In-person versus "virtual" dental examination: congruence between decision-making modalities.
This study evaluated the agreement of a dentist's conclusions reached through an in-person versus a virtual examination. The dentist determined whether a patient was healthy enough to be treated only by allied dental personnel in a community setting or whether the patient needed to be seen by a dentist. The study concludes that a virtual examination is a strong substitute for an in-person examination and validates the application of telehealth-enabled examinations.
Pacific Center for Special Care, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
Maysa
M
Namakian
Paul
P
Subar
Paul
P
Glassman
Robert
R
Quade
Maureen
M
Harrington
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D003153:Community Health Services; D003657:Decision Making; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral / Q000379:methods*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult