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• To establish provider patient relationship
• D0140 Limited Oral Evaluation, problem focused
• D999x teledentistry encounter
• ie "my problem is I have a malocclusion“
• ATDA definition of D0140 leaves out “Typically, patients
receiving this type of evaluation present with a specific
problem and/or dental emergencies, trauma, acute infctions,
etc.”
Standard of • Weak data/Bad Science
• Geriatric setting
Care • Pediatric setting – “It remains unclear exactly how
effective store-and-forward teledentistry is for the
diagnosis of common dental conditions in children.”
• Reviewed 50 cases randomly selected from 200 provided
by a Direct-To-Consumer orthodontics company
