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Digital Dentistry and Oral Health

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2024) | Viewed by 3701

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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Università degli Studi di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: maxillofacial surgery; oral surgery; microsurgery; CAD–CAM technologies; minimally invasive surgery; endoscope-assisted surgery; virtual planning; 3D printing; telemedicine; sensors; haptic technologies; nanotechnologies
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Oral Surgery Postgraduate School, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: antibiotics; infection; oral surgery; maxillofacial surgery; third molar; dental implant; zygomatic implant; socket preservation
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Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: orthognathic surgery; CAD/CAM; oncology; facial surgery; minimally invasive surgery
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Today, the digitalization of medicine and surgery provides the best state-of-the-art approach for the diagnosis and treatment of oral pathologies. The development of new technologies has led to a higher level of precision and minimal invasiveness and opened the road to telemedical approaches. The analog method that, for many years, represented the gold standard is now being superseded by a digital, customized, computer-assisted workflow. The purpose of this Special Issue is to invite researchers, clinicians, dentists, and maxillofacial surgeons to share research articles on the technological advancement in digital, clinical, and oral health status. Articles can cover the following topics:

  • digital dentistry and surgery;
  • oral pathology;
  • oral and maxillofacial surgery;
  • implantology;
  • orthodontics;
  • computer assisted surgery;
  • CAD-CAM;
  • new technologies;
  • medical devices;
  • nanotechnologies

Dr. Guido Gabriele
Dr. Glauco Chisci
Dr. Vincenzo Abbate
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Abutment Tooth Formation Simulator for Naked-Eye Stereoscopy
by Rintaro Tomita, Akito Nakano, Norishige Kawanishi, Noriyuki Hoshi, Tomoki Itamiya and Katsuhiko Kimoto
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(18), 8367; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188367 - 17 Sep 2024
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Virtual reality is considered to be useful in improving procedural skills in dental education, but systems using wearable devices such as head-mounted displays (HMDs) have many problems in terms of long-term use and hygiene, and the accuracy of stereoscopic viewing at close ranges [...] Read more.
Virtual reality is considered to be useful in improving procedural skills in dental education, but systems using wearable devices such as head-mounted displays (HMDs) have many problems in terms of long-term use and hygiene, and the accuracy of stereoscopic viewing at close ranges is inadequate. We developed an abutment tooth formation simulator that utilizes a display (spatial reality display—SRD) to precisely reproduce 3D space with naked-eye stereoscopic viewing at close range. The purpose of this was to develop and validate the usefulness of an abutment tooth formation simulator using an SRD. A 3D-CG (three-dimensional computer graphics) dental model that can be cut in real time was output to the SRD, and an automatic quantitative scoring function was also implemented by comparing the cutting results with exemplars. Dentists in the department of fixed prosthodontics performed cutting operations on both a 2D display-based simulator and an SRD-based simulator and conducted a 5-point rating feedback survey. Compared to the simulator that used a 2D display, the measurements of the simulator using an SRD were significantly more accurate. The SRD-based abutment tooth formation simulator received a positive technical evaluation and high dentist satisfaction (4.37), suggesting its usefulness and raising expectations regarding its future application in dental education. Full article
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Clinical, Research, and Educational Applications of ChatGPT in Dentistry: A Narrative Review
by Francesco Puleio, Giorgio Lo Giudice, Angela Mirea Bellocchio, Ciro Emiliano Boschetti and Roberto Lo Giudice
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(23), 10802; https://doi.org/10.3390/app142310802 - 21 Nov 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) technology, has revolutionized various fields, including medicine and dentistry. The AI model ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, mimics human language on a large scale, generating coherent and contextually appropriate responses. ChatGPT serves as an auxiliary resource [...] Read more.
Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) technology, has revolutionized various fields, including medicine and dentistry. The AI model ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, mimics human language on a large scale, generating coherent and contextually appropriate responses. ChatGPT serves as an auxiliary resource for diagnosis and decision-making across various medical disciplines. This comprehensive narrative review aims to explore how ChatGPT can assist the dental sector, highlighting its potential to enhance various aspects of the discipline. This review includes a literature search on the application of ChatGPT in dentistry, with a focus on the differences between the free version, ChatGPT 3.5, and the more advanced subscription-based version, ChatGPT 4. Specifically, ChatGPT has proven to be effective in enhancing user interaction, providing fast and accurate information and improving the accessibility of knowledge. However, despite these advantages, several limitations are identified, including concerns regarding the accuracy of responses in complex scenarios, ethical considerations surrounding its use, and the need for improved training to handle highly specialized queries. In conclusion, while ChatGPT offers numerous benefits in terms of efficiency and scalability, further research and development are needed to address these limitations, particularly in areas requiring greater precision, ethical oversight, and specialized expertise. Full article
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