UB researchers using AI for oral health care, education

WGRZ-TV reports the UB School of Dental Medicine is using artificial intelligence to plan ahead for periodontics work such as implants and surgeries on the gums. Nathalia Andrade, clinical associate professor of periodontics and endodontics, notes the technology can “plan the perfect position for the implant… We can even plan for how it’s going to be a crown in the future. We can show the patient how it’s going to be. We can just cross in between the different specialties to find what is the best way to go with the treatment. Then we do the same thing we bring the guide. We use the guide in the surgery for accuracy." Andrade emphasizes that AI is not perfect, but it's a tool that can help in surgeries.