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Using teledentistry to provide interceptive orthodontic services to disadvantaged children

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2007.12.023

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  1. NIDCR NIH HHS [U54 DE14254] Funding Source: Medline

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Introduction: Socially disadvantaged children have limited access to orthodontic services. We examined the feasibility of a general dental practitioner providing interceptive orthodontic services to disadvantaged children with real-time supervision from an orthodontist using teledentistry. Methods: Pretreatment and posttreatment orthodontic study models of 30 children treated by a general dentist using teledentistry and 96 children treated by orthodontic residents directly supervised by orthodontic faculty were scored with the peer assessment rating ( PAR) index. Results: Both groups had significant improvements in PAR scores: 35.6% in the teledentistry group and 44.1% in the direct supervision group ( P < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the groups before treatment or after interceptive orthodontic treatment. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that interceptive orthodontic treatments provided by sufficiently prepared general dentists and supervised remotely by orthodontic specialists through teledentistry are a viable approach to reducing the severity of malocclusions in disadvantaged children when referral to an orthodontist is not feasible. ( Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2008; 134: 700-6)

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