Teledentistry has somewhat quietly evolved since around 2010. The evolution timeline is now giving teledentistry best-practices a prominent place moving into 2022.
The narrative around teledentistry is expanding. And that’s good news for your patients, your workflows, and the innovations you can anticipate in the months ahead.
Speaking of innovations - that’s continuing to define the pace of what we can call the teledentistry evolution. It’s helpful to frame the evolution going forward into three categories.
Each promote a teledentistry best-practices mindset. If you’re an early adopter, a soon to be adaptor, or ready to accelerate your teledentistry services the following will help.
There’s optimism about how teledentistry is perceived by dental patients. One survey confirms the optimistic outlook:
”…78 percent of patients believe they are likely to use it within the next five years.” [1]
The favorable perspective has a lot to do with how patient-facing teledentisty is.
Patient optimism about teledentistry will increase the likelihood of patients seeking dentists who provide virtual dentistry alongside their in-office services.
Check out these teledentistry best-practice resources focused on the patient experience:
What Are the Core Best Practices for Teledentistry Success?
Optimism About Patient Perception and the Patient-Facing Benefits of Teledentistry
Refine the Patient Experience with Teledentistry
Teledentistry as a collaborative best-practice has more than one application. Collaboration could be with specialists, colleagues, in-house clinicians, etc. Or it could be the collaborative relationship you have with insurance networks, online pharmacies, and medical professionals on behalf of your patients.
Virtual collaboration on the clinical front is becoming widely accepted (and preferred by some).
Virtual collaboration and communication on the non-clinical front adds a layer of efficiency to your practice.
Explore these teledentistry best-practice resources focused on collaborative relationships:
Virtual Mentoring, Collaboration, and More Are Possible with Teledentistry
The Benefit of Teledentistry to Online Pharmacies
How Teledentistry Can Improve Payer Network Relationships with Providers and Patients
Innovation is a catalyst. Ideas tend to build upon each other.
The teledentistry environment is attracting opportunity as supportive dental services see its value.
Discover teledentistry best-practices around innovation in these resources:
The Value of Teledentistry to the Direct-to-Consumer Dental Product and Service Industry
Expand Your Patient Care Reach with Teledentistry and Mobile Dental Opportunities
Career-Pivot Opportunities for Dental Hygienists
Teledentix is an innovative, turn-key teledentistry solution created by Virtual Dental Care. The all-in-one platform will enable you to adapt teledentistry to your patient care and extend your services beyond the walls of your dental practice…and improve your patient care in the process.
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[1] https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/78-of-patients-likely-to-use-virtual-dental-care-survey-finds