背景:远程医疗(T-Med)一直是全球临床医生武器库中的重要工具。这种技术近年来越来越流行,特别是鉴于COVID-19大流行,这使得一些人很难获得传统的牙齿护理。本综述旨在分析远程医疗在颞下颌关节紊乱病(TMDs)的诊断和管理中的应用及其对一般健康的影响。
方法:使用关键字对数据库进行了广泛的搜索,例如,“远程医疗,\“\”远程医疗,\"\"TMJ\"和\"颞下颌关节紊乱病,“总共有482篇论文可以从中选择合格的研究。使用观察性接触研究中的偏倚风险(ROBINS-E)工具评估纳入研究的方法学质量。
结果:选择了两项符合资格标准的研究。所有评估的研究都表明,使用T-Med对TMD进行干预的患者具有不同程度的阳性结果。
结论:T-Med对TMD的诊断和管理显示出可喜的结果,特别是自COVID-19大流行及其后出现以来。需要进行更大样本的长期临床试验,以进一步确定这方面的有效性。
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine (T-Med) has always been an important tool in the arsenal of clinicians worldwide. This technique has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made it difficult for some people to access traditional dental care. The current review aimed to analyse the usage of telemedicine in the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and its impact on general health.
METHODS: An extensive search of databases was conducted using keywords such as, \"telemedicine,\" \"teledentistry,\" \"
TMJ\" and \"temporomandibular disorders,\" resulting in a total of 482 papers to be available from which eligible studies were selected. The Risk of Bias in Observational Studies of Exposures (ROBINS-E) tool was used to evaluate methodological quality of included studies.
RESULTS: Two studies were selected which fulfilled the eligibility criteria. All assessed studies indicated varying degrees of positive outcomes for patients who were intervened for TMDs using T-Med.
CONCLUSIONS: T-Med shows promising results for the diagnosis and management of TMDs, especially since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter. Long-term clinical trials with larger samples are needed to further ascertain validity in this regard.