Abstract

  This study aimed to identify the current state of the art and trends of research using mobile applications in Dentistry through a literature review. SciELO, PubMed databases, using the terms "mobile application", "Dentistry" and "informatics", and in Google Scholar, to cover the gray literature, with the same terms in the english language, without time limitation were searched. The titles and abstracts of all articles found were read independently by two researchers. Studies based on primary data that were related only to oral health, who’s medium of information was smartphones, in the English, The data described in the studies have shown the increasing adoption the applications use as educational and assistance resources. The creation of mobile applications directed to Dentistry is appropriate, both in teaching, as a new possibility to build knowledge, and for professional use, since the global dissemination of the use of mobile devices is undeniable.

Keywords: Mobile Application; Dentistry; Informatics

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Citation

Citation: Sachin Chaware and Siddhesh Borse. “Mobile Application in Dentistry: A Literature Review”.Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.2 (2020): 47-50.

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Copyright: © 2020 Sachin Chaware and Siddhesh Borse. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.