“While AI will not replace the skillful hands of dentists and dental assistants, it can significantly enhance the efficiency and enjoyment of daily practice.” for AI integration. Beyond cephalo-metric analysis, AI applications in orthodontics include diagnosis and treatment planning, automated land-mark detection, growth and develop-ment assessment, and treatment outcomes evaluation. AI has proved to improve diagnostic accuracy, stream-line treatment planning, and predict treatment outcomes effectively. for communicating with patients, helping them visualize their oral health conditions. WebCeph, WeDoCeph, and CephX can be used for instant cephalometric tracing. WebCeph (https://webceph.com/ en/) offers advanced algorithms for skeletal age assessment. This cloud-based service also offers regular updates to ensure cutting edge technology. Price range: $800-$1,200/year. WeDoCeph (https://www.wedo-ceph.com) provides a comprehen-sive detailed dental diagnostics and accurate cephalometric analysis. Designed with an intuitive inter-face, it is user-friendly for all users. Price range: $1,200-$1,800/year. CephX (https://cephx.com) is known for reliable skeletal age assessments and treatment plan-ning. Founded in 2001 by a team of experienced orthodontists and soft-ware specialists with the vision to build the first-of-its-kind cloud system that would allow its users to focus on patient care instead of manually analyzing cephalometric images. AlgoCeph ® technology offers options to perform cephalo-metric analysis based on either x-rays or CBCT scans. CephX cloud also provides full security and backup for records so doctors can manage their patients’ records securely. Price range: $1,500-$2,500/year. (Pricing is provided by BingAI research as of May 22, 2024.) While AI will not replace the skillful hands of dentists and dental assistants, it can significantly enhance the efficiency and enjoy-ment of daily practice. For instance, Ormco utilizes Spark Approver soft-ware for precise and rapid treatment planning in aligner cases, as well as for accurate bracket bonding. OrthoFX leverages AI-powered treatment plans to minimize the need for refinements in tray aligner cases, while BlueSky Aligners boasts to have a complete AI driven end-to-end solution including smile design, 3D virtual simulation with patient’s face, digital tooth set up, true anatomical mechanics aligners fabrication, remote patient moni-toring, mid-treatment movement analysis, etc. It also offers the option for dentists to use BlueSky-Plan to design aligners for in-office direct printing. The lab fees for those AI-powered aligners are also getting very competitive. For example, BlueSky Pronto Aligners advertises $499 for minor aligner cases (up to 24 total) and $799 for larger aligner cases (up to 80 aligners total). AI Tools for an Orthodontic Practice Dentists can seek another opin-ion on a diagnosis with tools like Second Opinion from Pearl AI, a software that uses AI to analyze patient radiographs and detect a wide array of pathologies. Second Opinion ® is a software that lives on your imaging server and analyzes every radiograph taken by your practice. It will then provide you with a color-coded alert of things to look for in the image. It by no means offers a definitive diagnosis; it serves as an alert, draw-ing your attention to areas that you really need to look at more closely such as caries, pathologies, bone loss, etc. This tool is particularly helpful if you run a general dentistry prac-tice with an emphasis on orthodontics. It’s also a great tool www.orthodontics.com Summer 2024 17
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