Smartphone Applications in Dentistry: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: This scoping review aims to investigate the latest literature concerning the use of smartphone applications (apps) in the prevention, management, and monitoring of oral diseases. Smartphone applications are software programs that are designed to run on smartphones. Nowadays, smartphones are regularly used by people of all ages, and mobile health apps (MHAs) represent an important means of spreading information related to oral health, which is the state of the mouth and teeth, including the gums and other tissues. Several apps have been designed to promote prevention, diagnosis, and therapeutic adherence monitoring. This scoping review considered randomized clinical trials, cross-sectional studies, before-after (pre-post) studies with no control group, and observational studies. Once the in

SUBMITTER: Pascadopoli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10605491 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature