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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Telehealth in oral medicine: A cross-sectional evaluation based on a mobile application
Hélder Domiciano Dantas Martins1, Cassiane Pereira de Lucena2, Quemuel Pereira da Silva1
1Dentistry Post Graduation Program, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.
Background:
Teledentistry is considered a good tool in the diagnostic process. In oral medicine, there is a low number of trained professionals and dentists have difficulty in diagnosing and treating oral lesions.
Objective:
We aimed to perform a cross-sectional evaluation based on the mobile application for oral diagnosis using a mobile application in a Brazilian State.
Methods:
This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study of the data of the "Telehealth in Stomatology in Paraíba" carried out between May 2021 and November 2022.
Results:
The app has a team of 16 consultants (Ph.D. professors, postgraduate students, residents, and dentists). In addition, there are 289 registered professionals, with a mean age of 33.7 years, predominantly female (70.2%), working in primary care (79.2%), and general practitioners (42.6%). Regarding the cases, the app has 194 cases, and reactive lesions are the most suggested hypotheses reported by dentists (24.5%) and consultants (22.3%). We had an overall concordance rate of 64.1%.
Conclusion:
The application is easily accessible and has an assistance network that helps with early diagnosis. In addition, it has good coverage with users in more than 50% of the cities in the state. Thus, applications that provide specialized care to distant areas are important for better public health.
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