The role of telemedicine for symptoms management in oral medicine: a retrospective observational study

Alsafwani, Zahra; Shiboski, Caroline H.; Villa, Alessandro

doi:10.1186/s12903-022-02133-1

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“…Additionally, teledentistry could be used to monitor and follow up on patients. Alsafwani et al ( 54 ) reported that 65% of patients got a median improvement in oral pain after being consulted via teledentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Morishita et al ( 55 ) reported that teledentistry could help patients get dental services and dental care for the first visit and a follow-up visit in Japan.…”

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Knowledge mapping of COVID-19 and dentistry: A bibliometric analysis

Chen

Zhang²,

Liu³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundCOVID-19 has a significant impact on dental medicine. The present study aims to overview dental-related research on COVID-19 by visual mapping method.MethodsWe analyzed the publications in the “Dentistry Oral Surgery Medicine” category in the Web of Science core collection. On June 10, 2022, we conducted an advanced search using the items TS = (“Novel coronavirus 2019” or “COVID 19” or “Coronavirus disease 2019” or “2019-nCOV” or “SARS-CoV-2” or “coronavirus-2”) and WC = (“Dentistry Oral Surgery medicine”) to screen publications in the dental field that focus on COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. The contributions of authors, journals, institutions, and countries were described using Microsoft Excel 2010 and VOSviewer. The keywords co-occurring analysis and references analysis were visualized using VOSviewer and CiteSpace.ResultsA total of 1,732 papers were identified between 2020 and 2022. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil were three major contributors to this field. Univ São Paulo (Brazil) ranked first with 55 publications in this field. Martelli Junior, Hercilio from Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano (Brazil) was the most prolific author with 19 publications. Oral Diseases and British Dental Journal were the two most productive journals. The central topics were dental practice and infection control, oral manifestation related to COVID-19, dental education and online learning, teledentistry, and mental health problems.ConclusionThe growth rate of publications regarding dental research on COVID-19 has risen sharply. Research topics shifted from “Dental practice and infection control, oral manifestation related to COVID-19” in 2020 to “Dental education and online learning, teledentistry, mental health problems,” which are three important research topics for the future.

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Knowledge mapping of COVID-19 and dentistry: A bibliometric analysis

Chen

Zhang²,

Liu³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…In addition to focusing on speeding up elective procedures, collective preventive actions such as smoking control, self-care and oral health prevention, with oral health monitoring for these groups. [34][35][36] A study by Aquilanti, identified that the use of teleodontology immediately after reopening, to screen patients, was an effective way of minimizing damage and waiting times for care. 37 It speeds up the treatment of patients who are identified as having diseases that need more urgent care, such as oral cancer.…”

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Secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to oral health: as integrative review

Araujo,

Rodrigues,

Oliveira

2024

Int J Community Med Public Health

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The damage resulting from the pandemic will be lasting, at all levels of health care, with a strong influence on the use of dental services. This integrative review aims to identify the secondary impacts of covid-19 on access to oral health. Data were collected from SciELO, PubMed/Medline; BVS/Lilacs. The selection of studies initially occurred by reading the titles and abstracts, then selecting the articles that should be read in full. Snowball strategy was used from the selected studies. In total 388 studies were collected and 24 analyzed. After reading the texts in full, it was possible to observe that they are divided into themes: dental problems faced by users of health systems during the pandemic; immediate solutions to face the great demand for dental care; projections of public policy need for the future. Restrictions imposed on dental care had a negative impact on health services, mainly affecting the poorest segments of the population. Expanding access to dental treatments and water fluoridation are urgent measures that must be implemented, in addition to the application of public policies aimed at oral health. or, such as sitting time throughout the day, in addition to the importance to increase the physical activity pattern.

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“…Live consultations provided patients with the opportunity to interact with clinicians in real time, while in the store-and-forward option, patients provided photos, videos, texts, or voice messages that allowed clinicians to evaluate a patient's concern at a convenient time and the ability to share images or radiographs with colleagues [5,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Radiographs used for teledentistry visits were prepandemic radiographs, and the inability to obtain new or additional images via virtual appointments was noted as a barrier to teledentistry [17,26]. If new or additional radiographs were required, patients scheduled an in-person visit for radiographic imaging [20,23].…”

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“…The second recurrent item category was the type of applications and programs used to implement teledentistry. The most mentioned applications were WhatsApp, Skype, Zoom, and Google-related services [16,17,19,24,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Less common were Mobile Mouth Screening Anywhere, a program specifically designed to detect oral cancer via photos uploaded by patients; a video platform called Video 4 Health used in conjunction with a teletrailer program, Telegram; Attend Anywhere; Facetime; and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant programs such as Mailgate SC, Doxy.me, WebEx, Virtru, MD Office Mail, and LuxSci [5,27,36,37].…”

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“…Milder symptoms might be managed virtually through advice and self-help [17]. At the University of California San Francisco, a retrospective chart review found Tele(oral)medicine via Zoom helpful for pain management after an initial visit [26]. A United States study discussed integrating teledentistry into everyday private practice to mitigate pandemic-imposed restrictions using teledentistry both synchronously and asynchronously.…”

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Teledentistry Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

Hung¹,

Lipsky²,

Phuatrakoon³

et al. 2022

Interact J Med Res

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Background COVID-19 spreads via aerosol droplets. The dental profession is at high risk of contracting the virus since their work includes treatment procedures that produce aerosols. Teledentistry offers an opportunity to mitigate the risk to dental personnel by allowing dentists to provide care without direct patient contact. Objective The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the implementation, challenges, strategies, and innovations related to teledentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Methods This scoping review evaluated teledentistry use during the pandemic by searching for articles in PubMed and Google Scholar using the search terms teledentistry, tele-dentistry, covid-19, coronavirus, telehealth, telemedicine, and dentistry. Inclusion criteria consisted of articles published in English from March 1, 2020, to April 1, 2022, that were relevant to dentistry and its specialties, and that included some discussion of teledentistry and COVID-19. Specifically, the review sought to explore teledentistry implementation, challenges, strategies to overcome challenges, and innovative ideas that emerged during the pandemic. It followed the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). This approach is organized into 5 distinct steps: formulating a defined question, using the question to develop inclusion criteria to identify relevant studies, an approach to appraise the studies, summarizing the evidence using an explicit methodology, and interpreting the findings of the review. Results A total of 32 articles was included in this scoping review and summarized by article type, methodology and population, and key points about the aims; 9 articles were narrative review articles, 10 were opinion pieces, 4 were descriptive studies, 3 were surveys, 2 were integrative literature reviews, and there was 1 each of the following: observational study, systematic review, case report, and practice brief. Teledentistry was used both synchronously and asynchronously for virtual consultations, often employing commercial applications such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Zoom. Dental professionals most commonly used teledentistry for triage, to reduce in-person visits, and for scheduling and providing consultations remotely. Identified challenges included patient and clinician acceptance of teledentistry, having adequate infrastructure, reimbursement, and security concerns. Strategies to address these concerns included clinician and patient training and utilizing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant applications. Benefits from teledentistry included providing care for patients during the pandemic and extending care to areas lacking access to dental care. Conclusions Pandemic lockdowns led to new teledentistry implementations, most commonly for triage but also for follow-up and nonprocedural care. Teledentistry reduced in-person visits and improved access to remote areas. Challenges such as technology infrastructure, provider skill level, billing issues, and privacy concerns remain.

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The role of telemedicine for symptoms management in oral medicine: a retrospective observational study

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Knowledge mapping of COVID-19 and dentistry: A bibliometric analysis

Knowledge mapping of COVID-19 and dentistry: A bibliometric analysis

Secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to oral health: as integrative review

Teledentistry Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

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