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Review
. 2023 Sep 20:12:1179.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.140204.1. eCollection 2023.

Contemporary Role and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry

Talal Bonny  1 , Wafaa Al Nassan  1 , Khaled Obaideen  2 , Maryam Nooman Al Mallahi  3 , Yara Mohammad  4 , Hatem M El-Damanhoury  5
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Contemporary Role and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry

Talal Bonny et al. F1000Res. .

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies play a significant role and significantly impact various sectors, including healthcare, engineering, sciences, and smart cities. AI has the potential to improve the quality of patient care and treatment outcomes while minimizing the risk of human error. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the dental industry, just like it is revolutionizing other sectors. It is used in dentistry to diagnose dental diseases and provide treatment recommendations. Dental professionals are increasingly relying on AI technology to assist in diagnosis, clinical decision-making, treatment planning, and prognosis prediction across ten dental specialties. One of the most significant advantages of AI in dentistry is its ability to analyze vast amounts of data quickly and accurately, providing dental professionals with valuable insights to enhance their decision-making processes. The purpose of this paper is to identify the advancement of artificial intelligence algorithms that have been frequently used in dentistry and assess how well they perform in terms of diagnosis, clinical decision-making, treatment, and prognosis prediction in ten dental specialties; dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine and pathology, oral & maxillofacial radiology, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, and digital dentistry in general. We will also show the pros and cons of using AI in all dental specialties in different ways. Finally, we will present the limitations of using AI in dentistry, which made it incapable of replacing dental personnel, and dentists, who should consider AI a complimentary benefit and not a threat.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Neural Networks; Deep Learning; Dentistry; Digital Dentistry; ‎Dental Specialty.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Artificial Intelligence types.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Key aspects of artificial intelligence.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. Summary of the hierarchy and major dental applications of AI.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.. The categories of AI applications in dentistry.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.. Dental Specialties based on Canadian Dental Association.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.. The comprehensive dental care system of the future with AI.
It can be divided into pre-appointment, inter-appointment, and post-appointment AI systems. These three types of AI gather data that will be used to enhance patient care.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.. The process of digitalizing the dental system.
Figure 8.
Figure 8.. Strengths and weaknesses of AI.
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