Teledentistry: Limiting patient–provider encounters and upping your game as a dental provider post–COVID-19

Telemedicine is the use of information-based technologies and communications systems to deliver health care across geographic distances.1 The use of this concept is widespread in the medical community, and its application in the field of dentistry has grown exponentially in recent years. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred dentists and medical professionals alike to get creative in the ways they see and treat patients. In dentistry specifically, we have seen use of teledentistry increase as a tool that lets us remain accessible to our patients while abiding by regulations and recommendations limiting face-to-face encounters. It is clear that dentistry requires patient-to-provider contact, so the implementation of virtual exams and consultation models is carving its presence into our “new normal.”

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