{"title":"Teledentistry in secondary care: a COVID-19 stopgap or a permanent fixture?","authors":"R. Arya, Y. Gadiwalla, Aneesha Shah, J. Patel","doi":"10.1308/rcsfdj.2021.46","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an overhaul in the provision of dental services. This prompted the introduction of teledentistry clinics at King’s Dental Institute for patients who had been referred to the oral surgery department. This article presents findings from a retrospective analysis conducted to consider the effectiveness of such virtual clinics as well as discussing the benefits and challenges of teledentistry.","PeriodicalId":342721,"journal":{"name":"Faculty Dental Journal","volume":"270 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Faculty Dental Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsfdj.2021.46","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an overhaul in the provision of dental services. This prompted the introduction of teledentistry clinics at King’s Dental Institute for patients who had been referred to the oral surgery department. This article presents findings from a retrospective analysis conducted to consider the effectiveness of such virtual clinics as well as discussing the benefits and challenges of teledentistry.