Evaluation of Teledentistry Cases in Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel on the Global Teleconsultation Portal from 2015 to 2020

Abstract

Dental emergencies (DE) occur in approximately 12% of deployed military103 personnel per year including issues such as third molar problems and oral pathologies. Prolonged field care during difficult combat situations is expected, and alternative measures to provide care should be taken, such as telemedicine when service members are separated from clinicians. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of teledentistry in the United States (U.S.) Navy by examining medical records of patients who were assisted by the Global Teleconsultation Portal (GTP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2023
Accession Number
AD1203105

Entities

People

  • Brian Kirkwood
  • Daniel Arens
  • Drew Havard
  • John Roman
  • John Simecek
  • Nicholas Hamlin
  • Paul Colthirst
  • Steven Moffett
  • Timothy Mitchener
  • Yoon Hwang
  • Yu-Wei Chang

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
  • Tripler Army Medical Center
  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Biomedical Research
  • Dental Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases
  • Domain Specific Programming Languages
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Teeth
  • Telemedicine

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine