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Tag: AI in dentistry

  • ChatGPT vs. Radiologist: Can AI Read a Dental Radiograph?

    AI dental radiograph reading by ChatGPT, Grok and MANUS matched radiologists on textbook cases — 92.5% vs 96.7%. Impressive, but here’s the catch.

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    Hezarani
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  • Can AI Cephalometric Landmark Detection Match a Specialist?

    AI cephalometric landmark detection matched senior specialists across 1,190 scans, placing skull points to ~1.2 mm. Impressive — but is it clinic-ready?

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    Hezarani
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  • AI Periodontitis Staging: Real Diagnosis or Guesswork?

    AI periodontitis staging read one panoramic X-ray at 0.95-0.97 precision on bone landmarks, but tooth detection lagged at 0.82. What the gap means.

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    Hezarani
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  • AI Oral Cancer Screening: Early Warning or False Alarm?

    AI oral cancer screening scored AUROC 0.99 for cancer vs. a healthy mouth, but just 0.78 on catching the earliest lesions. Here’s what that means.

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    Hezarani
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  • AI Implant Planning: Better Citations, Worse Spatial Sense?

    Giving GPT-4o a library of implant guidelines improved its citations — but not its plans, and it nudged toward overtreatment. What that means for you.

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    Hezarani
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  • Explainable AI in Dentistry: Real Trust or Just a Story?

    A 2026 systematic review screened 100 studies of explainable AI in dentistry. Only 19 qualified — and 14 of those carried a high risk of bias.

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    Hezarani
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  • AI vs. Endodontist: Who Reads a Dental X-Ray Better?

    A King’s College London study pitted an AI platform against expert endodontists on 339 teeth, with CBCT as the gold standard. The AI found half the lesions.

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    Hezarani
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  • AI in Dental Education: Better Than a Lecture — or a Tutor?

    A meta-analysis of 6 randomised trials found AI-assisted case-based learning beat lectures — but not human-led tutorials. What the gap means for dentistry.

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    Hezarani
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  • The Dentist in Your Pocket: Can AI Turn a Smartphone Photo Into a Cavity Detector?

    A 2025 systematic review tested AI apps that detect cavities from smartphone photos. Here’s what the science really shows — the wins, the blind spots, and what it means for you.

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    Hezarani
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