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Natural language processing in dentistry

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  • Natural language processing provides promising chances for dentistry, in particular for patient communication.

  • Generalisability, reproducibility and explainability must be improved for sustainable implementation.

  • Users must be aware of model capabilities and limitations.

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Correspondence to Martha Büttner or Falk Schwendicke.

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Falk Schwendicke is a co-founder of a Charité startup on dental image analysis. The conduct, analysis and interpretation of this study and its findings was unrelated to this.

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Büttner, M., Schwendicke, F. Natural language processing in dentistry. Br Dent J 234, 753 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5854-1

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