Mathivanan Abirami, Gopalakrishnan Janani Rajeshwari, Dhayanithi Aparnna, Narmatha Mudiarasu, Bharathan Khaniya, Saranya Kkn
Department of Prosthodontics, R. V. S. Dental College and Hospital, Sulur, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2020 Aug;12(Suppl 1):S304-S307. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_91_20. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
To bridge the gap between urban and rural population, a vast number of researches are being carried out. Teledentistry is one of the technological advances in dentistry. It is defined by Cook in 1997 as "the practice of using video-conferencing technologies to diagnose and provide advice about treatment over a distance." This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of teledentistry among general dentists in and around Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India.
A self-administered closed-ended questionnaire was designed. The questions were divided into three sections based on knowledge, attitude, and practice. Data collected from the questionnaire were entered in Microsoft Excel. Level of significance ( < 0.05) was set at 95% confidence interval and < 0.01 at 99% confidence interval was maintained, and the data were statistically analyzed.
The majority of the dentists had less knowledge about teledentistry. About 73% of the dentists believe that teledentistry can provide access of specialists to the rural population.
Of the dentists, 90% agree that teledentistry would be the major advancement in the future; however, there needs to be a specific module of operation and promotion of the module in future.
为缩小城乡人口之间的差距，正在开展大量研究。远程牙科是牙科领域的技术进步之一。1997年库克将其定义为“利用视频会议技术进行远程诊断和提供治疗建议的实践”。本研究旨在评估印度泰米尔纳德邦哥印拜陀地区及周边普通牙医对远程牙科的知识、态度和实践情况。
设计了一份自填式封闭式问卷。问题根据知识、态度和实践分为三个部分。从问卷收集的数据录入到微软Excel中。显著性水平（<0.05）设定为95%置信区间，<0.01设定为99%置信区间，并对数据进行统计分析。
大多数牙医对远程牙科的了解较少。约73%的牙医认为远程牙科可以让农村人口获得专科医生的服务。
90%的牙医同意远程牙科将是未来的主要进步；然而，未来需要有一个具体的操作模块并对该模块进行推广。
