On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we have another Student Focused Roundtable, this week all about teledentistry! We are joined by Amber Lovatos, RDH also known as The Latina RDH and Staci Stout, RDH! Join our guests as they discuss the various ways they use teledentistry in their careers.
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Interview Starts: 10:17.894
Episode Highlights
- Staci’s Background
- Amber’s Background
- Ways to use teledentistry
- Accessibility to care
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Getting into Teledentistry
Quotes
“It is nice if it is shiny and works but if you can’t clean it between every patient, that isn’t going to work.”
“Dentistry is expensive.”
“We wanted to equip the school nurses with intra oral cameras.”
“Teledentistry is not just exams, teledentistry is all virtual communication.”
“By keeping your instruments you already have a start to be able to go out into other locations after school.”
“I would have to wait 3 months to see if they understood and comprehended my homecare instructions, with teledentistry we can monitor along the way.”
“My hope is that oneday we will be like the medical community and have interprofessional collaboration.”
“When we have a picture we know what we need to do to move forward.”
Links
Amber Lovatos amlovatos@gmail.com
Staci Stout stacistout@msn.com
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