Teledentistry in Oral Medicine Practice: Knowledge Among Dental Students and Dentists in Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Background: The utilization of teledentistry in Oral Medicine practice can overcome the limitations of oral medicine specialist and general practitioners in rural communities which aims to treat patients with geographic and economic barriers. Objectives: to investigate the knowledge level of dental students and dentists regarding teledentistry by assessing their knowledge in oral medicine practice. Methods: Using a self-administered structured questionnaire, descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of 8 items was conducted at faculty of dentistry Prof Dr Moestopo (Beragama) University for the dental students and at province of Jakarta for the dentists. Results: A total of 302 persons (210 dental students and 92 dentists) responded to the questionnaire. In the present study it was found that 30.4% of dental students and 64.1% of the dentists had a good knowledge in oral medicine. All of the dentists were without postgraduate qualification had less than 5 years of work experience (68.5%). Conclusion: The dental students had low knowledge of teledentistry in oral medicine and majority of the dentists had a good knowledge of teledentistry in oral medicine.References
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2. Boringi M, Waghray S, Lavanya R, Babu DBG, Badam R, Harsha N, et al. Knowledge and Awareness of Teledentistry among Dental Professionals – A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2015;9(8): ZC41-ZC44.
3. Bradley M, Black P, Noble S, Thompson R, Lamey PJ. Application of Teledentistry in Oral Medicine in a Community Dental Service, N. Ireland. Br. Dent. J. 2009;209(8):399-404.
4. Weintraub JA, Edwards LR, Brame JI, Lampris L, White A, Adatorwovor R, et al. Teledentistry Knowledge and Attitudes: Perspectives on the role of dental hygienists. J. Dent. Hyg 2020 Aug;94(4):13-21.
5. Joda T, Yeung AWK, Hung K, Zitzmann NU, Bornstein MM. Disruptive Innovation in Dentistry:What It Is and What Could Be Next. J. Dent. Res. 2021;100(5):448–453
6. Amtha R, Gunardi I, Astoeti TE, Roeslan MO.Satisfaction level of the oral medicine patients using teledentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic: a factor analysis. J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent 2021;11: 414-20.
7. Almazrooa SA, Mansour GA, Alhamed SA, Ali SA, Akeel SK, Alhindi NA, et al. The application of teledentistry for Saudi patients' care: A national survey study. J Dent Sci. 2021 Jan;16(1):280-286.
8. Iyer P, Anantha S, Griffith A, Farrand C. Teledentistry 101: A Primer for Dental Professionals for the New Normal. CDA Journal 2020 Oct;8(10):547-552
9. Torres-Pereira CC, Morosini Ide A, Possebon RS, Giovanini AF, Bortoluzzi MC, Leão JC, Piazzetta CM. Teledentistry: distant diagnosis of oral disease using e-mails. Telemed J E Health 2013 Feb;19(2):117-21.
10. Alawwad SM, Zakirulla M, Alasmari NM, Alamri MM, Alshahrani RA. Perceptions of Teledentistry among Dental Professionals in Saudi Arabia. Ann. Trop. Med. Public Health. October 2019;22(VI):1-9
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12. Haron N, Zain RB, Nabillah WM, et al. Mobile phone imaging in low resource settings for early detection of oral cancer and concordance with clinical oral examination. Telemed J E Health 2017;23(3):192–9.
13. Giudice A, Selene Barone S, Muraca D, Averta F, Fedeica Diodati F, et al. Can Teledentistry Improve the Monitoring of Patients during the Covid-19 Dissemination? A Descriptive Pilot Study Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2020; 17:1-9
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15. Tella AJ, Olanloye O.M, Ibiyemi O. Potential of Teledentistry in The Delivery of Oral Health Services in Developing Countries. Ann Ibd. Pg. Med 2019;17(2):115-123
16. Pentapati KC, Mishra P, Damania M, et al. Reliability of intra-oral camera using teledentistry in screening of oral diseases – Pilot study Saudi Dent J.2017;29(2):74-77
17. Lv N, Sun M, Polonowita A, Mei L, Guan G. Management of oral medicine emergencies during COVID-19: A study to develop practise guidelines. J Dent Sci. 2021 Jan;16(1):493-500.
18. Rahman N, Nathwani S, Kandiah T. Teledentistry from a patient perspective during the coronavirus pandemic. Br. Dent. J. 2020 Aug;229(3): 1-4
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21. da Costa Flores AP, Lazaro SA, Molina-Bastos CG, de Oliveira Guattini VL, Umpierre RN, Gonçalves MR, et al. Teledentistry in the diagnosis of oral lesions: A systematic review of the literature. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020;27(7):1166–72.
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29. Soegyanto AI, Wimardhani YS, Diah Ayu Maharani DA, Marc Tennant M. Indonesian Dentists’ Perception of the Use of Teledentistry. International Dental Journal OOO 2022:I-8
30. Soegyanto AI, Siregar KN, Maharani DA, Wimardhani YS. Teledentistry for Improving Oral Medicine Diagnosis: A Systematic Review. J Int Dent Med Res 2022; 15(1):365-369
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35. Ziegeler C, Wasiljeff K, May A. Nondental orofacial pain in dental practices−diagnosis, therapy and self-assessment of German dentists and dental students. Eur.J.Pain 2019;23:66–71.
36. Alkadi L. Dental Education in the COVID-19 Era: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities. Open Dent. J. 2021, 15, 17-24
37. Sahni S, Chandel, Howell S. Advancing Dental Education by Integrating Teledentistry Teaching and Learning into the Predoc Curriculum. J Dent Rep. 2021;2(1):1-3
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2024-11-13
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LUGITO, Manuel Dwiyanto.
Teledentistry in Oral Medicine Practice: Knowledge Among Dental Students and Dentists in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Journal of Indonesian Oral Medicine Society, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 2, p. 19-26, nov. 2024.
ISSN 3026-6688.
Available at: <http://jurnal.pdgi.or.id/index.php/jioms/article/view/1243>. Date accessed: 21 dec. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.32793/jioms.v2i2.1243.
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