Artificial Intelligence in Oral Medicine and Radiology- An Overview

Abstract

Dentistry has developed and progressed in many aspects over the past few years. New technological advances have paved the way for the revolutionization of diagnosis and conventional dental treatment. Artificial intelligence is a highly evolved system capable of mimicking functioning of the human brain. It is defined as the field of science and engineering related to the computational understanding of intelligent behaviour and production of the artifacts that exhibit such behaviour. Introducing artificial intelligence in the field of dentistry could reduce time consumption, cost and human errors. AI application in dentistry include diagnosis and its differential diagnosis, imaging and management of head and neck diseases and in dental emergencies. This results in increased standard of diagnosis and management of oral and maxillofacial disorders. This article aims to provide an outlook about various techniques and applications of artificial intelligence in the field of oral medicine and radiology.