Tele-Dentistry Applications in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Review

Abstract

Telemedicine makes it possible to examine, evaluate and investigate patients remotely by using technologies such as sound and image in the field of health. As technology develops, the demand for remote healthcare services is increasing. With the COVİD-19 epidemic affecting the whole world, telemedicine has also become popular in dentistry. Telemedicine is used in many departments such as orthodontics, endodontics, pedodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Telemedicine facilitated access to remote patients and reduced cost and clinical workload. However, remote telemedicine applications have various disadvantages, such as the inability to perform a physical examination, the low quality of the information obtained, the possibility of data security problems and some legal problems, or internet access problems.Today, telemedicine is also used in many areas of oral and maxillofacial surgery such as temporomandibular joint disorders, implant planning, follow-up of trauma patients, consultation of patients, easy post-operative care after minor surgeries, and virtual training. The aim of this review is to discuss telemedicine applications, advantages, disadvantages and how it is used in which procedures in oral and maxillofacial surgery, which is a branch of dentistry.

Keywords

• Telehealth
• Telemedicine
• Teledentistry
• Maxillofacial surgery

Ağız, Diş ve Çene Cerrahisinde Tele-Diş Hekimliği Uygulamaları: Derleme

Abstract

Teletıp sağlık alanında ses, görüntü gibi teknolojilerin kullanılarak hastaların uzaktan muayene edilmesini, değerlendirilmesini ve incelenmesini mümkün kılmaktadır. Teknoloji geliştikçe uzaktan sağlık hizmetlerine olan talep artmaktadır. Tüm dünyayı etkileyen COVİD-19 salgınıyla birlikte teletıp diş hekimliğinde de popüler hale gelmiştir. Teletıp diş hekimliğinde ortodonti, endodonti, pedodonti ve çene cerrahisi gibi birçok bölümde kullanılmaktadır. Teletıp sayesinde uzaktaki hastalara erişim kolaylaşmış, maliyet ve klinik iş yükü ise azalmıştır. Bununla birlikte uzaktan yapılan teletıp uygulamalarının; fiziksel muayene yapılamaması, elde edilen bilgi kalitesinin düşük olması, veri güvenliğiyle ilgili sorunların ve bazı yasal sorunların meydana gelebilmesi ya da internet erişim problemleri gibi çeşitli dezavantajları mevcuttur. Günümüzde teletıp temporomandibular eklem bozuklukları, implant planlaması, travma hastalarının takibi, hastaların konsülte edilmesi, minör cerrahiler sonrası postoperatif bakımın kolay bir şekilde sağlanması, sanal eğitimler verilmesi gibi ağız diş ve çene cerrahisinin birçok alanında kullanılmaktadır. Bu derlemenin amacı diş hekimliğinin bir dalı olan ağız, diş ve çene cerrahisi alanında teletıp uygulamaları, avantajları, dezavantajları ve hangi işlemlerde nasıl kullanıldığını ele almaktır.

Keywords

• Telesağlık
• Teletıp
• Tele-Dişhekimliği
• Maksillofasiyal cerrahi

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