Overview

Dental informatics specialists look for ways to use computers and new
technologies to enhance the practice of dentistry. Dental informatics
specialists:

Create theoretical models that help dental researchers test new ideas, systems and approaches. A model for oral
cancer, for example, would include information about symptoms of the disease and biological processes that affect cancer growth.
Tools built on this model can help dentists diagnose patients quickly and accurately. Researchers can use the model to test theories
about how to treat disease.