Community Teledentistry A New Horizon to Upscale Public Dental Healthcare

Telemedicine based practice for Dentists serves as an invisible bridge between patients and dentists, connecting them from a distance. In a growing number of countries, the use of Telemedicine technology has been one of the initiatives taken by the healthcare systems as a public-private partnership. This twenty-first-century approach has the potential to be efficiently patient centered while protecting patients and physicians with a limiting effect on the spread of infectious diseases.
Dental Health deterioration due to lack of prompt care is the precursor to many systemic illnesses such as Gastrointestinal conditions, Growth Disorders, personal appearance, cosmetic factors, etc. Teledentistry has the potential to bridge the gap of service by extending the reach of a Dentist without them moving to a peripheral location. This article sums up the Technical Fabric of such a Community Teledentistry system.