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Teledentistry uses information and communication technologies for services such as screening, triage, consultation, diagnosis, monitoring, referrals, and patient education.
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Teledentistry can reduce patient waiting times and expenses, improve satisfaction, and support specialist consultation and collaboration among oral health care providers.
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Implementation barriers include limited provider knowledge, patient awareness, training, and reimbursement, as well as digital divides, low digital health literacy, and unclear guidelines and legal fr
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The review aims to characterize strategies promoting teledentistry adoption and examine their contexts, mechanisms, and implementation outcomes across dental care settings.
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The authors conducted a realist review using Pawson and Tilley’s five-stage framework; its protocol was registered in PROSPERO and published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
