Over the past one year, the planet witnessed historic associated dramatic developments concerning the speedy emergence of a unique coronavirus. Entire countries are beneath imprisonment in an exceedingly bid to limit the spread of the virus. Digital health fares as an adequate answer in these circumstances. As corporations and even faculties adopt the work-from-home solution, remote consultation is additionally turning into a progressively enticed choice in healthcare. WHO is advocating for telemedicine to monitor patients and cut back risks of them spreading the virus by traveling to hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine into a replacement light. As health workers have to be compelled to keep healthy and disease-free, the necessity for remote technologies skyrocketed. Coronavirus also can be transmitted through the saliva, and the fetal–oral routes may also be a possible person-to-person transmission route. The chance of infection is high between patients and dental practitioners, due to the characteristics of dental settings. Now is the time for dental health professionals to hitch our medical colleagues, and public health officers in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. With straightforward tools like smartphones and portable computer webcams, dentists can see the foremost vulnerable dental patients safely in their homes, thereby eliminating their risk of infection. Orthodontists can use other ways to observe patient treatment progress or to advise in an emergency by exploitation apps like Dental Monitoring that is designed to trace patient treatment remotely.
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