If you grew up in the ’70s and ’80s like me, “The Terminator” movies portrayed artificial intelligence (AI) and robots as something to be feared. We all rooted for Sarah and John Connor in the war for the survival of humanity against the rise of Skynet’s synthetic intelligence. These self-aware military machines, able to learn … Read more
We are living in a new chapter of human development. Known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it represents a fundamental change in how we live, work and relate to one another.1 This change is enabled by extraordinary technology, which blurs the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both prodigious progress and potential … Read more
How amazing would it be if you had thousands of knowledgeable and trusted mentors to confer with for each patient? That collective knowledge would undoubtedly raise the level of evidence-based care for your patients. Even better, imagine what that could mean for your case acceptance and overall production. OraQ, an AI-based, clinical decision support system … Read more
Denti.AI Auto-Chart, an AI-powered software developed by Denti.AI, has become the first and currently only dental auto-charting product cleared by the FDA. The device can assist dental professionals in the interpretation of intraoral and extraoral 2D x-ray images by detecting and numbering teeth and missing teeth. It also aids in detecting dental structures added through … Read more
Introduction: Old Job, New Tool Since the 1950s, when x-ray photography came into widespread use in dentistry, the radiograph has been a dentist’s primary diagnostic tool.1 It is easy to see why: Only a tiny fraction of what a radiograph shows can be seen by the unaided eye. In other branches of medicine, radiology is … Read more
New AI-Based X-Ray Analysis Software Helps Improve Case Acceptance and Provides Real-Time Decision Support Henry Schein One, a joint venture of Henry Schein, Inc. and Internet Brands, has accelerated its commitment to artificial intelligence (AI) and has announced a partnership with VideaHealth, a leading dental AI platform. As a result, Henry Schein One is introducing … Read more
Carestream Dental announced today it’s partnering with Overjet, the industry leader in dental artificial intelligence. The partnership gives Carestream Dental’s customers easy access to Overjet’s FDA-cleared, AI-powered X-ray analysis tool that detects decay, quantifies bone loss and highlights other areas of concern. Overjet also analyzes 18 months radiographs from previous visits and cross-references them with … Read more
Some years ago, a widely read magazine published a writer’s first-hand account of going to 50 dentists and getting almost as many different diagnoses and treatment plans, ranging in cost from under $500 to nearly $30,000. The author’s conclusion, no doubt shared by millions of readers: “Dentistry is a stunningly inexact science.” The kindest interpretation … Read more
‘‘We’re at the beginning of a golden age of AI. Recent advancements have already led to inventions that previously lived in the realm of science fiction – and we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible.” Jeff Bezos, 2019 Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools are permeating all aspects of our daily lives. Everything from … Read more
A patient emails 20 different dentists her recently taken full mouth series of x-rays, stating, “My previous dentist took these just before I moved to town. The move was sudden (work-related), so my dentist never had a chance to tell me what work I needed done. I’m here for two years on assignment, and I’m … Read more
In the era of remote work, flexibility is vital. For some businesses, that means investing in a free phone number so that employees can work from home while customers can still call them anywhere, free of charge. For others, instead of hiring human agents to work in different time zones, AI chatbots can be a … Read more
“Alexa, give me the number of new patients in January 2022.” “Siri, play my patient’s favourite music.” “Hey Google, tell my patients some jokes.” “Alexa, start the timer for the dental sterilizer.” Who are these people that we always speak to? I suppose “who” is not the right word, but rather “what”. These are all … Read more