Application of Artificial Intelligence in Dental and Craniofacial Research
A Special Issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) belonging to the section "Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2026) | Viewed by 5565
Editor
Interests: digital orthodontics; individualized orthodontics; CAD/CAM based appliance design; bone–implant interactions; biologically driven orthodontic care
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Dear Colleagues,
Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained substantial public interest in recent years and is considered to have significant transformative potential in medicine and public health.
In dentistry and craniofacial surgery, several studies have already highlighted various fields of application, including automated image segmentation, the detection of landmarks and/or pathologies on radiographs, assistance in treatment planning, the prediction of treatment success or failure, and the prognosis of skeletal growth.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing literature in the field of dentistry and craniofacial research, demonstrate the state-of-the-art application of AI in all disciplines, and present an outlook on potential future developments and applications.
We cordially welcome manuscripts on all aspects of AI applied to dentistry and oral health, focusing on orthodontics, periodontology, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, implant dentistry, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Becker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anatomic landmark detection and/or analyses
- automated treatment planning
- prediction of treatment success, treatment failure, and/or treatment duration
- prognosis of growth and development
- evaluation of treatment outcomes
- image segmentation, object detection, and object classification
- detection of pathologies
- big data
- artificial neural networks
- deep learning
- machine learning
- convolutional neural networks
- fuzzy logic
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