Dental application: The steps toward the implementation of the CephSmile plus Services

Software plus Services might be the next step in the evolution of computing. Software plus Services is a concept that Software as a Service (SaaS) complements the traditional packaged software running on both client and server by services adding value. CephSmileV2 is dental application software for 2D cephalometric analysis, dental model analysis and focusing on orthodontics treatment planning and applied to simulate changes on the facial profile after receiving treatment. CephSmileV2 could be used to analyze craniofacial growth changes that lead to skeletal discrepancies and to study the cause of malocclusions. Since CephSmileV2 is intended to be sell as services or so called CephSmile plus Services, therefore, the implementation of the program to enable access to the web database is developed. There are two main steps for developing the CephSmile Plus Services. First step is the development of CephSmile V2 Program, which six main features have been developed as follows: Lateral Cephalometric Analysis, Superimposition, Orthodontic Treatment Simulation, PA Cephalometric Analysis, 3D Skull Simulation from 2D x-ray views and Dental Model Analysis. Second step is the implementation of CephSmile Plus Services, which divided in to two main steps: First step is the development of web database which is designed using PHP and MySQL. Second step is the further developing on the CephSmile V2 program to connect to the database via the network follow REST guideline using GET and POST methods. The result shows that CephSmileV2 can be used as a diagnostic tool for orthodontics treatment and simulation which requires username/password to login to database. The result also demonstrates the details of login user to use the CephSmile V2 program in term of amount of hours, amount of usages, functions that user has been accessing. Also the administrator is allowed to create the user account and setup the capabilities of user level in different packages: gold, silver, platinum and titanium packages. It is concluded that CephSmile plus Services can be provided to the orthodontist community as software plus services.