在智利的偏远地区,使用卫星通信技术为老年人提供远程牙科护理
Víctor Beltrán1,2,3,4, Leonardo López5, Pablo Acuña-Mardones1,2,4,6
1Universidad de La Frontera, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Odontología Clínica (CIDIC), Facultad de Odontología, Temuco, Chile.
Frontiers in oral health
|December 22, 2025
概括
利用卫星技术的远程牙科改善了智利偏远地区老年人获得口腔保健的机会. 这项试点研究强调了其在改善护理和减少服务不足人群之间的差异方面的潜力.
科学领域:
- 口腔健康 口腔健康
- 远程医疗远程医疗
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 农村和偏远地区的贫困人口在获得口腔卫生保健方面面临重大障碍.
- 老年人是一个特别易受伤害的群体,牙科需求未得到满足的比例很高.
- 卫星通信技术为向连接有限的地区提供护理提供了一个潜在的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 提供关于使用卫星通信的远程牙科影响的初步证据.
- 改善农村和偏远地区的贫困人口获得口腔卫生保健的机会.
- 评估智利洛斯拉各斯地区老年人远程牙科试点模型.
主要方法:
- 在智利洛斯拉各斯地区,为31名老年人 (平均年龄为66.3岁) 实施了远程牙科试点模型.
- 该模型结合了技术和临床组件,使用卫星解决方案用于没有互联网连接的地区.
- 这种方法被归类为工业4.0现代化框架.
主要成果:
- 观察到牙科问题的高患病率,56%的人在五年内没有去看牙医,平均DMFT指数为24.2.2.
- 近一半 (45.4%) 没有得到满足的修复需求,83.3% 需要假肢设备,许多人需要紧急治疗,通常是由于牙疼痛.
- 84%的咨询是紧急护理,这表明这一群体有很大的需求.
结论:
- 试点的远程牙科模型成功地改善了孤立的老年人群的护理准入和改善了口腔健康结果.
- 这种创新方法促进了对面临口腔健康紧急情况风险的个人的系统识别.
- 人工智能的未来整合和扩展到其他服务不足的地区可以进一步利用数字生态系统来减少健康差距.
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