Teledentistry Improves Access to Oral Care: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
The findings suggest that teledentistry has comparable efficacy to traditional preventive oral care in maintaining oral health. Teledentistry may offer a viable solution for expanding access to preventive oral care, especially for disadvantaged communities.
Authors
- Somayyeh Azimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1124-3783)
- Michelle Irving (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7526-6258)
- Marc Tennant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2553-9884)
- Mohamed Estai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-0267)
- Basheer Bennamoun
- Heiko Spallek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6865-4818)
- Estie Kruger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4883-6793)
- Janardhan Vignarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4738-5414)
- Boyen Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-7447)
- Di Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-5594)
- Maryam Mehdizadeh
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of Canberra (AU)
- IP Australia (AU)
- Sydney Hospital (AU)
- Vision Eye Institute (AU)
- Australian e-Health Research Centre (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13182282
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93