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ReviewBioMed research international2022

Teledentistry in the Management of Patients with Dental and Temporomandibular Disorders.

Giuseppe Minervini, Diana Russo, Alan Scott Herford, Francesca Gorassini, Aida Meto, Cesare D'Amico, Gabriele Cervino, Marco Cicciù, Luca Fiorillo

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Review in BioMed research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Umbrella Review of the Effects of Teledentistry on Costs and Oral-Health Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  6. Therapeutic challenges in temporomandibular disorders.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2024
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  14. Telemedicine Use and the Perceived Risk of COVID-19: Patient Experience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  19. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Giuseppe MinerviniMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Odontostomatological Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80121 Naples, Italy.
Diana RussoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Odontostomatological Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80121 Naples, Italy.
Alan Scott HerfordDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Francesca GorassiniSchool of Dentistry Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Aida MetoDepartment of Dentistry, University of Aldent, 1000 Tirana, Albania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-2194
Cesare D'AmicoSchool of Dentistry Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Gabriele CervinoSchool of Dentistry Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-4691
Marco CicciùSchool of Dentistry Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-4126
Luca FiorilloMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Odontostomatological Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80121 Naples, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-4165

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telemedicine is a subunit of telehealth, and it uses telecommunication technology, video, digital images, and electronic medical records to allow the exchange of clinical information and images over remote distances for dental consultation, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Dental clinical practice requires face-to-face interaction with the patients, and therefore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has mostly been suspended. In this view, teledentistry offers the opportunity to continue dental practice, avoiding the face-to-face examination that put patients and healthcare professionals at infection risk. Teledentistry encompasses several subunits such as teleconsultation, telediagnosis, telemonitoring, and teletriage. To date, there are several experiences described in literature that suggest that teledentistry could be applied to support traditional care of different oral diseases. However, there are some issues that need to be addressed. Reimbursement concerns, costs, license regulations, limits in physical examinations, and expert equipment are principal issues that should be overcome in telemedicine and in teledentistry. In this narrative review, we provide an overview of the different teledentistry approaches in the care of patients with dental and temporomandibular disorders, as well as discussing the issues that need to be addressed to implement this approach in clinical practice.

Indexed as

COVID-19TelemedicineTemporomandibular Joint DisordersDelivery of Health CareHumansPandemics

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PMID35437507
PMCPMC9013296

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