Title :
Development of a force-sensing device for general dental practitioners to evaluate and control brushing force in dental patients
Author :
Baszynski, M. ; Allen, C.R. ; Moron, Z. ; Heasman, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK
Abstract :
This article describes the development of a clinical instrument to assist dental professionals with oral hygiene instruction. This instrument allows the patient´s brushing force to be measured. Digitised force measurements are captured by a miniature microcontroller and transmitted to a personal computer using a 418 MHz radio transmitter. This personal computer provides an online display of the force-time measurements during toothbrushing. The signal trace is then analysed to extract clinically relevant measurements
Keywords :
dentistry; force measurement; force sensors; medical computing; microcomputer applications; microcontrollers; patient treatment; clinical instrument; dental patients; dentistry; force sensing device; force-time measurements; microcontroller; online display; oral hygiene instruction; personal computer; radio transmitter; tooth brushing force measurements; Brushes; Computer displays; Dentistry; Force control; Force measurement; Force sensors; Instruments; Microcontrollers; Position measurement; Teeth;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, 2001, IEEE International Workshop on. VIMS 2001
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6568-2
DOI :
10.1109/VIMS.2001.924904
