Teledentistry: An Appraisal of Google Play Store Applications

Q4 Dentistry European Journal of General Dentistry Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1055/s-0043-1761931

Hasan Mujtaba, Muhammad Farooq Umer, Eman Afroze, F. Chaudhary, Shumaila Zofeen, Awais Farid

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Abstract Objectives M-health technology facilitates and equips us with the required medical-related information and knowledge. This research work aims to provide an overview of m-health apps related to dentistry on the Google Play Store. Materials and Methods This widely used official smartphone platform was screened for the most widely available apps by putting the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and keywords “teledentistry, dentistry, and dental” and the resultant apps were evaluated for the number of downloads, ratings, release date, and number of reviews. Results The apps were categorized depending upon their applicability into different subgroups, which include patient education apps, dentist appointment apps, kid's apps, undergraduate apps, graduates and general dentist apps, postgraduate dentist apps, commercial and social networking apps, and other miscellaneous apps. The engagement of the users was evaluated in all the categories and the applicability of apps in respective categories was evaluated. The study concluded that despite plentiful apps in each category, the engagement of individuals with the m-health apps related to dentistry is relatively low. However, few creative apps in each category showed bright prospects for productivity and engagement. Conclusion Centralization and appropriately supervised apps with quality information by some official health care platforms can enhance the effectiveness and prepare this platform for the future of dentistry in the world of semantic web and blockchain.

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电视医学:b谷歌Play Store应用评估

移动健康技术为我们提供了所需的医疗相关信息和知识。本研究工作旨在提供b谷歌Play Store上与牙科相关的移动健康应用程序的概述。材料和方法在这个被广泛使用的官方智能手机平台上，通过将医学主题标题(MeSH)和关键词“teledentistry, dentistry, and dental”筛选最广泛可用的应用程序，并评估由此产生的应用程序的下载次数、评级、发布日期和评论数量。结果根据应用的适用性，将这些应用分为不同的亚组，包括患者教育应用、牙医预约应用、儿童应用、本科生应用、毕业生和普通牙医应用、研究生牙医应用、商业和社交网络应用以及其他杂项应用。对所有类别的用户参与度进行了评估，并对应用程序在各自类别中的适用性进行了评估。该研究得出的结论是，尽管每个类别中都有大量的应用程序，但与牙科相关的移动医疗应用程序的个人参与度相对较低。然而，在每个类别中，几乎没有创意应用在生产力和用户粘性方面表现出光明的前景。结论一些官方医疗保健平台的应用程序集中管理，并对其进行适当的监督，提供高质量的信息，可以提高应用程序的有效性，为未来语义网和区块链世界的牙科平台做好准备。

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期刊介绍： European Journal of General Dentistry (EJGD) is one of the leading open-access international dental journal within the field of Dentistry. The aim of EJGD is publishing novel and high-quality research papers, as well as to influence the practice of dentistry at clinician, research, industry and policy-maker level on an international basis. EJGD publishes articles on all disciplines of dentistry including the cariology, orthodontics, oral surgery, preventive dentistry, periodontology, endodontology, operative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics, dental biomaterials science, long-term clinical trials including epidemiology and oral health, technology transfer of new scientific instrumentation or procedures, as well as clinically relevant oral biology and translational research.Moreover, EJGD also publish the scientific researches evaluating the use of new biomaterials, new drugs and new methods for treatment of patients with different kinds of oral and maxillofacial diseases or defects, the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases with new methods, etc. Moreover, researches on the quality of life, psychological interventions, improving disease treatment outcomes, the prevention, diagnosis and management of cancer therapeutic complications, rehabilitation, palliative and end of life care, and support teamwork for cancer care and oral health care for old patients are also welcome. EJGD publishes research articles, case reports, reviews and comparison studies evaluating materials and methods in the all fields of related to dentistry.