Teledentistry: A Patient’s Perspective

Life Science-Teledentistry – A novel Dental care

Abstract

The potential given by technology and telecommunication is continually transforming dental care. Teledentistry has the potential to increase the quality of community health care. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the patient's teledentistry knowledge, attitude, and practices. This is a 15 days cross-sectional research with an analytical component. The information was gathered using a 13-item questionnaire. The survey asked about sociodemographics and the respondent's perspective on teledentistry. Google forms were used to collect the responses electronically. The patient's knowledge, attitude, and practice on teledentistry were measured as part of the outcome. Out of the socio demographic variables education, occupation, nationality, and family income, occupation was statistically significant. On the phone, 59.7% of the respondents said, they had received assistance from a dentist concerning their difficulties. On a virtual platform, 49.4 percent of respondents received advise from their dentist. According to the findings, participants believed that speaking with a dentist over the phone or via a virtual platform is equivalent to meeting with the dentist in person.