Teleradiology in dentistry

Teleradiology is a means of electronically transmitting radiographic patien t images and consultative text. This offers a new way to communicate with o ther radiologists and transferring clinicians. Different applications of te leradiology, such as on-ca II services for emergency departments or rural r egions,as well as expert consultation (second opinion) already have been re alised. Especially in concern of dental radiography,analog (film-based) ima ging gets progressively replaced by digital imaging. The combination with u ltrafast data transfer offers an increasing efficacy in diagnosis and thera py,acceleration of communication and new means of quality assessment in pat ient care. Various applications of teleradiology concerning dental medicine are discussed.