Teledentistry: An Overview

Abstract

People living in the rural or underserved areas are among the most in need of oral health care in their communities. Many rural communities lack the clinical settings resource and cost-intensive. A dental care professional can digitalize and electronically transmit videos, drawings diagrams, photographs, and X-rays. Then, the information is prepared for transmission data which are transmitted to distant sites. Requirement includes improvement in diagnostic service communication with dental laboratories and in the communication with insurance industry. [3,4] BENEFITS AND HIGHLIGHTSIt can provide an easier, cheaper, and less intimidating way to contact with dentistry. It is also used to assist the general dentist with specialty work and improves the service to underserved populations such as in rural or less developed areas. The highlight of teledentistry includes it improves access to care and delivery of health care, lower its cost, referral for the specialized care, continuing education, dentist-laboratory communications, and telemonitoring. [5] SERVICES AND MECHANISMSSpecialist referral services, professional education, patient consultation, consumer medical health information, and remote patient monitoring are some of the services provided by the teledentistry delivery. Delivery mechanisms are networked program hospitals and clinics and community health centers in rural and the suburban area by the use of dedicated high-speed line the internet. Then, the point-point

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“…Penggabungan teledentistry ke dalam prosedur perawatan rutin gigi dan mulut sebaiknya menjadi masukan bagi praktik kedokteran gigi masa depan (Priyadarshi et al, 2021). Dampak positif teledentistry dapat dinilai dari segi keefektivitasan dan keefisienan waktu konsultasi, penyimpanan data rekam medis, biaya akomodasi pasien, biaya peralatan yang digunakan, akses konsultasi ke dokter gigi spesialis yang lebih cepat, sebagai media edukasi dan penelitian di bidang kedokteran gigi (Achmad et al, 2020;Airan, 2020;Kopycka-Kedzierawski et al, 2018;Kumar et al, 2019;Niazi & Ghafoor, 2020). Keuntungan penggunaan teledentistry yang paling signifikan saat ini yaitu dapat mengurangi biaya penggunaan APD, khususnya level tiga yang sangat mahal dan mengurangi ketidaknyaman tenaga kesehatan yang menggunakan APD selama memberikan layanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut (Aisyiah et al, 2021).…”

“…Selain berdampak positif bagi pasien dan praktisi kedokteran gigi, teledentistry juga sangat bermanfaat dalam bidang pendidikan kesehatan rongga mulut (Kumar et al, 2019;Subbalekshmi et al, 2017;Sultana et al, 2020). Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Subbaleksmi terhadap 318 murid di Cennai India tahun 2017 menunjukkan bahwa teledentistry juga bermanfaat di sektor pendidikan dan penelitian, khususnya dalam membantu menegakkan diagnosis karies gigi pada anak-anak dengan menggunakan gambar digital.…”

Teledentistry awareness, its usefulness, and challenges among dental professionals in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

“…Telehealth refers to the provision of health care and services using electronic and communication technologies. 1 It began to gain acceptance in the medical and dental field since the last decade as internet coverage becomes widely, easily, and rapidly accessible and tech gadgets such as smartphones and proprietary software applications are affordable and readily available. 1 , 2 Teledentistry is the practice of dentistry using information and communication technology for the delivery of care, education, research, and management from a distant site.…”

“… 9 The types of care and services that can be done online include, but are not limited to, an initial assessment/preliminary diagnostic to determine the severity of a dental condition and scheduling an appointment, providing oral health education counseling, and reviewing cases. 1 , 2 Consultations can be done in a live interactive or recorded session with the aid of previous dental records such as radiographs, photographs, and digital impressions. Despite the potential, teledentistry is not adapted as well as telemedicine; dentists are somewhat apprehensive and hesitant to adapt and apply teledentistry as part of their routine practices.…”

“…1 It began to gain acceptance in the medical and dental field since the last decade as internet coverage becomes widely, easily, and rapidly accessible and tech gadgets such as smartphones and proprietary software applications are affordable and readily available. 1,2 Teledentistry is the practice of dentistry using information and communication technology for the delivery of care, education, research, and management from a distant site. 2 In teledentistry, dental information can be delivered and shared more efficiently, easily, quickly, and safely; thus, it can be of advantage in improving dental services.…”