Teledentistry can include patient care and education delivery
• Live video ( synchronous ): Live , two-way interaction between a person ( patient , caregiver , or provider ) and a provider using audiovisual telecommunications technology .
• Store-and-forward ( asynchronous ): Transmission of recorded health information ( for example , radiographs , photographs , video , digital impressions and photomicrographs of patients ) through a secure electronic communications system to a practitioner , who uses the information to evaluate a patient ’ s condition or render a service outside of a real-time or live interaction .