Tele dentistry is the provision of tele-health services in dentistry. It improves dental health care and lowers the cost. Telemedicine is a wider chain of care and is not limited to the following modalities.
- Audiovisual telecommunication (Physician-patient interaction through live video)
- Store and forward (Patient’s condition evaluation through the transmission of radiographs, images, digital impressions and provide services outside of real-time interaction.)
- Remote patient monitoring (Medical data collection by the providers through technology to use it for tele-health care services)
- Mobile health(provision of tele-healthcare services through mobile, tablet computers or PDA)
You can have tele-dentistry services by using a computer, laptop, or mobile with an intraoral camera. High definition online video Consultation with the dentist by using an extraoral and intraoral camera can help in the diagnosis of the patient issue.
Tele dentistry has reached remote areas by using telecommunication technologies and provide advice about treatment over a distance.
Tele dentistry
- Improves access to oral health care
- Improve the delivery of oral health care services
- Lower the cost of treatment
- Fastest way of treatment
- Bridge rural and the urban health divide
- Bring specialized health care facilities to remote areas
- Save your time as you don’t need to wait in dental practices
- Provide quality care
- Can get the second opinion digitally
Tele dentistry is beneficial for the dentist as well
- A dentist can treat more patient per day due to virtual consultation
- Reduced chair times
- No need for in-person checkups
- Can get the second opinion digitally
Tele dentistry can be used in
Public health sector: nurses can take snapshots and send them to a tele-dentist for diagnosis of the problem in a more efficient manner.
Private practice: you can boost your relationship with specialists and increase your private practice through tele-dentistry.
OTC-dental products: tele-dentistry companies offer teeth whitening and teeth strengthening solutions, and, in this way, people can get easy access to dental health care.