Follow-up dental examination a day after apicoectomy using the store-and-forward method

Background/Aim. Although apicoectomy is performed routinely and yields excellent results, a close patient observation during the postoperative course desirable in order to avoid possible complications. The aim of this study was investigate adequacy control visits day after surgery using store-and-forward telemedicine method compared clinical in-person controls. Methods. A total 122 apicoectomies were 115 dental interventions. follow-up ex-amination consisted reviewing extraoral intraoral photographs on internet re-viewing responses questionnaire. After that, patients examined in-person. Cohen?s kappa (?store-and-forward? method) coefficient, diagnostic sensitivity (SE), (SP), efficiency (EFF) determined. Statistical comparisons Z-test, nonparametric characteristics tested McNemar?s ?2-test at statistical significance cut-off value p = 0.05. Results. There 106 (92%) seen examination. agreement between found 104 (98%) cases. obtained values (K 0.85, S 0.99, SP 0.86, EFF 0.98) indicated an almost complete agreement. Conclusion. Based transmission patients? digital ac-companying medical history records, showed that examinations can be successfully replaced with remote telemedicine.