Patent ID: 8452614

Claim:
Data arrangement for a dental-care environment, for use during a dental procedure, said environment including at least one dental-care instrument (X), a dental unit (U) comprising an instrument table, said dental unit (U) being configured to control the operation of said at least one dental-care instrument during the dental procedure, a data system (S) and a data communication arranged between the dental unit (U) and the data system (S), said data arrangement comprising: means for identifying during the dental procedure the taking of said at least one dental-care instrument (X) from said instrument table to use in the dental procedure; means for transmitting at least one value of at least one operation parameter of said at least one dental-care instrument (X) during the procedure to said data system (S) as a response to the identification by said identifying means of the taking of said at least one dental-care instrument (X) from said instrument table; and means for storing said transmitted at least one value of at least one operation parameter in the data system (S) during the dental procedure item-specifically, said item being at least one of said at least one dental-care instrument (X), a patient, a certain tooth of a patient, and/or a certain tooth surface of a patient.