Assessing ChatGPT's suitability in responding to the public's inquires on the effects of smoking on oral health.

Journal: BMC oral health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: With the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, language models like ChatGPT are increasingly being used to provide health information. Given smoking's significant impact on oral health, including periodontal disease, tooth loss, oral cancer, and impaired healing-this study assesses ChatGPT's effectiveness in answering inquiries about the effects of smoking on oral health.

Authors

  • Marwa M Alnsour
    Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Ma_alnsour@ju.edu.jo.
  • Razan Alenezi
    Ministry of Health, Sulaibkhat, Kuwait.
  • Motaz Barakat
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Periodontology, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
  • Mahmoud K Al-Omiri
    Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.