4 Topic Commentaries

Strategies for Promoting Teledentistry Adoption in Dental Care: A Realist Review

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  Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS

  Director, Care Center for Persons with Disabilities; Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine and Clinical Restorative Dentistry

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  University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

  “The difficulty for many is obtaining care advice and pre-visit consultation. We see utilizing teledentistry to provide counseling on oral health maintenance, ameliorate non-urgent dental problems, and triage true emergencies.”

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  Sharon Perelman, DDS, MMI

  Chief Medical Informatics Officer; Assistant Professor of Dental Medicine

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  Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

  “We found that it exponentially increased the number of patients that we could treat through telehealth, and it allowed the patients with emergent needs to come into the clinic and be seen right away,”

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  Stuart A. Gansky, DrPH

  Associate Dean for Research; Lee Hysan Chair of Oral Epidemiology; Director, UCSF Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN-DO)

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  University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry

  “The growth of teledentistry has made it possible for some patients to access oral health care when they need it, despite the pandemic.”

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  Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD

  Morton Amsterdam Dean; Professor, Division of Restorative Dentistry

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  University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

  “A patient is always calling on Saturday evenings, and the dentist spends time talking on the phone, ‘What does it look like?’ before sending them to the emergency room … so the ability to introduce face time, to see a picture, that’s a big deal.”

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