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| Store & Forward is currently being used to assist in the delivery of Orthodontic care throughout the West of Scotland. The Scottish Tele-Orthodontic Project was established as a pilot to try out an alternative approach to the delivery of specialist orthodontic care in order to address a number of problems.
Due to a shortage of NHS orthodontists in Scotland, the waiting time for patients from referral by their dentists to being seen by an NHS orthodontist is approximately 1 year. The geography of the West of Scotland, which has many remote islands, presents a second problem, in that either patients have to travel long distances to get to the orthodontists or the orthodontists have to travel to remote sites to conduct clinics. |
Excelicare connects 7 remote dental clinics to 2 hospital based orthodontists.
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The orthodontists view the files sent and revert with opinions and recommendations.
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| Benefits |
• Reduction in waiting time for patients.
• Reduction in need for all patients to make long, inconvenient and sometimes unnecessary journeys to be seen by the orthodontists.
• Increased efficiency - orthodontists can concentrate on seeing only those patients at their clinics for whom orthodontic treatment is appropriate at the time. |
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