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teledentistry effective efficient means increasing access care screening referral treatment practice restrictions undocumented concern dental hygienists skill knowledge identify diagnose carious lesion impede access care study compared identification dental caries dental hygienists dentists clinical teledentistry methods sample 82 children 47 years age attending elementary school memphis tennessee selected study two clinical examiners dental hygienist dentist independently examined charted dental caries existing restorations separately children two teledentistry examiners dental hygienist dentist independently reviewed charted dental caries restorations photographs obtained iphone 4s dental charts child converted decayed filled surface dfs score resulting four scores analyses seventyeight children met inclusion criteria clinical dentists clinical dental hygienists dfs scores resulted spearmans correlation r 099 friedmans analysis four examiners dfs scores found significant difference p 010 teledentistry dental hygienists clinical dentists scores dental hygienist identify dental caries children 47 years age photographs accurately dentist clinical setting