Toplum Yapay Zeka ile Dental Tanı Konmasına Hazır Mı?

Abstract

Background: This study aims to determine the perspective of Turkish society on preventive medicine and personalized healthcare practices with artificial intelligence-assisted dental diagnostic applications that are/will be put into use in dentistry practice. Methods: Our questionnaire, which was prepared with 29 closedended and 2 open-ended questions using a web-based questionnaire platform, was applied online to 307 people whose native language is Turkish. The questions of our questionnaire were prepared by two endodontists, one pedodontist, and one oral, dental, and maxillofacial radiology specialist dentist. The questions are under the headings of “oral-dental healthcare policies and literacy, preventive dentistry practices, access to dentists, oraldental healthcare and technology cooperation, artificial intelligence practices in dentistry. Results: % 78.2 of the respondents think that “healthcare activities do not reach all segments of the society”, % 44.6 think that “their knowledge of oral and dental healthcare is sufficient”, % 54.1 think that “they cannot benefit from preventive dentistry practices”, % 55.7 think that “prolongation of the dentist's time spent in dental diagnosis and diagnosis affects dental anxiety levels”, % 60.9 think that “they cannot access effective and accurate information from the Internet in oral and dental health problems they feel”, % 83.7 think that “artificial intelligence applications can be effective in dental diagnosis and diagnosis”, and % 93.8 think that “dentist and artificial intelligence can work together”. Conclusion: This study shows that new technologies should be used in dentistry while revealing the evaluations of the Turkish society on oral and dental healthcare. However, it reveals that artificial intelligence-based oral-dental healthcare practices should be used in dentistry practice and that such practices will play a role in the benefit of society in matters such as preventive medicine and dental healthcare tourism. © 2022, Selcuk University. All rights reserved.