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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

Evaluation of Tele-Dentistry and Face-to-Face Appointments during the Provision of Dental Services in Poland.

Klaudia Migas, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Aleksandra Sierocka, Michał Marczak

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Perception, Acceptance, and Utilization of Teledentistry by the Public: A Literature Review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Klaudia MigasDepartment of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.
Remigiusz KozłowskiCenter of Security Technologies in Logistics, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2781-5341
Aleksandra SierockaDepartment of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.
Michał MarczakDepartment of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLUniversity of Łódź · PL

Funding

InterdoctorMen POWR.03.02.00- 00-I027/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tele-dentistry is a rapidly growing field, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote services are of increasing interest to both patients and dental personnel. They allow for reduced person-to-person contact and thus a reduced risk of transmission of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the functioning of all areas of life, including dental treatment. The aim of the study was to assess the possibility of using tele-dentistry for dental services and analyse the attitudes of patients and dentists towards this solution. The period analysed was between March 2019 and February 2021 in five healthcare entities in Cracow in Central Europe. The study's retrospective analysis shows a positive attitude of patients towards tele-dentistry at every stage of treatment, from diagnosis through postoperative care, and a significant reluctance of dentists in the majority of dental specialties towards tele-dentistry. Consequently, a significant percentage of patients were invited to dental offices for a face-to-face appointment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The negative attitude of dental personnel towards tele-dentistry compared with the positive attitude of patients towards tele-dentistry is somewhat worrying in view of the possibility of a further pandemic. At the same time, it provides important information about the need to educate and support dental personnel in tele-dental solutions and improve solutions for the future. Taking into account the potential reduction in dental care costs for patients and countries after the implementation of tele-dentistry solutions, this is an important topic, while current studies do not comprehensively address the attitudes of patients and dental personnel towards tele-dentistry. In other parts of the world, a similar approach to tele-dentistry is used by patients and dentists.

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COVID-19dentistryremote consultationtelemedicine

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PMID36294779
PMCPMC9605474
OpenAlexW4303832884

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