Teledentistry content in Canadian dental and dental hygiene curricula.
Anahita BakhshaeiLeeann DonnellyBruce WallaceMario Augusto BrondaniPublished in: Journal of dental education (2023)
The dental and dental hygiene programs in Canada differ in their offering TD education, and 30% of the dental and 62.5% of the surveyed dental hygiene programs addressed TD content. This scarcity emphasizes the necessity for incorporating such content in future curriculum planning to consequently decrease the lack of knowledge, an identified barrier to TD implementation in education and practice, as today's students will be future educators.