Approccio multidisciplinare al trattamento parodontale del PZ con bisogni speciali: la telemedicina quale strumento innovativo nell'ambito dell'organizzazione a rete delle attività odontoiatriche territoriali (ORAOT)

The definition of patients with special needs includes patients who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by patients generally. 13% of the U.S.A. Patients are estimated to have been diagnosed with some special health care need. Periodontal disease is the most common chronic disease In geriatric patients with special needs .many problems related to the condition of this type of patients prevent them from accessing care.we studied the problem of this population in relation to periodontal disease in the territory of Monza and Brianza and evaluated the benefits of using telemedicine in this area. The results were that telemedicine helps geriatric patients with special needs to access health and periodontal qulità increasing the safety of these treatments in addition to increasing the number of accesses.