Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry

Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781605662923

EISBN13: 9781605662930

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-292-3

Description:

Over the last 40 years, dental informatics has implemented numerous technological advancements and discoveries to become a medical research discipline of significant scale and scope.

Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry presents the latest technological applications and advanced research findings of computing in clinical dentistry. This book leads students and advanced researchers to an understanding of current ideas in the analysis of dental data and provides an overview on searching for evidence-based medical and dental information on the Web.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Dental biomaterials
Dental Implantology
Dental radiography
Electronic Health Records
Implant research
Rapid prototyping and dental applications
Software support in clinical dentistry
Software support in oral surgery
Tissue engineering of teeth
Virtual reality dental simulator

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"This book provides information for both informatic researchers and also medical doctors in obtaining a greater understanding of the concepts, issues, problems, trends, challenges and opportunities related to this field of study."

– Andriani Daskalaki, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany

"Forty-one international academics, researchers, and practitioners from a diversity of fields...contribute 18 chapters examining advances in the application of computer and information science in dental practice, research, and program administration.

– Book News Inc. (June 2009)

This comprehensive, near-400-page, work is divided into five main sections and then sub-divided into shorter chapters.

– British Dental Association (February 2010)

Andriani Daskalaki presently works in the field of molecular medicine and bioinformatics at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin. She completed her PhD in 2002 on working in the applications of photodynamic therapy in the area of oral medicine from the Free University of Berlin. She received a two-year DAAD scholarship (1996-1998) for her research in the field of PDT. Dr. Daskalaki received a MS in Medical Informatics from TFH Berlin with her work in “Development of a documentation software for robot-assisted intraoral operations” and a MS degree in bioinformatics with her work in “Variance analysis of multifactor models in gene expression experiments with application to the identification of genetic markers for hypertension.” She received a poster prize for her participation in the International Photodynamic Association Meeting in Nantes. She is the editor of the “Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine” and has presented many oral presentations at national and international meetings. She is a founding member and committee member of the Greek Dental Laser Association. Her research interest areas include systems biology, PDT, and laser applications in dentistry.

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