The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how hard it can be to provide dental care to frail seniors in long-term care. But even when there’s no such crisis, access is a persistent issue. Now, a team from UBC is using teledentistry to close that gap—one securely uploaded photo at a time.

Dr. Chris Wyatt, director of the UBC Geriatric Dentistry Program, and his team are developing and testing a mobile app to streamline care for patients and provide hands-on training for dentistry students. We spoke with him about the project.

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