Today, oral health is recognized to play an integral role in overall well-being and quality of life. Despite all the efforts to achieve society with optimal oral hygiene, the rural areas of our country has many barriers to access dental services because of geographic remoteness, poor or no public transportation, less information about dental hygiene and lack of avaibility of specialized health care professionals leading to failure in implementing effective oral health care. In recent years, due to push of digitalization by government and use of computer and latest telecommunication technology have dramatically uplifted the entire health care system including dentistry to altogether a new level. In modern era, new opportunities are being provided for easy access to primary care professionals for proficient consultation by teledentistry. Use of teledentistry can contribute to bridge the gap between demand and supply of dental care facilities. Following paper presents overview regarding enormous scope of telecommunication in providing dental education and primary health care delivery.