Improvement and expansion of software platform for national and international dental health market

• Grant number: 01/13387-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: January 01, 2003
• End date: June 30, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Sergio Aronis
• Grantee: Sergio Aronis
• Company: Aronis Software Ltda

Abstract

Dentalis Software has more than ten years’ experience in the development and commercialization of dental health programs in Brazil, with four products which cater for more than 8 thousand dentists. The market for dental services is in full expansion in Brazil. Ninety-seven per cent of the population has caries and only 3 million people have dental plans, compared with 43 million with health plans. The expansion of dental services is occurring by means of rising numbers of qualified dentists (14 thousand per year), the increase in the number of dental health plans (more than 1 thousand) and the increase in the number of dental plans taken out. There is currently no technological platform to meet all the needs, including the requirements of the National Health Agency, ANS. Therefore, the aim of this project is to develop this technology to cater for the dental health plan market, integrate the system for dental surgeries with the health plan systems and make versions available in English and Spanish to cater for the external market. In phase 1 of the work, the company gathered information in the field and developed and tested a prototype for market research, identifying in this way the majority of the requirements of the system. Based on this information, in phase 2 of the project, it is intended to carry out the improvement and expansion of this technological platform to cater for the demand of dental health plans and multi-clinics. In addition to management functions, these processes aim to provide subsidies for the establishment and oversight of Preventative Policies in Dental Health. (AU)