Dens: tool for dentistry students
Dens: tool for dentistry students
Creating a needed alternative for
Université de Montréal`s dentistry program.
Creating a needed alternative for
Université de Montréal`s dentistry program.
Tool for dentistry students
Ongoing development*
In collaboration with students at UdeM
Ongoing development*
In collaboration with students at UdeM
Introduction
Org.
Université de Montréal
Field
Product Design
Year
2025
Dens is a necessary overhaul of the current tool used by dental students and professors at the Université de Montréal.
The aim of Dens is to help students and professors learn their main online tool more easily and quickly, while maintaining
maintain a high level of functionality.
1st problem: Confusing navigation
Underneath is the process a student would have to take in order to create an appointment event with a patient.
Without including the necessary steps to take on the main page, creating an appointment event would have to take over 8 steps. There are multiple similar examples of this in the current tool dentistry students have to use.
This trend creates a barrier of entry for new students trying to learn and use this tool in an efficient manner. The main user base for a platform like this should feel familiar and intuitive, akin to Google's or Apple's calendar app.
The Challenge
All the options users are presented with can be daunting and/or confusing.
Designing for students, teachers, and faculty staff comes with the challenge to create a platform that balances the user experience between familiarity and functionality.
My solution
The amount of steps needed for a simple task such as scheduling an appointment or requesting equipment loans clearly needs a user flow revamp.
To address these issues and improve time, I implemented a few key design choices when building Dens.
Addition of navbar (1)
To reduce the number of steps necessary to get to desired screen, I included a navbar with 5 main functions. With this addition The user would be able to navigate to desired function with one click. In this case, the calendar icon would bring the user to past, present and future appointments, with the highlighted option to schedule one.
Unified form field (2)
The scheduling forms in the original platform are spread over 3 different spots on the screen. In Dens, they appear all together in logical order in a drop down card after pressing on the schedule appointment CTA.
Current result & metrics
By addressing a few paint points that have been repeatedly brought up by students and teachers alike, I managed to create a much simpler and cleaner experience, where users don't need a manual to learn how to complete tasks such as reserving tools and viewing appointments.
Completion rate
100%
Current platform - 33%
Time on task
5s
Current platform - 2m+
Error rate
20%
Current platform - 100%
Metrics pulled from results conducted on 15 Students.
Future problems: probably coming soon
As Dens is still an ongoing project, there are bound to me more problems for me to solve via design, I hope this case was insightful and I hope that I can help more people by making more usable and wonderful products!
Shoutout to Jacques Yu, dentistry student @ UdeM.
Introduction
Org.
Université de Montréal
Field
Product Design
Year
2025
Dens is a necessary overhaul of the current tool used by dental students and
professors at the Université de Montréal.
The aim of Dens is to help students and professors learn their main online tool more easily and quickly, while maintaining
maintain a high level of functionality.
Underneath is the process a student would have to take in order to create an appointment event with a patient.
1st problem:
Confusing navigation
The Challenge
Designing for students, teachers, and faculty staff comes with the challenge to create a platform that balances the user experience between familiarity and functionality.
It was imperative to ensure that users could maintain the entirety of the functionality they're currently used to while improving and creating a smooth & seamless experience.
Project Overview | Personal website
The amount of steps needed for a simple task such as scheduling an appointment or requesting equipment loans clearly needs a user flow revamp.
To address these issues and improve time, I implemented a few key design choices when building Dens.
Addition of navbar (1)
To reduce the number of steps necessary to get to desired screen, I included a navbar with 5 main functions. With this addition The user would be able to navigate to desired function with one click. In this case, the calendar icon would bring the user to past, present and future appointments, with the highlighted option to schedule one.
Unified form field (2)
The scheduling forms in the original platform are spread over 3 different spots on the screen. In Dens, they appear all together in logical order in a drop down card after pressing on the schedule appointment CTA.
Current result
& metrics
By addressing a few paint points that have been repeatedly brought up by students and teachers alike, I managed to create a much simpler and cleaner experience, where users don't need a manual to learn how to complete tasks such as reserving tools and viewing appointments.
Completion rate
100%
Current platform - 33%
Time on task
5s
Current platform - 2m+
Error rate
20%
Current platform - 100%
Metrics pulled from results conducted on 15 Students.
Future problems:
probably coming soon
As Dens is still an ongoing project, there are bound to me more problems for me to solve via design, I hope this case was insightful and I hope that I can help more people by making more usable and wonderful products!
Shoutout to Jacques Yu, dentistry student @ UdeM.