Enabling parents to take part in orthodontic visits even while at home or at the workplace, the provider of numerous web-conferencing tools, BeamYourScreen (http://www.BeamYourScreen.com ), has developed an innovative new product. Beam2Present, with screen sharing technology, allows doctors to present any content on their computer live over the Internet while discussing the situation with the absent parent over the phone.

The decision that their child will need orthodontics, for parents, is not something made spontaneously without first hearing the doctor's expert advice and recommendations for resolving the situation. Understandably, the consultation is an event that both parents want to be present for, but in the majority of cases such a scenario is unrealistic due to work demands. Unless both are assured of the necessity, parents are not likely to move forward with treatment, and who better to articulate that than the doctor or Treatment Coordinator in a real-time consultation.

All while listening to the doctor over the phone and participating in a real-time consultation, parents, when unable to attend the consultation, can now in fact view anything the doctor wishes to show such as the patient's digital x-rays, digital images, patient educational software (including videos) and even 3-D digital study models. Enabling them to instantly view the doctor's desktop content in real-time and true color quality, parents simply open a standard Internet browser and enter a unique session ID number. It is equivalent to a website with a real time picture of the doctor's desktop content.

Doctors only need to install a small piece of software on their computer to be able to host a session. The doctor, upon starting a session, obtains a 9-digit session ID number and has the parent enter this ID on their own computer in order to join the session. The parent can, without any downloads or firewall changes required, then join the live presentation either from the Beam2Present homepage or right from the doctor's website. So the parents may later relive the consultation, an included feature makes it possible for the doctor to record the presentation. The doctor may end the meeting, once the presentation and consultation is complete, and subsequently the transmission of their computer screen. As there is no download required on the parent's side to join a session, they leave the consultation with no unnecessary software on their computer, only a greater understanding of their child's orthodontic situation.

Ensuring the privacy of the patient and their personal data, the session transmission is 256 Bit end-to-end encrypted. The doctor's PC content is only visible when a session is running and a guest has joined the session with a unique 9 digit session ID.