With Artificial Intelligence permeating into almost every field there is, it comes as no surprise that the medical field too has been implementing it wherever necessary as well. As a pioneer of this development in the medical field, Siddhi Dental Clinic has successfully integrated technology with its day to day works, making the establishment more efficient and accurate in its procedures.
Artificial Intelligence is now utilized in nearly all the steps of treatment; including diagnosis, surgery and even predicting treatment outcomes.
AI-driven Dental Imaging Software
A significant usage of AI in dentistry is Automated Interpretation of Dental Images, where the CT Scan or MRI is fed into the software, and the software then derives a diagnosis and a treatment plan, while taking the patient’s previous medical history into consideration.
Computer Vision Systems
Computer vision systems are of immense help in analyzing and identifying decay and different
periodontal diseases that may sometimes escape the human eye. Different AI softwares that are enlisted to help in diagnosis and treatment do not replace a dentist’s experience and knowledge, but help dentists arrive at solutions quicker.
Depth Probing
Now, dentists are able to determine how far diseases have progressed through a technique called ‘depth probing’. These softwares can perform image classification and image segmentation on radiographic images or scans of afflicted teeth. They then identify patterns and perform detection to determine the stage of the disease.
Oral Cancer
Through AI programs like ‘neural networks’ which operate on the principle of ‘transferred learning’; there is definite progress being made in detecting oral cancers as early as possible. Neural Networks are programs that basically compare multiple data points to arrive at a conclusion.
A common fear that arises with an AI integrating in different fields is the worry that robots and machines will ostensibly replace humans; and as a result many of today’s jobs will cease to exist in the future.
However, AI is technology here to stay, and AI will not be replacing your job, someone using AI will.
Dr. Krunal Pareek
(Founder of Siddhi Dental Clinic)
