A mouth, full of AI

Our guests: Dr. Saranya Varadarajan and Dr. Balaji Madapusi

Dr. Saranya Varadarajan has a PhD in Oral Pathology, is a certified tobacco cessation specialist and is associated with multiple dental care hospitals in Chennai, India.

Dr. Balaji Madapusi has a PhD in Periodontics and Implantology, is a dental care professional with a rich, varied experience and has several publications to his credit.

In this episode, the dcotors discuss a plethora of use cases for AI in Dentistry, including smart sensors, triage chatbots, computer vision for X-ray interpretation, teledentistry and the help that AI may lend in dental research.

Chapters

• 1:17 Guest introduction
• 4:03 The various specialities within Dentistry
• 12:06 What questions do you ask your patients?
• 19:15 Do AI enabled toothbrushes help?
• 23:49 Where can AI computer vision be used in Dentistry?
• 31:13 How would you design an AI chatbot for Dentistry?
• 36:19 What are the challenges with Teledentistry and what opportunities exist?
• 41:50 How can AI solutions help in dental research?
• 49:51 A short summary of the discussion
• 52:11 End credits