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AI in dentistry

‘New' AI in prosthodontics - what has changed two years on?

British Dental Journal volume 238, page 799 (2025)Cite this article

Key points

  • AI can be deployed (and even commercialised) in prosthodontics for treating patients.

  • AI plus other domains (eg materials and devices) fosters the research, development and innovation of automated dentistry.

  • Ethical, regulatory and big clinical validation are still the challenges in AI for dentistry.

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  1. Associate Professor in Dental Materials Science and Assistant Dean (Innovation), Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    James Kit Hon Tsoi

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Tsoi, J. ‘New' AI in prosthodontics - what has changed two years on?. Br Dent J 238, 799 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-025-8773-5

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