MIDDLETOWN, Del. (CBS) — A growing number of dentists are using artificial intelligence to enhance their treatments.
A dentist in Delaware is even calling it a game changer.
Dr. Kye Williams explained to his patient, Patrick Kipp, how artificial intelligence helped figure out what was causing his pain.
“The system noted a possible area of infection or fracture of the tooth,” Kipp said.
This is something Kipp said was missed by other dentists he visited with repeated complaints of a toothache.
“It was quite a process, it was a lot of pain, a lot of confusion, a lot of difficulty figuring it all out,” he said.
He finally turned to Dr. Williams at Dental House in Middletown, Del., who, in addition to traditional dental evaluations, also uses AI.
“It’s just an amazing diagnostic tool as a second opinion,” Dr. Williams said.
Artificial intelligence is a computer system that’s a collection of millions of dental images that show different conditions.