Available Technologies, Applications and Benefits of Teleorthodontics. A Literature Review and Possible Applications during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Maspero, Cinzia; Abate, Andrea; Cavagnetto, Davide; Morsi, Mohamed El; Fama, Andrea; Farronato, Marco

doi:10.3390/jcm9061891

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“…During emergencies, patient management could be affected, and new strategies aimed at providing oral health are required. In such conditions, instant messaging platforms could be efficiently used in order to perform healthcare consultancies and to manage patients remotely [ 35 ].…”

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Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Aquilanti

Gallegati

Temperini

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the willingness, anxiety and concerns of Italian people on undergoing dental appointments. An anonymous survey was posted online on social media on 11 May 2020 and was completed by 1003 respondents in one week. Multiple correspondence analysis and multiple logistic regression were used to evaluate the association between socio-demographic characteristics, dental care access, contagion fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), trust in dentists regarding sanitization procedures and perception of the impact of the risk of contagion on dental care. Subjects with a high level of education, attending public dental offices and that are used to go to dental offices for urgent care would not feel comfortable in undergoing a dental appointment and would prefer to postpone or cancel dental visits, waiting for a decrease in the number of the contagions. Moreover, the risk of canceling or postponing the appointment at the dentist was 1.59 times greater in those who claimed to be strongly influenced by SARS-CoV-2. Fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), new cases decrease and the not urgent nature of dental visits influenced more than the lowered income household on upcoming or resuming dental appointments. In the next months, despite the forecasted economic crisis caused by coronavirus pandemic, fear and anxiety generated by the spread of the virus will impact more than the lowered familiar income with regards to access to dental care.

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Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Aquilanti

Gallegati

Temperini

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…There are concerns regarding the appearance, epidemiology, risks and precautions during the disease crisis (Turkistani, 2020) and implications of coronavirus infection for orthodontic treatment (Sunjay Suri et al, 2020). Preventive strategies for infection control (Guo et al, 2020) and aerosol reduction (Maspero et al, 2020) have been reported.…”

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“…Additionally, there was the recommendation to use virtual assistance (Eliades & Koletsi, 2020;Maspero et al, 2020;Saccomanno et al, 2020) and assessments regarding the impact of the pandemic on orthodontic consultations and on the anxiety generated in patients and professionals (Martina et al, 2020;Peloso et al, 2020;Cotrin et al, 2020;Xiong et al, 2020).…”

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“…As tools for teleodontology, photos, videos or video calls, communication applications such as WhatsApp and Telegram, and websites (Caprioglio et al,2020;Maspero et al, 2020) were used. Virtual assistance proved to be a good way to provide assistance to patients, with Research, Society andDevelopment, v. 9, n. 9, e924998103, 2020 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i9.8103 reduced costs, greater access to treatment, less risk of infection, less consultations, problem solving and more follow-up with odontophobic patients (Caprioglio et al,2020;Maspero et al, 2020;Saccomanno et al, 2020). Remote monitoring is a viable way for some orthodontic care in times of pandemic, and can be considered a solution in normal times to facilitate the demands of orthodontic therapy (Saccomanno et al, 2020).…”

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Panorama of Orthodontics after COVID-19: A critical literature review

Pires

Souza

Cavalcanti

2020

RSD

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A new Coronavirus (2019-nCov, renamed SARS-CoV-2) was identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, on March 11, 2020. As it is a highly infectious disease, major regional and national changes have been made, social isolation was recommended, which led to the interruption of various services, including elective dental treatments. This review aimed to identify the changes that occurred in the post-COVID-19 orthodontic practice scenario. For such, a search was made for articles published in the bibliographic bases PubMed, Scopus and SciELO, using the keywords “Orthodontics” and “Covid-19”. From the eligibility criteria, 11 articles were selected for analysis. It was found that social isolation impacted the scheduling of orthodontic appointments and patient’s anxiety about the duration of treatments. The use of teleodontology proved to be an ally in screening and in patient care. Preventive infection control must be adopted for safe orthodontic practice.

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“…In this regard, studies from multiple groups around the globe have reported on critical infection control measures [ 5 , 6 , 7 ] and guidelines for modifications to dental clinic workflows that were implemented during the pandemic [ 8 , 9 ]. Reports have also described the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of dental specialties, including oral medicine [ 10 ] oral and maxillofacial surgery [ 11 , 12 , 13 ], orthodontics [ 14 ] and endodontics [ 4 , 15 ].…”

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Managing the Oral Health of Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of a Dental Clinic in a Cancer Center

Manuballa

Abdelmaseh

Tasgaonkar

et al. 2020

JCM

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The practice of dentistry has been dramatically altered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Given the close person-to-person contact involved in delivering dental care and treatment procedures that produce aerosols, dental healthcare professionals including dentists, dental assistants and dental hygienists are at high risk of exposure. As a dental clinic in a comprehensive cancer center, we have continued to safely provide medically necessary and urgent/emergent dental care to ensure that patients can adhere to their planned cancer treatment. This was accomplished through timely adaptation of clinical workflows and implementation of practice modification measures in compliance with state, national and federal guidelines to ensure that risk of transmission remained low and the health of both immunocompromised cancer patients and clinical staff remained protected. In this narrative review, we share our experience and measures that were implemented in our clinic to ensure that the oral health needs of cancer patients were met in a timely manner and in a safe environment. Given that the pandemic is still on-going, the impact of our modified oral healthcare delivery model in cancer patients warrants continued monitoring and assessment.

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Available Technologies, Applications and Benefits of Teleorthodontics. A Literature Review and Possible Applications during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 90 publications

References 36 publications

Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Panorama of Orthodontics after COVID-19: A critical literature review

Managing the Oral Health of Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of a Dental Clinic in a Cancer Center

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