Dental Caries
Conditions
Keywords
Teledentistry, School Children
Brief summary
Teledentistry is an intervention that can boost chances for the new primary healthcare paradigm, bringing service delivery and accessibility to new levels. Evidence-based studies have reported that Teledentistry improves access to dental care in rural, inaccessible areas to disadvantaged populations.
Detailed description
The advantage of choosing Teledentistry as a dental caries screening tool is its viability in increasing oral health care to underserved areas, increasing equity, and reducing oral disease burdens in children. Furthermore, photographic images and prints of children's carious teeth can be used to motivate parents/guardians to seek dental treatment and institute preventive care. Only a teledental assistant is needed for the imaging, eliminating the need for highly skilled professional human resources. Instead, dental professionals can be better utilized in dental hospitals/clinics.
Interventions
OTHERClinical examination and mobile photo
Children were both clinically examined and a mobile photo was taken for assessment
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Children between 6-12 years old (mixed dentition) 2. Medically free from systematic conditions
Exclusion criteria
1. Uncooperative children 2. Children with orthodontic appliances at time of treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy and Reliability of teledentistry regarding dental caries | Immediately and after 48 hours | Clinical examination and mobile photo for both arches |
| Dental caries | immediately and after 48 hours | Clinically examined and mobile photo for both arches |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed