The Application of Teledentistry : an Alternative Dental Service in Pandemic Era

Abstract
Recently, the world has been facing the greatest threatening from the novel COVID-19
pandemic. Health services are undergoing a challenge in giving treatment to the patient in this era.
The dental practice became an obstacle for dentists since the possibility of aerosol exposure in
dental treatment may increase the risk of COVID-19 infection. Teledentistry is a developing area of
dentistry that links dental providers to their patients using technologies to diagnose and provide
service about treatment over distance. Teledentistry services could be the solution due to its
method to avoid direct contact with patients and capability to reduce the number of people visiting
in dental office during the pandemic.
The present study attempted to enhance respondents knowledge of teledentistry
an electronic questionnaire survey with 10 questions was developed by Google Form, validated,
and distributed electronically by zoom to 150 social participants before and after teledentistry
consultation.
Statistical Analysis, collected data were analyzed for statistical significance by using SPSS
software.
There is an increase in knowledge of the participants regarding the teledentistry consultation
method for dental and oral cavity health.
Dental consultation via teledentistry is effective to increase respondents knowledge

Keywords: Teledentistry, dental, knowledge.