Abstract

Recently, AI has made rapid developments in various fields. Therefore, it is meaningful to look into the future of AI in the dental field and what needs to be supplemented to minimize its side effects. In this article, the future of AI technology in the dental field in the near future and the coping direction were summarized based on the insights of the papers on the future of AI in this field. In the future, AI will be able to provide more useful diagnosis and treatment planning assistance by comprehen sively analyzing various information such as EMR data, article, genome, and wearable data as well as X-ray image. In addition, the efficiency of dental work will be improved by automating the design of the laboratory work and device. This efficiency can be extended from dental inventory to patient appointment management, and instant feedback in the clinic, and eventually develop into an comprehensive dental care system. With the advent of more advanced natural language processing systems, smart AI assistants who can have conversations about treatment and dental operations will appear. In addition, face-to-face contact with patients will increase along with AI-based charting automation, and AI will improve the patient experience, allowing more patients to receive appropriate oral health care. As AI is expected to be broadly applied to dentistry, a basic understanding of how big data is collected and how AI algorithms are programmed is now essential for dentists as well.