Mission
Using technology to advance health through education, service, research, and discovery

Overview

Dental Informatics is the Information Technology (IT) hub for the School of Dentistry, providing technology solutions for faculty, staff, and students in service of education, patient service, research and discovery.

With services ranging from web applications, web design and security to data analytics, data mining and analysis, the technology professionals at Dental Informatics can consult and determine a course of action to best suit your needs. The Dental Informatics team is nimble and ever-inquisitive to remain on the leading edge of rapidly emerging technologies, such as intraoral scanners and augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) for use chairside, for research, or for teaching and learning.

Need Help?

You can submit a ticket for faster response, or contact the Help Center: 763-3318 or [email protected]

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Services

The School of Dentistry on-staff security analysts work with the Information Assurance Office and Compliance to keep your data and patient information secure. For the most up-to-date information about security, please visit Safe Computing.

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Dental Informatics can provide data visualizations, reports, and dashboards that you can customize. Dental Informatics can also help analyze your data for significant findings and extract data for research needs.

The University of Michigan School of Dentistry participates in the BigMouth Dental Data Repository.

On-staff instructional designers consult with faculty and students to help educational experience. They provide expertise in technological solutions, surveys, Canvas, and all pedagogical methodologies.

MiDent is a patient management system that is composed of a dynamic set of programs that work together to support patient care and clinical research.

To request a purchase of new computer(s) and or hardware for your department, submit a ticket using the orange button above. You will be contacted by a Help Service personnel to get the process started.

All classroom technology questions about training or demonstrations of equipment, requesting lecture capture or any other questions regarding classroom technology, call 763-3318 or send an email to [email protected].