Fig. 1From: Teledentistry use during the COVID-19 pandemic: perceptions and practices of Ontario dentistsViews on the usefulness of teledentistry in clinical settings. The participant’s ranking of procedures where teledentistry could be useful in clinical practice is shown in Fig. 1. Most participants (68.4%) considered patient triaging an important use for teledentistry in clinical practice followed by consultation (65.4%), educational purposes (42.5%), referrals (32.0%), treatment planning (17.3%) and others (3.7%). Procedures noted within the ‘other’ category included emergency treatment (2.0%), follow-up care (1.3%), rapport building (0.4%)Back to article page