What Is an ISQ Manager?

Dental implants make for a more attractive smile and increased personal confidence. An implant is a false tooth root that supports a replacement tooth or bridge. Osstell manufactures the ISQ device, which is used by dentists for performing tests on dental implants. The ISQ Data Manager is an add-on software product. Dentists who use the ISQ Manager can conveniently keep track of dental patient records by computer.

History

• Integration Diagnostics was formed in 1999 to market a device that relies on resonance frequency analysis to measure the stability of dental implants. The original inventors of the device are English professors Neil Meredith and Peter Cawley. The company, which is now Osstell, markets the ISQ implant stability meter. The company maintains its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Osstell is part of Biolin Scientific, an instrument provider.

Purpose

• The ISQ implant stability meter stores about 400 measurements. To account for this limited storage capacity, Osstell developed the ISQ Data Manager. This ISQ management tool stores ISQ measurements of implant stability on a Windows-based computer. The measurement device works without the manager. However, the management tool saves time that would normally be spent manually transferring data from the measurement device to a computer.

Using the Data Manager

• The ISQ Data Manager is a software package. You insert a DVD into your computer to load the program. You connect the ISQ device to that same computer with a USB cable. The device then sends the data to the ISQ Data Manager. Dentists use the computer to view measurements in either graph or spreadsheet mode. Use the spreadsheet mode to see a jaw layout. Click in the graph area to select one of three options: ISQ status on a specific date, history for a specific patient or history for all implants.

Compatibility

• The Osstell ISQ is the latest in a line of instruments developed by Osstell. The ISQ Data Manager is also compatible with the Osstell Mentor, which is the previous stability meter.

Price

• As of the time of publication, the actual ISQ measurement tool costs about $4,250. The separate ISQ Data Manager is about $350. The USB cable to connect the measuring device to the computer costs about $35.