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ReviewBioMed research international2015

Modelling the longevity of dental restorations by means of a CBR system.

Ignacio J Aliaga, Vicente Vera, Juan F De Paz, Alvaro E García, Mohd Saberi Mohamad

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Review in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Machine Learning in Dentistry: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  7. The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry Practices.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ignacio J AliagaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Vicente VeraDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Juan F De PazDepartment of Computer Science and Automation, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, s/n, 37008 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9461-7922
Alvaro E GarcíaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Mohd Saberi MohamadArtificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-1079-4559

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lifespan of dental restorations is limited. Longevity depends on the material used and the different characteristics of the dental piece. However, it is not always the case that the best and longest lasting material is used since patients may prefer different treatments according to how noticeable the material is. Over the last 100 years, the most commonly used material has been silver amalgam, which, while very durable, is somewhat aesthetically displeasing. Our study is based on the collection of data from the charts, notes, and radiographic information of restorative treatments performed by Dr. Vera in 1993, the analysis of the information by computer artificial intelligence to determine the most appropriate restoration, and the monitoring of the evolution of the dental restoration. The data will be treated confidentially according to the Organic Law 15/1999 on 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data. This paper also presents a clustering technique capable of identifying the most significant cases with which to instantiate the case-base. In order to classify the cases, a mixture of experts is used which incorporates a Bayesian network and a multilayer perceptron; the combination of both classifiers is performed with a neural network.

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Dental Restoration, PermanentModels, BiologicalNeural Networks, ComputerBayes TheoremHumans

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PMID25866792
PMCPMC4383434

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