Abstract

Teledentistry is a relatively new combination of telecommunication technology and dental treatment. It is rooted in telemedicine, which involves using communication and information technology to provide healthcare services across geographical distances. Teledentistry faces several challenges, including limited internet access and inadequate infrastructure in remote areas, concerns about the confidentiality of electronic medical records, and incomplete regulations regarding teledentistry in the current laws. The problems addressed in this research are the barriers teledentistry practitioners face in Indonesia, including factors that hinder their ability to manage medical risks and the legal protection for teledentistry practitioners who face medical risks, such as drug allergies. Legal protection for dentists in teledentistry when facing medical risks, such as drug allergies prescribed electronically. Dentists must obtain assurance and legal certainty in providing healthcare services to patients. The conclusion drawn from this research is that in teledentistry consultation services, medical risks such as drug allergies, which are unpredictable bodily reactions of patients, cannot be predicted. Medical risk is not a kind of medical malpractice. This is because, in medical risks, one of several elements in articles 338 and 359 of the Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) cannot be fulfilled, namely the element of negligence.