Dental Informatics and Intra-oral Photography in Communicating with Dental Students in the Dominican Republic

Authors

  • Lawrence PARRISH Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, Creighton University School of Dentistry
  • Anton DIY Previously Senior Dental Student, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Currently, Private Practice, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Nicholas R. KENNING Previously Senior Dental Student, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Currently, Resident, The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Kristen TEMPLETON Previously Senior Dental Student, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Currently, General Practice Resident, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Ruben SAGUN Colonel, USAF-DC. Director of Resident Education and Training, USAF Periodontics Residency, U.S.A.F. Wilford Hall Medical Center
  • Nicole S. KIMMES Associate Professor, Department of General Dentistry and Director of Dental Informatics, Creighton University School of Dentistry
  • Gene GASPARD Colonel, USAF-DC Reserves. Private Practice, Bellevue, Nebraska, and Special Assistant Professor of Periodontics, Creighton University School of Dentistry
  • Stephen J. HESS Associate Professor , Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Creighton University School of Dentistry

Keywords:

Smartphones, Teledentistry, Intra-oral photography, Digital photography.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to report on the use of the smartphone camera for intra-oral photography by a group of dental students located in the Dominican Republic during the summer of 2013. We investigated the transmission of intra-oral photographs to Creighton University Dental School. We also investigated the capture and transmission of a high-definition video demonstrating a surgical procedure to the students at the remote site. The smartphone photographs were evaluated to determine if they would be useful for diagnosis and other applications in dentistry. In the absence of a standard intra-oral camera system, it was found that smartphones could be useful in capturing and transmitting digital intra-oral images that could assist in dental education and teledentistry.

Published

2014-09-20

How to Cite

PARRISH, L., DIY, A., KENNING, N. R., TEMPLETON, K., SAGUN, R., KIMMES, N. S., GASPARD, G., & HESS, S. J. (2014). Dental Informatics and Intra-oral Photography in Communicating with Dental Students in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 8(2). Retrieved from https://jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/article/view/123

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Research Articles
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