Dental Clinic Management System

Overview

A dental clinic management system team project made with Java for an OOP course in FCIS 2027. Our main focus was to implement Object-Oriented Programming concepts to manage a dental clinic. The system supports doctors, patients, and receptionists, providing distinct functionalities for each role.

Classes

1. User (Abstract)
   Base class with common attributes like name, email, and phone number.

2. Doctor (Extends User)

   • Extra Attributes: Specialization, available days/hours.
   • Functions: Manage availability, create prescriptions, view appointments, access patient/receptionist info.

3. Patient (Extends User)

   • Extra Attributes: Height, weight, history, gender, blood type.
   • Functions: Reserve/cancel appointments, check prices, search for doctors, update info.

4. Receptionist (Extends User)

   • Extra Attributes: Age, gender.
   • Functions: Manage patient appointments and info.

5. Appointment

   • Attributes: Date, service type, time slot, and assigned doctor.

6. Service

   • Attributes: Service details (e.g., braces, RCT, filling, whitening) and prices.

7. DentalClinic

   • Attributes: Clinic details, user lists, services.
   • Functions: Login and signup functionality.

8. ManageClinic

   • Functions: Handles transactions and synchronizes changes across all users.

9. FileManagement

   • Functions: Manages saving/loading user data via text files.

10. Main

    • Functions: Main menu and includes menus for doctors, patients, and receptionists.

User Functionalities

Doctor

1. Create prescriptions for patients.
2. Manage availability.
3. View appointments by date.
4. Display receptionist contact info.
5. Access patient information.

Patient

1. Update personal info.
2. Reserve/cancel appointments.
3. Check appointment prices.
4. Search for doctors.
5. View available appointments.

Receptionist

1. Update patient info.
2. Reserve/cancel patient appointments.

Data Persistence

User data is saved to and loaded from text files using Object Input/Output Streams.

How to Run

1. Compile the project using a Java IDE or command line.
2. Run the Main class.
3. Enjoy!

Credits

Profound thanks to our course doctor Dr. Mohamed Mabrouk and my teammates! Contributors: Dalia Ahmed, Sondos Khalid, Maram Salaheldin, Zainab Tarig, and Leena Yaqoub.