Applications of artificial intelligence in dentistry: A comprehensive review

Objective To perform a comprehensive review of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in dentistry, providing the community with a broad insight on the different advances that these technologies and tools have produced, paying special attention to the area of esthetic dent...

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Published in:Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry 2022-01, Vol.34 (1), p.259-280
Main Authors: Carrillo‐Perez, Francisco, Pecho, Oscar E., Morales, Juan Carlos, Paravina, Rade D., Della Bona, Alvaro, Ghinea, Razvan, Pulgar, Rosa, Pérez, María del Mar, Herrera, Luis Javier
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Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
Color
Deep learning
Dentistry
Forecasting
Fuzzy logic
Humans
Image processing
Learning algorithms
Machine Learning
Segmentation
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Summary:Objective To perform a comprehensive review of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in dentistry, providing the community with a broad insight on the different advances that these technologies and tools have produced, paying special attention to the area of esthetic dentistry and color research. Materials and methods The comprehensive review was conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, for papers published in English language in the last 20 years. Results Out of 3871 eligible papers, 120 were included for final appraisal. Study methodologies included deep learning (DL; n = 76), fuzzy logic (FL; n = 12), and other ML techniques (n = 32), which were mainly applied to disease identification, image segmentation, image correction, and biomimetic color analysis and modeling. Conclusions The insight provided by the present work has reported outstanding results in the design of high‐performance decision support systems for the aforementioned areas. The future of digital dentistry goes through the design of integrated approaches providing personalized treatments to patients. In addition, esthetic dentistry can benefit from those advances by developing models allowing a complete characterization of tooth color, enhancing the accuracy of dental restorations. Clinical significance The use of AI and ML has an increasing impact on the dental profession and is complementing the development of digital technologies and tools, with a wide application in treatment planning and esthetic dentistry procedures.
ISSN:1496-4155
1708-8240
DOI:10.1111/jerd.12844