Table 3.
Participant teledentistry practices
| Item | Total n (%) | Gender | College | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Governmental n (%) | Private n (%) | |||
| In the future, will you practice teledentistry? | Yes | 241 (76.75) | 78 (67.83) | 163 (81.91)* | 124 (81.58) | 117 (72.22) |
| No | 73 (23.25) | 37 (32.17) | 36 (18.09) | 28 (18.42) | 45 (27.78) | |
| Will you support an initiative to use teledentistry on a national level for Vision 2030? | Yes | 222 (70.7) | 74 (64.35) | 148 (74.37) | 107 (70.39) | 115 (70.99) |
| No | 92 (29.3) | 41 (35.65) | 51 (25.63) | 45 (29.61) | 47 (29.01) | |
| Do you think children and parents would like to have dental examinations by computer and camera to be sent to another dentist? | Yes | 192 (61.15) | 64 (55.65) | 128 (64.32) | 95 (62.5) | 97 (59.88) |
| No | 122 (38.85) | 51 (44.35) | 71 (35.68) | 57 (37.5) | 65 (40.12) | |
| Have you ever had a consultation with a patient using a smartphone and its camera? | Yes | 176 (56.05) | 53 (46.09) | 123 (61.81)* | 67 (44.08) | 109 (67.28)* |
| No | 138 (43.95) | 62 (53.91) | 76 (38.19) | 85 (55.92) | 53 (32.72) | |
| Have you ever used a teledentistry system before? | Yes | 79 (25.16) | 29 (25.22) | 50 (25.13) | 31 (20.39) | 48 (29.63) |
| No | 235 (74.84) | 86 (74.78) | 149 (74.87) | 121 (79.61) | 114 (70.37) | |
| Did you have hands-on training in using teledentistry? | Yes | 65 (20.7) | 30 (26.09) | 35 (17.59) | 20 (13.16) | 45 (27.78)* |
| No | 249 (79.3) | 85 (73.91) | 164 (82.41) | 132 (86.84) | 117 (72.22) | |
| Have you attended a lecture/course about teledentistry? | Yes | 55 (17.52) | 27 (23.48) | 28 (14.07)* | 17 (11.18) | 38 (23.46)* |
| No | 259 (82.48) | 88 (76.52) | 171 (85.93) | 135 (88.82) | 124 (76.54) | |
* P < 0.05
Bold mean had higher prevalence