The development of digital dentistry in the UK: An overview.
Prim Dent J
; 11(4): 94-98, 2022 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2195535
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the benefits which digital technology offers to all aspects of dental practice and education. This paper provides an overview of how digital technology has enhanced clinical and administrative procedures within dental practice, including computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacture (CAD/CAM), digital radiography, 3D printing, patient records, electronic patient referrals and electronic communications from dental practices. It then considers the development of teledentistry (mHealth) and its benefits in enabling distant consultations with patients, who for one reason or another are unable to visit dental practices easily. It then goes on to consider how and why digital dental distance learning materials were provided to general dental practitioners in England by the Department of Health (DoH) (England) and how they evolved. Finally, this paper considers the use of digital technology in dental education by dental schools.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Dentists
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Prim Dent J
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
20501684221134198
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