This expert opinion paper explores how teledentistry can help expand access to dental services worldwide, particularly in developing and emerging countries.
Produced by a global taskforce convened by the Oral Health Foundation and Unilever, it reviews current evidence and outlines the practical role remote dental services can play in improving care delivery.
This report:
Highlights how teledentistry can improve access to dental professionals in rural, remote, and underserved communities.
Explains how remote services can support education, early detection of disease, referrals, treatment planning, and patient compliance.
Shows how teledentistry can help address inequalities in access to care, especially for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
Outlines how virtual models of care can reduce travel, lower costs for patients and clinics, and make services more efficient.
Examines workforce challenges, including the uneven distribution of dentists, and how di… Source by Oral Health Foundation Read More
