Elchaghaby Marwa, Wahby Reem
Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
BMC Oral Health. 2025 Jan 3;25(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-05282-7.
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications have increased dramatically across a wide range of domains. Dental students will undoubtedly be impacted by the emergence of AI in dentistry.
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of a group of Egyptian dental students toward artificial intelligence.
An online survey was conducted using a questionnaire sent to dental students via Google Forms. The questionnaire comprised 18 questions on participant's knowledge and perceptions regarding the future of AI in dentistry. The collected data was statistically analyzed.
A total of 384 students answered the questionnaire. Of the participants, (49%) had a basic knowledge of the principles of AI, and (48%) participants were aware of AI usage in dentistry. Social media was the most common information source for AI applications. Most of the participants agreed on the leading role of AI in the advancement of dentistry and disagreed on the ability of AI to replace dentists in the future, (53%) and (44%) respectively. Moreover, (49%) and (52%) respectively of students approved the incorporation of AI applications in undergraduate and postgraduate dental training.
Egyptian dental students are acquainted with AI and its possible applications in dentistry. They consider the use of AI diagnosis exciting and approve of its definitive role in disease prediction. There is a necessity to include, enhance, and increase AI training in dental schools.
This study has been registered in clinical trials. gov with an identifier: NCT06348758.
人工智能（AI）应用在广泛领域中急剧增加。牙科学生无疑会受到牙科领域中人工智能出现的影响。
本研究旨在评估一组埃及牙科学生对人工智能的知识、态度和看法。
通过谷歌表单向牙科学生发送问卷进行在线调查。问卷包含18个关于参与者对牙科领域人工智能未来的知识和看法的问题。对收集到的数据进行统计分析。
共有384名学生回答了问卷。在参与者中，49%对人工智能原理有基本了解，48%的参与者知晓人工智能在牙科中的应用。社交媒体是人工智能应用最常见的信息来源。大多数参与者认同人工智能在牙科发展中的主导作用，且分别有53%和44%的参与者不同意人工智能未来能够取代牙医的观点。此外，分别有49%和52%的学生赞成在本科和研究生牙科培训中纳入人工智能应用。
埃及牙科学生熟悉人工智能及其在牙科中的可能应用。他们认为使用人工智能诊断令人兴奋，并认可其在疾病预测中的决定性作用。有必要在牙科学院中纳入、加强和增加人工智能培训。
本研究已在clinicaltrials.gov上注册，标识符为：NCT06348758。
