Saraswati Sony, Bhowmick Devleena, Upasana Kumari, Pravin Kumari S, Srivastava Saransh
Consultant Prosthodontist, Dental Implant & Laser Clinic, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, PDM Dental College and Research Institute, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Haryana, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S511-S513. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_77_22. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
With the aim of preventing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), teledentistry allows for the follow-up of patients who can be remotely monitored, decreasing patient mobilization and reducing the risk of virus dissemination. The aim of this cross-sectional pilot survey was to assess patients' perception and acceptance of a teledentistry program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Demographic characteristics of the patients were recorded, and a 24-question survey was completed. A Chi-square test and an analysis of variance (ANOVA) test were performed with a significance level set at ≤ 0.05.
Forty-eight percent patients declared an interest in the use of a teledentistry. Furthermore, 45% participants preferred this type of visit to a conventional dental visit.
Our study showed that teledentistry appears to meet the expectations and needs of our patients.
为防止2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）传播，远程牙科可对患者进行远程监测随访，减少患者流动，降低病毒传播风险。本横断面试点调查旨在评估COVID-19大流行期间患者对远程牙科项目的认知和接受程度。
记录患者的人口统计学特征，并完成一份包含24个问题的调查问卷。进行卡方检验和方差分析（ANOVA），显著性水平设定为≤0.05。
48%的患者表示对使用远程牙科感兴趣。此外，45%的参与者更喜欢这种就诊方式，而非传统的牙科就诊。
我们的研究表明，远程牙科似乎符合患者的期望和需求。
