One of the things I've learned over the past couple of years... I've had some relative end up in skilled nursing facilities. There is not a great deal of attention, at least in the facilities that I have visited in the last 2-3 years, on oral health or dental care.
That situation is only going to get worse in the next few years because of the incredible progress we've seen in our medical care. Folks are living longer than ever before and because of that, there is going to be a much increased need for dental care in those facilities. We are constantly discovering ways to include the lifespan of our population. That is a wonderful blessing for many, but we have not been as able to increase ways to deal with dental problems in that population. How are we going to be able to examine and diagnose problems in a patient population that may not be able to physically enter a dental office?
The other thing I've learned... and we have ALL learned, is that there are certain times where we NEED to be physically separated from others. What if a patient that is Covid-19 positive has sudden swelling from a large carious lesion?
The above two examples are the reason why dentistry already needs, and will continue to need and improve upon the concept of remote communication and triage.
One of my favorites in the remote dental space is Teledent. As a member of the Cellerant Best of Class voting panel, I've been part of us voting Teledent as the Best of Class winner for two years in a row. Part of the reason for that is the company's focus on innovation and improvement year after year. During the Greater New York Dental Meeting that started on Sunday, the company has announced even more innovation.
Here is what the company has to say:
MouthWatch, LLC a leader in innovative teledentistry solutions, will be highlighting its enhanced TeleDent platform which continues to connect individual practices and multi-location dental groups to innovative opportunities for improving dental care delivery.
Dental decision makers can learn more about how teledentistry is making convenient access to care a reality in sustainable, profitable ways. MouthWatch will be demonstrating these new enhancements during the Greater New York Dental Meeting at booth #3121.
According to MouthWatch Founder and CEO Brant Herman, “The latest TeleDent enhancements were designed to encourage frequent, convenient, and visually enriched communication between providers and patients and ultimately persuade patients to be more actively engaged in improving their oral health, no matter where they might be.”
The latest TeleDent™ enhancements can deliver the following benefits:
• Deploy across multiple locations and a variety of dental and medical environments • Improve patient retention
• Attract new patients
• Increase patient value
• Boost operatory efficiency and production
• Enhance care plan acceptance
• Minimize operatory use for consultations
• Reactivate lapsed patients and delayed treatment plans
• Share dental care communications with allied healthcare providers
TeleDent delivers all the benefits of a sophisticated, scalable telehealth platform to a dental care environment. For more information, visit https://www.mouthwatch.com/teledent-software/
About MouthWatch, LLC
Headquartered in Metuchen, New Jersey, MouthWatch, LLC is a leader in innovative teledentistry solutions, digital case presentation tools and intraoral imaging devices. The company is dedicated to finding new ways to constantly improve the dental health experience for both patient and provider.
In recent years, the company received the following significant awards and accolades: The 2020 and 2021 Cellerant Best of Class Award for TeleDent™, the provider-focused, patient-friendly teledentistry platform. In 2021, TeleDent also won Dentistry Today’s Top 100 Products, Reader’s Choice Top 25, and Top Aesthetic and Restorative Products awards. The MouthWatch Intraoral Camera won Dentaltown Magazine’s Dental Townie Choice Award™ in 2021 and 2021 as well as Dentistry Today Magazine’s Top 100 Products Award in 2020.
What’s more, the company’s latest product, The MouthWatch Plus+ HD intraoral camera, introduced in September of 2021, has already won a Dental Products Report Top 5 Editor’s Choice Award and a Dentistry Today Reader’s Choice Top 25 Innovative Products Award. The company was also included in the 2020 and 2021 Inc. 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies. For more information, visit www.MouthWatch.com.
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