Chart specific sites

The Florida Probe, Windows 95 version, now features the ability to chart specific sites. This feature allows the clinician a choice to probe all 32 sites or by quadrant. The Florida Probe provides a clinician the flexibility needed to probe routinely on all sites or to concentrate on specific quadrants during patient visits. Afterward, the clinician and patient can compare these visits using a colored, four-page, anatomical tooth printout.

Dec 1st, 1997

The Florida Probe, Windows 95 version, now features the ability to chart specific sites. This feature allows the clinician a choice to probe all 32 sites or by quadrant. The Florida Probe provides a clinician the flexibility needed to probe routinely on all sites or to concentrate on specific quadrants during patient visits. Afterward, the clinician and patient can compare these visits using a colored, four-page, anatomical tooth printout.

For more details, call Computerized Probe, Inc. at (800) 460-2772.

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