Application of teledentistry in oral medicine in a Community Dental Service, N. Ireland

British Dental Journal

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 399-404

  Bradley, M ^a   Black, P ^a   Noble, S ^a   Thompson, R ^b   Lamey, P J ^b  

^a Northern Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPUTER SECURITY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; STOMATOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMPUTER SECURITY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; NORTHERN IRELAND; ORAL MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STATE DENTISTRY; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77958551173     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.928     Document Type: Article

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