Perceptions of Tele-orthodontics Application during the COVID-19 Pandemic among University of North Sumatra Dental Student
Keywords:
Tele-orthodontics, Pandemic, COVID-19
Abstract
Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns which treatment usually takes a long time. Restrictions on direct dental oral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic have encouraged the use of online oral health services via tele-orthodontics over the past few years. This study aimed to investigate tele-orthodontics perceptions among dental students. subjects from various sources of information, not only relying on knowledge in school. A total of 106 dental students who is in their fourth year participated in this cross-sectional descriptive survey. Data were collected using a validated self-reported questionnaire to measure knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes toward tele-orthodontics. It was observed 85.38% of students had knowledge regarding teledentistry, and tele-orthodontics. It showed that as many as 80.37% of University of North Sumatra Dental Student had a positive perception of the tele-orthodontics application during the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall beliefs and attitude of teledentistry were found to be 75.36%. Generally, dental students have positive perception towards tele-orthodontics application during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Plaza-Ruiz, S. P., Barbosa-Liz, D. M., & Agudelo-Suarez, A. A. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dentists toward Teledentistry. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 6(3), 268–278. https://doi.org/10.1177/2380084421998632.
Pradhan, D., Verma, P., Sharma, L., & Khaitan, T. (2019). Knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding teledentistry among postgraduate dental students of Kanpur city, India: A questionnaire study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 8. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_363_18.
Rahman, N., Nathwani, S., & Kandiah, T. (2020). Teledentistry from a patient perspective during the coronavirus pandemic. British Dental Journal, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-020-1919-6.
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