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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| School children | Children were clinically examined by the dentist (examiner 1) and a mobile photo was taken by one volunteer dental assistant. While examiner 2 examined the clinical mobile photos and did not participate in the clinical examination. Also, examiner 1 examined the clinical mobile photos after 48 hours as a wash-out period. Calibration was performed between both examiners. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical examination and mobile photo | Other | Children were both clinically examined and a mobile photo was taken for assessment |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy and Reliability of teledentistry regarding dental caries | Clinical examination and mobile photo for both arches | Immediately and after 48 hours |
| Dental caries | Clinically examined and mobile photo for both arches | immediately and after 48 hours |
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School children at a private school in Giza, Egypt.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Fatma KI Abdelgawad, PhD | Cairo University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University | Cairo | 11559 | Egypt |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 40217236 | Derived | Sakr L, Abbas H, Thabet N, Abdelgawad F. Reliability of teledentistry mobile photos versus conventional clinical examination for dental caries diagnosis on occlusal surfaces in a group of school children: a diagnostic accuracy study. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 11;25(1):545. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-05802-z. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003731 | Dental Caries |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D017001 | Tooth Demineralization |
| D014076 | Tooth Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012149 | Restraint, Physical |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D032763 | Behavior Control |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D007103 | Immobilization |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
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