Journal of Dental and Orofacial Research

Oral health is a very vital component of good health and wellbeing. However, the burden of oral disease is so enormous that about 3.5 billion people are affected with the disease globally. To make it worse, there exists inequality in oral healthcare in many parts of the world, more especially in the developing countries. With the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, which is currently characterized by lockdowns, many people are unable to access oral healthcare services. Furthermore, the barriers to the use of telemedicine in the developing countries are so enormous. This paper was a narrative written to discuss the need for developing countries to adopt the use of telemedicine use in oral healthcare services and research (teledentistry) in order to enhance public access to oral healthcare services in this current era of COVID-19 pandemic.