.

I can see how this would be a nice solution for hygienists or dentists who work without an assistant. A couple of hesitations: As a periodontist, I'm well aware that the probings don't end at 8 mm, so I don't know how they allow you to enter numbers great than 8. Also, from their installation video online, it appears that the system requires use of a PS/2 port, something that most Dells no longer have (they use USB for keyboard and mouse). Finally, the name...although it takes the place of a mouse, I'm not sure if the name "rat" would have been my first choice :-) But, the system is certainly worth exploring. No idea on pricing.

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