Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Generate Health Research Reports of Decayed, Missed and Restored Teeth

This study aims to indicate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in epidemiological reports of decayed, missed and restored teeth. As a proof of concept our study model used panoramic x-ray images and an AI algorithm for tooth numbering, detection of the caries and restorations with accurac...

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Autores: Costa, Eliana Dantas, Carneiro, José Andery, Guerra Zancan, Breno Augusto, Gaêta-Araujo, Hugo, Oliveira-Santos, Christiano, Macedo, Alessandra Alaniz, Tirapelli, Camila
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/59184
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/59184
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial intelligence; Radiology; Dentistry; Radiography
Inteligencia artificial; Radiología; Odontología; Radiografía
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Sumario:This study aims to indicate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in epidemiological reports of decayed, missed and restored teeth. As a proof of concept our study model used panoramic x-ray images and an AI algorithm for tooth numbering, detection of the caries and restorations with accuracy over 80% for such diagnostic tasks. The output came as the number of decayed, missed and restored teeth according to patient´s age and the DMFT index (number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth) which varied from 3.6 (up to 20 years old) to 20.4 (+60 years old). Thus, it is suggested that AI is a promising method to automate health data collection through the analysis of x-rays.