What exactly is teledentistry? While teledentistry has become popular in several States, it has not had as widespread an adoption as many other health professions. Nonetheless, there have been many resources developed by those that have been laying the groundwork for many years.
How is teledentistry used and how does it add value? Check out this great video by Horizon Health Care:
Following are excellent resources that describe a variety of uses cases and how teledentistry adds value to oral health care:
- Expanding Oral Health: Teledentistry
- Teledentistry Use Beyond the Pandemic
- Increase Access to Preventive Oral Care for Children
- Promising Practices: Increasing Access to Care through Teledentistry
- Promising Practice: Implementing a Pediatric Teledentistry Program
- Promising Practice: Teledentistry for Substance Use Disorder
- Promising Practice: Teledentistry to Ensure Continuity of Care During COVID-19
- Promising Practice: Using Teledentistry to Improve Prenatal Care
- Lessons Learned from the NNOHA Teledentistry Collaborative
What are some practical tips for helping me to get started? Here are some great resources that we've curated for you!
- The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) has developed a number of resources that provide very practical assistance with getting started:
- Teledentistry Checklist and Readiness Assessment
- Teledentistry User Guide
- Teledentistry Generic Workflow
- Teledentistry Visit Example:
- Virginia Health Catalyst has developed:
- Teledentistry in Virginia Implementation Toolkit
- Practice Teledentistry Visit Example:
- Teledent has put together this guidance document on Patient Assessment via Synchronous Teledentistry
- CareQuest Institute for Oral Health has developed
- Teledentistry Self-Management Goal Menu
- Self-Care After Your Teledentistry Appointment
- Answering that Dental Emergency Call Remotely Example:
- The American Teledentistry Association has put together this Industry Standards for Remote Orthodontic Treatment
