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AI in dentistry

The expanding role of AI in dentistry: beyond image analysis

British Dental Journal volume 238, pages 800–801 (2025)Cite this article

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  • AI in dentistry extends beyond imaging and gradually shifts towards artificial general intelligence, enhancing efficiency of practice management and patient communication.

  • Some areas remain underexplored, including multimodal learning, unsupervised learning and predictive analytics, partly due to data fragmentation.

  • Standardisation efforts, including the EU AI Act, address bias, ethics and privacy for responsible AI implementation.

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  1. Professor and Director, Clinic for Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital, Munich, Germany

    Falk Schwendicke

  2. Head of Data Science, Clinic for Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Maximilian University Hospital, Munich; Assistant Professor, Institute of Dental Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague; Adjunct Lecturer, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

    Antonin Tichy

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Schwendicke, F., Tichy, A. The expanding role of AI in dentistry: beyond image analysis. Br Dent J 238, 800–801 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-025-8736-x

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