All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November App may take the bite out of dental visit for preschool kids App may take the bite out of dental visit for preschool kids 18/11/2021 | 2 MINS A new study is investigating ways in which an app that takes photographs of young childrenΓÇÖs teeth and allows remote screening by dental professionals might be used as an alternative method of dental care. The Dental Screening Study is a part of the ORIGINS Project, which is following 10,000 families across a decade to improve child and adult health. The collaborative study is being carried out by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus, led by Dr Somayyeh Azimi and Dr Jilen Patel and the CSIROΓÇÖs Australian eHealth Research Centre represented by Dr Mohamed Estai. Dr Patel, a specialist paediatric dentist and senior lecturer at LIT, said the study was prompted by the need for tele-screening of tooth decay and dental pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic. ΓÇ£Tooth decay remains one of the most common diseases i
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November App may take the bite out of dental visit for preschool kids App may take the bite out of dental visit for preschool kids 18/11/2021 | 2 MINS A new study is investigating ways in which an app that takes photographs of young childrenΓÇÖs teeth and allows remote screening by dental professionals might be used as an alternative method of dental care.
The Dental Screening Study is a part of the ORIGINS Project, which is following 10,000 families across a decade to improve child and adult health.
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The collaborative study is being carried out by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus, led by Dr Somayyeh Azimi and Dr Jilen Patel and the CSIROΓÇÖs Australian eHealth Research Centre represented by Dr Mohamed Estai.
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Dr Patel, a specialist paediatric dentist and senior lecturer at LIT, said the study was prompted by the need for tele-screening of tooth decay and dental pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ΓÇ£Tooth decay remains one of the most common diseases i
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