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A prototype mobile application for triaging dental emergencies.

Corey D Stein, Xiang Xiao, Steven Levine

Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)

|May 22, 2016

Summary

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A new mobile app allows patients to report dental emergencies using smartphones, improving communication and care access. This technology helps dentists assess urgency and prepare treatment remotely, reducing emergency department visits.

Keywords:

Technology access to care communication computers electronic data exchange emergencies informatics patient relations public health and community dentistry software

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Telemedicine
Dental Informatics

Background:

Dental emergencies often occur when access to preferred care is limited.
Communication barriers can lead to delayed treatment and patient discomfort.
Current methods for managing dental emergencies lack pre-visit critical information for dentists.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a mobile application for managing dental emergencies.
To assess the feasibility of using smartphone technology for remote dental care assessment.
To improve communication between patients and dentists during dental emergencies.

Main Methods:

Needs analysis and quality assessment of smartphone-captured intraoral images.
Development and refinement of a mobile application prototype.
Usability testing with prospective users to evaluate the application's effectiveness.

Main Results:

The application successfully guided users in capturing clinically meaningful data within 4 minutes.
All users comprehended the transmitted clinical information.
The study demonstrated the feasibility of patients using smartphone apps to report dental emergencies.

Conclusions:

Mobile applications can facilitate remote assessment of dental emergencies by dentists.
Patient-provided data and images via smartphone apps can aid in predicting urgency and preparing treatment.
This technology enhances access to both routine and emergency dental care, potentially reducing emergency department visits.