4.4 Electronic management systems.

The international development and deployment of an electronic modularized dental curriculum is central to the development of an electronic engine to be used for the effective management of dental education. This will ensure continuity in high quality of care across all boundaries, through the continuous updating of its content and linkages to contemporary resources and databases. An electronic engine to be used for the effective management of dental education in a comprehensive dental school/hospital setting is at the core of an international 'virtual' dental education institution.

Spectral analysis of /s/ sound with changing angulation of the maxillary central incisors.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to measure the influence of the maxillary central incisors free from adaptation phenomena using spectral analysis.

Materials And Methods: The maxillary dentures of 18 subjects were duplicated. The central incisors were fixed in a pivoting appliance so that their position could be changed from labial to palatal direction.

Optical data acquisition for computer-assisted design of facial prostheses.

Purpose: The conventional impression technique for manufacturing facial prostheses has the disadvantage of deforming the soft tissues because of the tension caused by the impression material, as well as causing discomfort to the patient. The purpose of this study was to establish a system that allows contact-free reproduction of the facial surface combined with computer-assisted design and fabrication of facial prostheses.

Materials And Methods: Three-dimensional data of the facial surface were obtained using an optical acquisition system based on the method of phase-measuring profilometry.