Teledentistry- The paradigm shift

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Teledentistry- The paradigm shift

• Curie Health

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Teledentistry

• A lot of dentists are still hesitant to make a
  move towards the digitalization of their clinical
  practice. However, the increasing importance and
  use of teledentistry is encouraging and shows a
  lot of promise to develop the field of dentistry.
  It has shown a significant use in networking,
  consultations, dental records sharing, and aiding
  in para clinical procedures.

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Teledentistry advantages  

• Reduced costs for both the patient and the
  dentist
• Time-saving
• Ability to connect with any specific dentist or
  any specialist in a particular field irrespective
  of time zones or locations. This is especially
  useful when the patient lives far from the
  dentist or is in a location where such experts
  are not present.
• Documented / recorded consultations
• Privacy and comfort of home 
• Reduced risk of exposure to infections
• Avoiding repeated, unnecessary trips to the
  dentist
• Providing a comfortable environment for kids who
  need dental consultations.

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Practicing teledentistry

• Practicing teledentistry would involve the use of
  the internet, computers, and mobile phones. In
  addition to these, some already available
  computerized systems that involve teledentistry
  are

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OralCdx

• Where oral lesions are imaged and biopsies can be
  digitally analyzed. An oral pathologist can then
  use teledentistry to obtain these records and
  give you an opinion without having to be
  physically present.

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Digital radiographs

• Any oral radiographs can be sent to your dentist
  using teledentistry to get an opinion and suggest
  further treatment. 

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Specialist digital opinions

• In the case of a diagnosis or procedure requiring
  an opinion from a specialist who is not available
  in the clinic, sending the dental records and
  photographs digitally and obtaining an opinion is
  easy and convenient. Such advice is also already
  documented and avoids any additional efforts
  taken to physically store these data.

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CAD/CAM systems

• In the event, a prosthesis needs to be planned,
  expert opinion can be obtained to determine
  esthetics, clear procedural doubts, design 3D
  models, and share digital records between the
  dental lab, specialist, and the dentist.

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Digital Methods

• Clinical management using digital methods Fixing
  appointments, video consultations, text queries,
  reminders about appointments or reviews, sharing
  of useful dental tips and dental clinic offers,
  etc. It can be achieved with ease.
• Digital payments Clinics can tie up with third
  party financing institutions and banks to ensure
  easy and quick payments. The facility to pay
  dental costs in installments can also be given
  when the clinics are in tie-up with the relevant
  companies.

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Digital consultations and review

• Often, patients have basic queries that do not
  need a complete dental examination at the dental
  clinic. These patients can be consulted via
  teledentistry and appointment can be given just
  for the actual procedure if needed. Similarly, a
  dental patient would require a dental review
  visit after most procedures. These reviews can be
  carried out using teledentistry in the absence of
  any symptoms. 

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Dental education

• Dental education and awareness can be passed on
  to children and their parents, elderly adults, or
  those with disabilities using teledentistry. Pre
  and post-procedural instructions can also be
  given in this way and would also ease
  apprehensive patients before the dental visit.
• Continued dental education can be achieved by
  organizing and attending seminars or
  e-conferences using teledentistry.

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Curie Health

• Therefore, dentists have several reasons why they
  should consider using a teledentistry platform
  such as curie.health. Curie health helps in
  assisting you with setting up a flawless
  teledentistry platform, that is user friendly and
  affordable.
• For a free trial or demo, visit https//curie.heal
  th/ or call on 91-87788 26667 to know more.