Teledentistry System in Dental Health Public Services: A Mixed-Methods Intervention Study

Costa, Christine Böhm da; Peralta, Felipe da Silva; Maeyama, Marcos Aurélio; Castro, Renata Goulart; Mello, Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira de

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104533

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“…In the present study, the lecture format was identified as the most utilized delivery approach for teaching teledentistry in Canada, followed by hands‐on practice and small group discussion. This also aligns with the findings of reviewing other literature from different countries, including US and Brazil 12,28,32–35 . Moreover, survey results indicated that hands‐on practice was only applied in dental hygiene schools in Canada.…”

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“…This also aligns with the findings of reviewing other literature from different countries, including US and Brazil. 12,28,[32][33][34][35] Moreover, survey results indicated that hands-on practice was only applied in dental hygiene schools in Canada. However, the employment of hands-on practice techniques in TD education for dental students is reported in previous literature from other countries.…”

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Teledentistry content in Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula

Bakhshaei,

Donnelly,

Wallace

et al. 2023

Journal of Dental Education

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ObjectivesTo explore the extent to which teledentistry (TD) content is incorporated into Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula.MethodsAn anonymous survey was distributed among all 10 dental and 35 dental hygiene programs across Canada in June and July 2022. The survey focused on TD teaching (methods employed, content taught, and barriers to TD education), with descriptive (frequency, maximum, minimum, mean) and inferential (Pearson chi‐square for odds ratio test) data analyses using SPSS. A ρ − value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsThirty‐four programs responsed to the survey, including all dental (n = 10) and 68% (n = 24) of dental hygiene programs; eighteen reported having TD content, including three dental programs. An average of 9.22 ± 4.86 h was reported for teaching TD, with lecture format as the most employed approach and using TD in dental practice as the most covered topic. While 53% of the dental hygiene programs employed formative and summative assessments, only one dental program reported having assessment for this content. Moreover, programs that dedicated less than 9 h to teaching this content were less likely to address more than seven topics (Odds ratio (OR) = 0.14).ConclusionThe dental and dental hygiene programs in Canada differ in their offering TD education, and 30% of the dental and 62.5% of the surveyed dental hygiene programs addressed TD content. This scarcity emphasizes the necessity for incorporating such content in future curriculum planning to consequently decrease the lack of knowledge, an identified barrier to TD implementation in education and practice, as today's students will be future educators.

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Teledentistry content in Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula

Bakhshaei,

Donnelly,

Wallace

et al. 2023

Journal of Dental Education

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“…An uneven distribution of the scholar numbers in telehealth education and training was also discussed in a review by Edirippulige and Armfield, emphasizing the lack of published evidence in some countries including Canada and the Scandinavian regions. 42 Some studies focused on the education and training of oral health care providers, 24,31,32,34,36,37,41 while others have the training's information in the context of knowledge, awareness, and attitude assessments. 25,26,38,43,44 Since these assessments were mostly after delivering a programme to the studying population, including these articles in the present scoping review was essential.…”

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Teledentistry within oral health care providers' training: A scoping review

Bakhshaei,

Ramachandran,

Brondani

2024

Eur J Dental Education

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IntroductionDespite teledentistry (TD) ubiquitous utilization, it has yet to be fully adopted by oral health care providers' educational training. This study aimed to explore TD incorporation in the training of oral health care providers.MethodsThis review included studies on the TD content offered to oral health care providers. The JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) methodology was used, and two reviewers screened the literature. Studies published between 1989 and 4 June 2022 were searched using “Teledentistry” and “Education” as initial keywords. The searched databases included MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EPPI, Scopus, Epistemonikos, ERIC, MedEdPORTAL, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, and Google Scholar. All of the relevant literature, regardless of their language, were added. The data were extracted using an extraction table and are presented in tabular and narrative summary formats.ResultsA total of 2180 documents were found, and 1804 documents were screened by the title and abstract after deduplication; 59 were selected for full‐text review; and 19 were eligible for data extraction. Of all studies, 63.15% were published after the COVID‐19 pandemic. Practicing TD and TD reimbursement were some of the addressed topics. Didactic education and hands‐on practice were the most employed training methods. Self/peer evaluations and surveys were among the employed assessment techniques.ConclusionTD education has been emphasized during the COVID‐19 pandemic. There is a variation in the existing TD educational programmes, from addressing topics to assessment techniques. However, the number of educational programmes on this topic is sparse.

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“…In this respect, telemedicine may play an important role in assisting patients with oral lesions (Flores et al, 2020; Perdoncini et al, 2021). Although telediagnosis in oral medicine is not available in the entire Brazilian territory, some states show the potential to improve the quality of primary health care and to reduce the number of face‐to‐face visits (da Costa et al, 2021; Carrad et al, 2018). However, Brazil does not have any current legislation that allows tele (oral) medicine (Machado et al, 2020), making the scenario even more troubling.…”

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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on public University laboratories of oral and maxillofacial pathology: A Brazilian multicenter study

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Objective To evaluate the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the number of diagnoses of oral and maxillofacial lesions in public laboratories after one year of COVID‐19 outbreak in Brazil. Material and Methods This is a cross‐sectional study. Biopsies submitted to histopathologic examination from March 2019 to February 2020 (pre‐pandemic period) and from April 2020 to March 2021 (pandemic period) in nine Brazilian public oral pathology laboratories were retrieved and the number of diagnoses, types of lesion, and percentage changes during both periods were analyzed. Results There were 7389 diagnoses in the pre‐pandemic period and 2728 in the pandemic era, indicating a reduction of 63.08%. The reduction was 64.23% for benign lesions and 49.48% for malignant lesions, with a 50.64% reduction in squamous cell carcinoma. The largest decreases were observed in April 2020 and January 2021. Conclusion An important reduction in the diagnoses of benign and malignant lesions was noted in the Brazilian public oral pathology laboratories during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic.

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Teledentistry System in Dental Health Public Services: A Mixed-Methods Intervention Study

Cited by 11 publications

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Teledentistry content in Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula

Teledentistry content in Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula

Teledentistry within oral health care providers' training: A scoping review

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on public University laboratories of oral and maxillofacial pathology: A Brazilian multicenter study

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