Prasad Sabarinath, Arunachalam Sivakumar, Boillat Thomas, Ghoneima Ahmed, Gandedkar Narayan, Diar-Bakirly Samira
Department of Orthodontics, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai 50505, United Arab Emirates.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia.
Dent J (Basel). 2023 Jan 10;11(1):24. doi: 10.3390/dj11010024.
Wearable technology to augment traditional approaches are increasingly being added to the arsenals of treatment providers. Wearable technology generally refers to electronic systems, devices, or sensors that are usually worn on or are in close proximity to the human body. Wearables may be stand-alone or integrated into materials that are worn on the body. What sets medical wearables apart from other systems is their ability to collect, store, and relay information regarding an individual's current body status to other devices operating on compatible networks in naturalistic settings. The last decade has witnessed a steady increase in the use of wearables specific to the orofacial region. Applications range from supplementing diagnosis, tracking treatment progress, monitoring patient compliance, and better understanding the jaw's functional and parafunctional activities. Orofacial wearable devices may be unimodal or incorporate multiple sensing modalities. The objective data collected continuously, in real time, in naturalistic settings using these orofacial wearables provide opportunities to formulate accurate and personalized treatment strategies. In the not-too-distant future, it is anticipated that information about an individual's current oral health status may provide patient-centric personalized care to prevent, diagnose, and treat oral diseases, with wearables playing a key role. In this review, we examine the progress achieved, summarize applications of orthodontic relevance and examine the future potential of orofacial wearables.
用于增强传统治疗方法的可穿戴技术正越来越多地被纳入治疗提供者的手段之中。可穿戴技术一般是指通常佩戴在人体上或与人体紧密相邻的电子系统、设备或传感器。可穿戴设备可以是独立的，也可以集成到穿在身上的材料中。医用可穿戴设备与其他系统的区别在于，它们能够在自然环境中收集、存储并将有关个人当前身体状况的信息传递给在兼容网络上运行的其他设备。在过去十年中，针对口面部区域的可穿戴设备的使用稳步增加。其应用范围包括辅助诊断、跟踪治疗进展、监测患者依从性以及更好地了解颌骨的功能和副功能活动。口面部可穿戴设备可以是单峰的，也可以包含多种传感模式。使用这些口面部可穿戴设备在自然环境中连续实时收集的客观数据为制定准确且个性化的治疗策略提供了机会。在不久的将来，预计关于个人当前口腔健康状况的信息可能会提供以患者为中心的个性化护理，以预防、诊断和治疗口腔疾病，而可穿戴设备将发挥关键作用。在本综述中，我们考察了已取得的进展，总结了与正畸相关的应用，并探讨了口面部可穿戴设备的未来潜力。
