Research Article

Design and Evaluation of Web-Based Dental Implant Registry (DIR) for Better Clinical Outcomes

Table 2

Scenario related to the recording of dental implant data in DIR.

Name of applicationDental implant entry

CodeUC3.3
ScenarioRecording of dental implant data
Brief descriptionThrough this use case, the dentist records the patient’s dental implant data in the system
Care providerDentist
PrerequisitesIt is necessary for the user to login to the system
PrerequisitesThe patient’s dental implant home screen is displayed

Activity processCare providerSystem manager
1: the dentist selects the location of dental implant from the tooth image
2: the dentist records the patient's dental implant data in the relevant form
3: the dentist selects the confirmation option
4: the dentist completes information about complications and problems during surgery
1: the system shows the user the page related to the dental implant, which contains the tooth image and FDI numbering
1–2: it is possible to provide a list of implanted teeth by date in the system 1–3. The accuracy of data is checked
1–4: the dentist answers the item: “Did any complications occur during the surgery?” If the answer is yes, the dentist will be directed to the page of complications and problems during surgery; if the answer is no, the information will be saved.
1–5: the accuracy of data is checked in the system
2–5: data are recorded in the system

Exceptional situations1: if the dentist enters the mandatory data in the fields incompletely or the data is not entered in a specific format, the system will give him an error message in red and will prevent the storage of other information until it is corrected
2: if the user presses the cancel button at any stage of the process, the system will exit the data registration form without any changes
3: if the system has problems in storing information, the necessary message will be shown to the dentist and it will be removed from the data registration form without any changes