Telemedicine consultations in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Teledentistry: Distant Diagnosis of Oral Disease Using E-Mails

“…2,[5][6][7][11][12][13][14][15] In contrast, videoconferences or real-time consultations use direct, online computer telecommunication technologies among specialists, general dental practitioners, telehealth assistants, or patients located in remote communities, with the specialist remaining in a central region to provide support and supervision. 1,4,[8][9][10] The majority of studies in the dentistry literature were developed using store-and-forward methodologies, perhaps because these methods are cheaper and demand fewer resources than videoconferencing. Fig.…”

“…4,6,7 Other researchers have developed systems to provide telemedicine consultations for preoperative assessments or follow-up treatments. [8][9][10][11] Moreover, previous research has evaluated whether patients and clinicians accept telehealth methodologies. 5 For example, Rollert et al 8 evaluated a telemedicine consultation system for the preoperative assessment of patients prior to dentoalveolar surgical procedures in an attempt to reduce the costs of conventional appointments.…”

“…[8][9][10][11] Moreover, previous research has evaluated whether patients and clinicians accept telehealth methodologies. 5 For example, Rollert et al 8 evaluated a telemedicine consultation system for the preoperative assessment of patients prior to dentoalveolar surgical procedures in an attempt to reduce the costs of conventional appointments. Leão developed a study to evaluate telemedicine in implant dentistry and to investigate whether indications and prosthetic objectives could be determined using this tool.…”

Teledentistry for screening new patient orthodontic referrals. Part 2: GDP perception of the referral system

“…2 Telemedicine has also been used for oral and maxillofacial assessment. 3 Teledentistry would appear to have advantages as a method for providing orthodontic advice, as a recent study has shown that clinical opinions given by this route using images of case records do not differ from those given when the records are handled directly. 4 While technically, teledentistry systems are feasible, we considered it important to evaluate the opinions of GDPs as potential users.…”

Telemedicine and Perioperative Management of Obese Patients

“…A similar study was conducted between 1996 and 1997 by Rollert and colleagues [10]. Forty-three patients were visited with telemedicine consultation for preoperative assessment.…”