C.E. Credit. Innovating Dental Education with Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Innovation is at the heart of dental education, dental practice, and optimal oral health care delivery. This paper explores the opportunities and challenges of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) in dental education. Although the scientific reporting of AI-related research in dental education is limited, the application of AI in academia and dentistry has far-reaching implications in complementing human tasks such as radiological examinations, clinical diagnoses, anatomy training, orthodontics, and prosthodontics education. Moreover, AI has the potential to assess students’ comprehension based on automated facial recognition. Sooner or later AI will change most methods of communication, which will necessitate dental schools to prepare the next generation of students to learn about these powerful tools. Its adoption has great potential for enhancing educational experiences and healthcare as well as paving the way for preparing future dentists to apply AI techniques in clinical practice. The dental community needs to implement recommended guidelines to effectively digitalize dental education with AI technologies.