Artificial Intelligence Applications for Oral Health: a Hype or a Hope?

Abstract Body: Great achievements have been witnessed in the last half century pertaining to the fields of dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery: from the inception of 3-dimensional imaging (cone beam computed tomography) to the birth of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD-CAM); latest advancements in the field of machine learning (ML) and computer vision have allowed us to merge such complex technologies together, with the aim of accurately simulating, planning and analyzing clinical cases like never before.

But how accurate are such technologies in the 21^st century? How do they work? And could they soon be assisting clinicians in their day-to-day clinical workflow, or is it still a far-fetched fantasy?