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Artificial intelligence - a new wine in an old bottle?

British Dental Journal volume 234, page 751 (2023)Cite this article

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  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new but just a new development of algorithm due to computation power.

  • AI can be applied in dentistry but it is currently unclear which one is usable.

  • Technical jargon is used too much in evaluation of dental AI.

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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. Artificial intelligence - a new wine in an old bottle?. Br Dent J 234, 751 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5853-2

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