Methods Inf Med 2002; 41(02): 168-176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634302
Original Article
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AIDA – Experiences in Compensating the Mutual Weaknesses of Knowledge-based and Object-oriented Development in a Complex Dental Planning Domain

E. Finkeissen
1   Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
,
R. Weber
1   Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
,
S. Haßfeld
2   Hospital for Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
,
U. Koke
3   Hospital for Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
,
T. Wetter
1   Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Publication History

Received 07 April 2000

Accepted 07 November 2001

Publication Date:
07 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Objectives: Dentistry is a discipline with two properties that pose a serious challenge to knowledge based decision support: (1) It has to integrate six sub-disciplines ranging from conservative measures to invasive disciplines, such as implantology; (2) A plan may have to cover a complex treatment often lasting one year or more. It is the aim of the AIDA-project1 to set up a planning strategy that is suited to incorporate all dental peculiarities in one methodology.

Methods: Generic tasks, that can be assigned to individual persons involved in dental treatment, have been designed with the help of KADS. They have been integrated into a planning super-structure for the planning of all dental solution alternatives, that can principally be applied on the basis of the given patient status.

Results: Besides an evaluation of the implemented planning system itself, it has been evaluated how well the development is supported by (1) knowledge-engineering methods and (2) object-oriented methods.

Conclusion: Common knowledge-based tools are not powerful enough for the planning of complex dental constructions. Therefore, a solution combining object-oriented and knowledge-based methods is proposed.