Every 14 seconds, a person visits the emergency department for a dental problem, equating to 2.2 million ED visits annually! The cost of those visits surpasses $2.4 billion. Furthermore the...
Teledentistry Trends and ADA Guidance
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MouthWatch COVID-19 Updates and Resources
Be Prepared, Stay Open
How prepared are you this time? When COVID-19 took over the world and the US halted dental care for a period of time dental practices were left to scramble to find a way to interact and provide care to patients. Teledentistry became the normal and offices were left trying to figure out how to maneuver the new climate of care.
Can an Intraoral Camera be Used for Risk Mitigation?
Infection Control Intraoral cameras are used for patient education and case presentation, but have you thought of using one to reduce disease transmission? In the ongoing pandemic, dental...
WHO Releases Guidance for Non-Essential Dental Care
COVID-19 has shut down dental practices and changed the way we have traditionally seen patients over the past many months. Offices were scrambling to find a way to continue patient care in addition...
FEMA and PPE Guidelines
PPE shortages continue to cause concern among the medical and dental communities. FEMA recently released updated practice guidelines with recommendations to "Reduce, Reuse and Repurpose" PPE and...
In-Office Teledentistry Workflow
Teledentistry became an essential tool for many practices during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While offices were closed, providers were still able to offer care to their patients virtually....
Current MouthWatch Webinars
Over the past few months MouthWatch has hosted multiple webinars to help guide dental professionals through practicing dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic and now into navigating the "new normal"...
CDC Consultant Dr. Scarlett on the Curve of Teledentistry Adoption and Why It Matters
Teledentistry is ready to catalyze change for the better. “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it is that dentistry can innovate quickly and adapt to...
Plan For Re-opening Your Practice with Teledentistry
"Re-emergence from the depths of the pandemic will take time and defining a “new normal” for our lives and our practices. No one is really sure of what the end of this pandemic will look like, so we...
Funding Teledentistry Solutions via the FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program
What is the FCC Telehealth Program? The telehealth program overview from the FCC describes the program as: “The COVID-19 Telehealth Program will provide $200 million in funding, appropriated by...