Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Dent Health Oral Disord Ther 2015, 3(1): 00080 (WHO); European Union (EU), International Telecomunications Agencies (ITA) and Spacial European Agency (SEA), adopted oficially "eHealth" (eHealth), as an oficial term, after that turnning point different health professions started to use the telehealth, for clinical;administrative and educatonal tools in health [2] . The refletion of the use of tecnology of information (TIs) in public service, has

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... mulated the dialogue between diferent social actors, compromise with the quality and resolutivity of health care. In Brazil, telehealth was criated by Minister of Health in 2007 [3] . The most commom use of telehealth is related to diagnosstic; planning individual and coletive strategies, related to family strategy second opinion and continued education [4] [5] [6] . Research Article Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the opinions of Brazilian dentists regarding the use of Teledentistry. The instrument used was a closed responsebased questionnaire consisting of 17 questions. The questionnaire was given to 227 professionals in the five macro-regions of Brazil. The research was approved by the Ethics in Research committee at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. The results indicated that most dentists were interested in using the resources of Teledentistry (81.0%). However, only 11.5% of the dentists had access to such technology. The supposed high cost of the technology was cited by 60.3% of the respondents as negative factors associated with the use of Teledentistry. The overall conclusion shows that Teledentistry resources and its costs must be more widely promoted in Brazil, for dentists and their patients to fully benefit from this emerging tool. Acceptance of Teledentistry by Brazilian Dentists 2/4