TELEDENTISTRY THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Some people may think, teledentistry means searching the Web for information that might help a patient. Others may think, it is partaking of online continuing education courses. These two activities are not Teledentistry, they are actually Web surfing and distance learning.
Teledentistry, on the other hand, is a combination of telecommunications and dentistry, involving the exchange of clinical information and images over remote distances for dental consultation, treatment planning and in some cases certain treatments as will be discussed below.
The term “Teledentistry” was first used as far back as 1997, and was defined as – The practice of using video-conferencing technologies to diagnose and provide advice about treatment over a distance.
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