Smartphone Photographs to Document Preoperative Dental Examination

Dental injury is a common cause of malpractice claims involving anesthesiologists. Inadequate preoperative dental evaluations and incomplete documentation are often cited as contributing factors during reviews of closed claims. Point-of-care smartphone photographs are widely used in other medical fields such as dermatology and plastic surgery. We discuss the use of smartphone photographs for documenting preoperative dental examinations.
Source: A&A Case Reports - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Innovation Source Type: research