Hong W J, Liu C C, Ding Y
Department of Periodontology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chengdu610041, China.
Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2024 Nov 9;59(11):1155-1161. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20240117-00027.
Periodontal disease is a common and frequently-occurring disease in China. Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease are of great significance for achieving universal oral health and even systemic health. Artificial intelligence endows machines with the ability to mimic human intelligent behavior, and is commonly used in medical field with both physical and virtual forms. Virtual artificial intelligence empowers traditional experience in the application of periodontal disease risk assessment and diagnosis, with the potential to develop a variety of oral health screening tools. It helps to provide new evidence for the prognosis of periodontal disease, improve the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis, reduce technical sensitivity and further promote the periodontal treatment transformation from "treatment-oriented" to "prevention-oriented". This paper reviews the current applications and progresses of virtual artificial intelligence in periodontal risk assessment and diagnosis, as well as its limitations, providing ideas for future researches on the application of virtual artificial intelligence in this field.
牙周病在中国是一种常见且多发的疾病。牙周病的早期发现、诊断和治疗对于实现全民口腔健康乃至全身健康具有重要意义。人工智能赋予机器模仿人类智能行为的能力，并且以实体和虚拟两种形式在医学领域得到广泛应用。虚拟人工智能在牙周病风险评估和诊断应用中提升了传统经验，有潜力开发多种口腔健康筛查工具。它有助于为牙周病的预后提供新证据，提高诊断的准确性和效率，降低技术敏感性，并进一步推动牙周治疗从“以治疗为导向”向“以预防为导向”转变。本文综述了虚拟人工智能在牙周风险评估和诊断方面的当前应用与进展及其局限性，为该领域未来关于虚拟人工智能应用的研究提供思路。
