rOral: use of a teledentistry system for remote images assessment in oral health education workflows

Raquel Sebastião; Ilídio C. Oliveira; Ricardo Felgueiras; Nélio J. Veiga

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_103

rOral: use of a teledentistry system for remote images assessment in oral health education workflows

Raquel Sebastião^*, Ilídio C. Oliveira, Ricardo Felgueiras, Nélio J. Veiga

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Medical training in oral health includes interpreting images of the oral cavity. The use of extended datasets, real cases, and the ability to monitor the progress of students is beneficial. In this work, we investigate the feasibility of using a teledentistry solution to support medical training. The rOral integrated teledentistry solution, developed by the research team, allows the decoupling of image acquisition and image review: images of the oral cavity can be recorded using the camera of regular mobile devices, near the subject of care; the images are then uploaded to a secure storage and reviewed by experts, using a web environment. This workflow, primarily designed for remote oral health diagnosis (e.g.: population screening), can be used for dentistry education, allowing students to play the role of experts. A population of dentistry students was involved in the present study and used rOral to access anonymized cases to form a diagnosis. The results show that the existing solution, planned for remote diagnosis, is suitable for education and that smartphone-acquired images can be used in diagnosis assessment activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of MEDICON 2019
Editors	Jorge Henriques, Nuno Neves, Paulo de Carvalho
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	861-868
Number of pages	8
Volume	76
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030316358
ISBN (Print)	9783030316341
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_103
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2019 - Coimbra, Portugal Duration: 26 Sept 2019 → 28 Sept 2019

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Name	IFMBE Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
ISSN (Print)	1680-0737

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Conference	15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Coimbra
Period	26/09/19 → 28/09/19

Keywords

Medical training
mHealth
Mobile computing
Oral care
Teledentistry
Telemedicine

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Sebastião, R., Oliveira, I. C., Felgueiras, R., & Veiga, N. J. (2020). rOral: use of a teledentistry system for remote images assessment in oral health education workflows. In J. Henriques, N. Neves, & P. D. Carvalho (Eds.), Proceedings of MEDICON 2019 (Vol. 76, pp. 861-868). (IFMBE Proceedings). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_103

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Sebastião, R, Oliveira, IC, Felgueiras, R & Veiga, NJ 2020, rOral: use of a teledentistry system for remote images assessment in oral health education workflows. in J Henriques, N Neves & PD Carvalho (eds), Proceedings of MEDICON 2019. vol. 76, IFMBE Proceedings, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, pp. 861-868, 15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2019, Coimbra, Portugal, 26/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_103

rOral: use of a teledentistry system for remote images assessment in oral health education workflows. / Sebastião, Raquel; Oliveira, Ilídio C.; Felgueiras, Ricardo et al.
Proceedings of MEDICON 2019. ed. / Jorge Henriques; Nuno Neves; Paulo de Carvalho. Vol. 76 Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. p. 861-868 (IFMBE Proceedings).

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