PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To immediately transmit information on maintenance or procurement of materials of dental equipment to a maintenance department or a material department with easy operation, to supply required maintenance work or requested materials when necessary.SOLUTION: The device for transmitting maintenance information and material order information of the dental equipment includes: an information-transmitting operation panel provided in the dental equipment installed in a dental clinic, registering failure information or material procurement information of the dental equipment in a one-to-one manner by operation of an operator such as a dentist and an information transmission device body collecting the information from the operation panel and transmitting it to a network. The operator only needs to operate the information-transmitting operation panel to transmit status information to the maintenance side, thereby enabling immediate repair or material delivery.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】歯科用機器の保守あるいは資材の調達に係る情報を、即座に保守部門あるいは資材部門に対して、簡単な操作で通知し、必要な保守作業、要求した資材を適時に充足する。【解決手段】歯科医院内に配設される歯科用機器に設けられて、歯科医等の施術者の操作で当該歯科用機器の故障情報や、資材調達情報を一対一に登録する情報通知用操作盤と、操作盤からの情報を収集して回線網に送出する情報通知装置本体とを備え、施術者が情報通知用操作盤を操作するのみで保守側にステータス情報を伝達し、故障修理や資材納品を即時に実行可能とする。【選択図】図1