Tele-dentistry in COVID-19 era: A conduit for dental care in uncertain times Authors Saqib Habib Department of Surgery, Section of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Madiha Khan Department of Surgery, Section of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Robia Ghafoor Department of Surgery, Section of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-9S-22 Abstract Tele-dentistry encompasses all sorts of digital technologies that involve the exchange of patient’s clinical data from a distant site for the provision of dental health care. Tele-dentistry has emerged from the concept of telemedicine, which has been in practice since the 19th century. In recent times, an upsurge in the digital technologies was noted, which has made the possibility of remote access to dental care. The outbreak of COVID- 19 pandemic has restricted the normal routine ways of clinical practice. In these challenging times, tele-dentistry serves as effective platform for providing dental health care. Tele-dentistry has vast applications across various disciplines of dentistry, including preventive dentistry, paediatric dentistry, oral medicine, and oral pathology etc. Continue... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-05-03 How to Cite Saqib Habib, Madiha Khan, & Robia Ghafoor. (2024). Tele-dentistry in COVID-19 era: A conduit for dental care in uncertain times. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(4), S–145. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-9S-22 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 4 (2024): 9th AKU Annual Surgical Conference - Surgery In The Digital Era Section Review Article License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.