Use cases · Dental clinic
Medical history before dental treatment
Paper forms at the dental clinic rely on patients remembering medicine names and conditions on the spot. Before the appointment, TESSA asks about blood thinners, bone-strengthening medicines, diabetes, heart conditions, pregnancy and allergies, and checks them against records where available, so the dentist sees the risks before treatment. For procedures such as extractions, root canals or implants, TESSA explains what will happen, the risks, alternatives and aftercare, and notes the patient's questions. The dentist then takes consent with a better-prepared patient.
At a glance
- Does
- Information gathering, Summarisation, Counselling, Patient education
- Setting
- Dental clinic
- Specialty
- Dentistry
- Who
- Patient-facing
Also searched as
dental medical history form · blood thinners before dental treatment · dental intake
Questions
What does TESSA do in medical history before dental treatment?
Paper forms at the dental clinic rely on patients remembering medicine names and conditions on the spot. Before the appointment, TESSA asks about blood thinners, bone-strengthening medicines, diabetes, heart conditions, pregnancy and allergies, and checks them against records where available, so the dentist sees the risks before treatment. For procedures such as extractions, root canals or implants, TESSA explains what will happen, the risks, alternatives and aftercare, and notes the patient's questions. The dentist then takes consent with a better-prepared patient. It does this through information gathering, summarisation, counselling, patient education.
Does TESSA diagnose the patient?
No, TESSA never gives a patient a diagnosis. It collects and collates the information the patient provides, asks probing questions and performs risk assessment; a clinician reviews the summary and decides, and no diagnosis, summary or management plan reaches the patient until the clinician signs.
What happens if the patient mentions a warning sign?
Warning or worrying signs that require immediate attention or action go straight to the care team without alarming the patient. For time-critical presentations, TESSA supports the clinician only and is not currently intended for patient use.
How is patient information protected?
The patient surface runs on session codes, not names, and each institution's data is kept apart with a full audit trail. Our own Anonesia by TINYHealth is a proprietary software and code that removes PIIs, e.g. names, ID numbers and contact details from text before it reaches an AI model.
How do we start with this use case?
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