A glance on the insights of artificial intelligence in dentistry: What a dentist should know

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, KSA. Professor of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Egypt.

2 Digital Consulting Director, Madinah Institute, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Nowadays, dental technologies are developing fast and the improvements in dental materials and their applications are varying. Thus dentist should follow these advances and apply the verified ones to get their benefits, provide better oral care in less time and achieve patients’ satisfaction. Artificial intelligence (AI) uses are spreading in daily life and its application in health field and dentistry is growing exponentially that in the near future every dental health care provider should know about it and if not getting benefit of it in his work, he will be running out of time.
In this manuscript, some AI vocabularies and concepts will be addressed in a glance and have knowledge about some dental studies in AI tools applications in dentistry. The importance of the current emerging AI tools that they are applied in identification and classifications, diagnosis and aid in treatment planning to provide the best possible treatment to the patients. It is promising to enable the dental practitioner to provide better care to more patients in less time.

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