Bibliometric Analysis of Context, Trends, and Contents of Digital Health Technology Used in Dental Health

Abstract

Digital tools and apps are revolutionizing healthcare and provide creative answers to urgent problems. Through teamwork and the incorporation of digital technologies, dentistry has experienced a remarkable revolution. A large body of scholarly research backs up this trend. The context, trends, and content of digital health technology in oral and dental health are examined in our bibliometric analysis. Using targeted keywords and synonyms, an organized searching technique was used in the Scopus database, yielding 1942 articles that were extracted into a CSV file. To acquire insights into the content, trends, and context, visualization using VOSviewer 1.6.18 and a variety of analyses—including coauthorship, citation, cooccurrence of author keywords, bibliographic coupling, and cocitation—were executed. The analysis revealed that the USA and the UK contributed to a significant quantity of the literature, with newer contributions coming from nations like India. Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Dental Caries, and Artificial Intelligence were prominent keywords. It is important to note that BMC Oral Health was associated with a sizable number of the papers. This bibliometric analysis provides insightful information about the context, content, and trends of digital health in the field of oral and dental health. By implementing the right technology, policymakers can use this information to increase oral health, encourage dental literacy, and improve access to dental treatment. It is vital to take into account the wide variety of technologies and their classifications based on dental services and contextual variables.

A bibliometric analysis of scientific literature in digital dentistry from low- and lower-middle income countries

“…The prevalent index keywords included 3D printing, CAD/CAM, and Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). These findings are consistent with other publications [ 12 ]. It is interesting to note that although 3D printing is considered significantly costly for it to be regarded as a routine process even in every developed country, yet the growing attention this procedure is gaining in publications from low- and lower-middle income countries indicates that researchers in developing countries are predicting its projected applicability and utility in their contexts, based on the inherent benefits of customization and accuracy that it promises [ 23 ].…”

“…A recent bibliometric analysis of digital dentistry by Buddhikot et al comprehensively evaluates the trends of publications within digital dentistry [ 12 ]. In this study, it was noted that the United States and Europe dominated the co-authorships and co-citations statistics, as well as citation counts [ 12 ].…”

“…A recent bibliometric analysis of digital dentistry by Buddhikot et al comprehensively evaluates the trends of publications within digital dentistry [ 12 ]. In this study, it was noted that the United States and Europe dominated the co-authorships and co-citations statistics, as well as citation counts [ 12 ]. It has been suggested that digital technologies can bring an improvement in health delivery and outcomes, as well as reduction of medical spending in low-resource settings [ 21 , 22 ].…”

“…Bibliometric analysis has been conducted on the use of digital technology in dentistry based on the number of citations [ 11 , 12 ]. However, since most of the top-cited articles in majority of bibliometric studies hail from developed countries, there is a significant under-representation of scientific publications from low- and lower-middle income countries in this format of research, and digital dentistry is no exception.…”