There are a few companies that provide AI for dental xray interpretation, but there is only one that has the ability to interpret 2D and 3D xrays. Diagnocat has been around for some time now, but it is now starting to gain more and more traction in dental offices. It has tremendous capabilities that takes the guesswork out of looking at xrays. This amazing software can interpret an entire set of xrays, including a 3D cone beam CT within 5 minutes! Once it has finished, it has the ability to provide a full report of information that can be printed or kept in your chart for future reference. Diagnocat is changing the way dentists will practice and it will only benefit the patient experience and ensure that xrays are evaluated completely objectively.
Why is this so cool?
Your annual checkup xrays can be interpreted by AI within seconds more accurately than a human eye can detect. This means that a small cavity can be detected with this software because it can detect changes to the gray composition of an xray better than a human eye can. Small cavities can be treated with conservative fillings before they become bigger, which leads to more tooth structure deterioration.
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Why is the 3D xray interpretation beneficial to you?
Many dental offices take 3D CBCT images, which can be complex to read. There are hundreds of slices of xrays to scroll through and different angles to evaluate. The amazing thing about Diagnocat is that it can automatically detect any abnormalities including infection, defective root canals, pathologies such as cancerous lesions and tumors and bone loss around teeth. Since 3D xrays are much larger files, this process takes 5 minutes, but an entire radiology report is generated that can be used to discuss with the patient. Diagnocat is at the forefront of this technology and will continue to improve their software.
What else can Diagnocat do?
For the use of digital implant planning, it is important to have a digital scan of your teeth and a 3D xray of the areas that implants will be placed. A very accurate way to plan for these cases is to segment out the 3D xray into their own anatomical regions – the mandible (lower jaw), the maxilla (upper jaw) and all of the teeth. This data can then be used to generate a surgical guide that will fit very accurately over the segmented jaws and the teeth can be digitally removed. This process usually takes hours to do if you are doing it manually, but this has all changed with Diagnocat! Diagnocat's software automatically does everything for you, which saves so much painstaking time. Within minutes Diagnocat has separated files of the segmented anatomical structures that now can be manipulated in 3-dimensional space and can even be 3D printed.
AI is changing the way dentists are looking at xrays and the technology will continue to improve. As of now, Diagnocat remains the only company that can provide AI-generated interpretation and radiology reports of 3D xrays and this will soon be a must-have item for all dental offices taking 3D xrays routinely.
Dr. Thomas is a general dentist that loves sharing information about all aspects of dentistry, but is passionate about digital and implant dentistry. Dr. Thomas received his DMD degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and continues to find helpful ways to inform and educate people about dental procedures and products.
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