Artificial intelligence is changing the way we use technology, but for dental practices the important question is simple: can it actually make your working day easier? At Software 4 Dentists, that is exactly what our AI development is focused on. We are introducing practical AI tools directly into Bridge-IT that can reduce time spent typing, speed up everyday tasks and help practices communicate more clearly with their patients.
Here are some of the latest AI features available in Bridge-IT.
Chart Treatments Using Your Voice
Treatment charting can be one of the most repetitive parts of using dental software. Bridge-IT allows the clinician to chart treatments simply by speaking.
Tell Bridge-IT what you want to chart and our AI interprets what you have said and converts it into the appropriate treatment charting.
This means less time using the mouse and keyboard and more time concentrating on the patient.
Voice-controlled charting is designed to fit naturally into the clinical workflow, making charting quicker and easier without requiring the dentist to constantly stop what they are doing to interact with the computer.
Voice-Controlled Periodontal Charting
Bridge-IT also brings the benefits of voice control to periodontal charting.
Recording a full periodontal chart traditionally requires either repeated interaction with the computer or assistance from another member of the dental team.
With Bridge-IT, periodontal measurements can be spoken aloud and entered into the chart using AI-powered voice recognition.
This allows clinicians to work through a periodontal examination naturally while Bridge-IT takes care of recording the information.
For practices carrying out large numbers of periodontal assessments, the time savings can quickly add up.
Quickly Summarise Incoming Letters
Dental practices receive a huge amount of information from hospitals, specialists, other healthcare professionals and third parties.
Reading through a lengthy letter to find the information that actually matters can take valuable clinical time.
Bridge-IT can use AI to analyse received letters and provide a concise summary of the important information.
Instead of having to read through several pages to understand the key points, the dentist can quickly see the information that may require their attention, while still having access to the original document whenever required.
It’s a simple feature, but one that can make managing incoming correspondence considerably faster.
Help Patients Understand Their Treatment Plans
Dentists understand clinical terminology. Patients often don’t.
Bridge-IT can use AI to help turn the information contained within a patient’s treatment plan into a clear, easy-to-understand explanation.
The aim isn’t to replace the conversation between dentist and patient. Instead, it helps support that conversation by explaining why treatments have been recommended in language that is easier for the patient to understand.
Better understanding can help patients make more informed decisions about their treatment and reinforce the advice given to them during their appointment.
Create Referral Letters Using AI
Writing referral letters can be another time-consuming administrative task.
Bridge-IT can dramatically speed this up by using information already recorded within the patient’s clinical record.
Using the patient’s treatments and clinical notes, Bridge-IT can generate a professional referral letter for the clinician to review.
Rather than starting with a blank page and manually copying information from different areas of the patient’s record, the dentist has a ready-made referral that can be checked, amended where necessary and sent.
This can save valuable time while helping ensure that relevant clinical information is included in the referral.
AI That Has a Practical Purpose
There is a great deal of excitement surrounding artificial intelligence, but we believe AI in dental software should have a very straightforward purpose: it should make life easier for the dental team.
That’s why we’re concentrating on features that solve genuine everyday problems.
Whether it’s charting treatments without touching the computer, completing a periodontal chart by voice, understanding a lengthy document in seconds, explaining treatment more clearly to a patient or producing a referral letter without starting from scratch, Bridge-IT is putting AI to work where it can make a real difference.
And we’re continuing to develop new ways of bringing AI into the everyday workflow of dental practices.
Bridge-IT isn’t simply adding AI to dental software. We’re using AI to make dental software work harder for you.
