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Current Products and Practices

Personal Digital Assistants in Orthodontics

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK

S. D. M. Chen

Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, UK

G. Lucas

IT Advisor, Wessex Deanery, Highcroft, UK

Address for correspondence: Mr Sunil Hirani, FTTA in Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW UK. Email: sunilhirani{at}aol.com

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have certain advantages over conventional diaries and are thought of as the ‘electronic filofax’. They can be backed up, used for personal and professional organization, integrated with mobile phones for email and Internet access, image storage, logbook functions and audit. They are limited when used for desktop functions. This article attempts to highlight the current advantages and disadvantages of PDAs for use in orthodontics, and provides some guidance to those who are considering the purchase of such a device.

Key words: Personal digital assistants, orthodontics