The Scope of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry - A Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) has found a number of applications in the field of medicine and dentistry with the need for collection, documentation and computation of vast patient data, in treatment planning and diagnosis as well as in dental education. Though the technological advancements including introduction of robotic surgeries for increased precision , neural networking for diagnosis, virtual assistants to help dentists with better treatment has paved way for newer avenues , AI is still in the infancy stage and cannot replace human intelligence and skill. However , the scope of AI in various fields of dentistry is enormous and its future aspects appears extremely promising .

KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence , virtual assistants , dentistry , dental education

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