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Technologies and Innovations in Oral Health: The Role of Telemedicine in Orthodontic

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MEDICON’23 and CMBEBIH’23 (MEDICON 2023, CMBEBIH 2023)

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Abstract

Background: Telemedicine has recently emerged as a powerful tool for medical care from a distance. This new technology has the potential to revolutionize how healthcare is delivered and has been used for various medical specialities, including orthodontics. This aims to evaluate the ‘use and aid of telemedicine in orthodontics. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science and Lilacs were systematically searched until 31/01/2023. In addition, a manual search was performed using the bibliography of selected articles and a Google Scholar search. Articles were selected that met the tele orthodontics. The papers were read to assess their eligibility. Results: 106 articles were selected. Specifically, 70 articles were found in PubMed, one from Lilacs, and 35 from Web of Science. Clinical trials were selected as inclusion criteria.

Therefore, three papers with inclusion criteria were selected; Conclusions: Teleorthodontics facilitates treatment by distributing orthodontics-based patient records across oral healthcare practitioners; nonetheless, domiciliary examination and visitation must be unpostponable in doubtful cases. Meanwhile, telemedicine is helpful in cases where the clinician has certainty. More research is required to create moral standards and a standard of care in this developing sector.

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  1. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00100, Rome, Italy

    Rocco Franco

  2. Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Giuseppe Minervini

  3. Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100, Caserta, Italy

    Giuseppe Minervini

  4. Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialist Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

    Maria Maddalena Marrapodi

  5. Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina - Policlinico “Gaetano Martino”, Via Consolare Valeria, 98100, Messina, ME, Italy

    Gabriele Cervino

  6. Department of Biomedical and Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Catania University, 95123, Catania, CT, Italy

    Marco Cicciù

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Franco, R., Minervini, G., Marrapodi, M.M., Cervino, G., Cicciù, M. (2024). Technologies and Innovations in Oral Health: The Role of Telemedicine in Orthodontic. In: Badnjević, A., Gurbeta Pokvić, L. (eds) MEDICON’23 and CMBEBIH’23. MEDICON CMBEBIH 2023 2023. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 94. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49068-2_67

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