Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry-Narrative Review.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health
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Abstract

Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more important in medicine and in dentistry. It can be helpful in many fields where the human may be assisted and helped by new technologies. Neural networks are a part of artificial intelligence, and are similar to the human brain in their work and can solve given problems and make fast decisions. This review shows that artificial intelligence and the use of neural networks has developed very rapidly in recent years, and it may be an ordinary tool in modern dentistry in the near future. The advantages of this process are better efficiency, accuracy, and time saving during the diagnosis and treatment planning. More research and improvements are needed in the use of neural networks in dentistry to put them into daily practice and to facilitate the work of the dentist.

Authors

  • Agata Ossowska
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland.
  • Aida Kusiak
    Department of Biostatistics and Neural Networks, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
  • Dariusz Świetlik
    Intrafaculty College of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Medical University of Gdańsk, 1 Debinki St., 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland. dswietlik@gumed.edu.pl.