Teledentistry is an intervention that can boost chances for the new primary healthcare paradigm, bringing service delivery and accessibility to new levels. Evidence-based studies have reported that Teledentistry improves access to dental care in rural, inaccessible areas to disadvantaged populations.
The advantage of choosing Teledentistry as a dental caries screening tool is its viability in increasing oral health care to underserved areas, increasing equity, and reducing oral disease burdens in children. Furthermore, photographic images and prints of children's carious teeth can be used to motivate parents/guardians to seek dental treatment and institute preventive care. Only a teledental assistant is needed for the imaging, eliminating the need for highly skilled professional human resources. Instead, dental professionals can be better utilized in dental hospitals/clinics.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
141
Children were both clinically examined and a mobile photo was taken for assessment
Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Accuracy and Reliability of teledentistry regarding dental caries
Clinical examination and mobile photo for both arches
Time frame: Immediately and after 48 hours
Dental caries
Clinically examined and mobile photo for both arches
Time frame: immediately and after 48 hours
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