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ArticleDentistry journal2023

Artificial Intelligence in Periodontology: A Scoping Review.

James Scott, Alberto M Biancardi, Oliver Jones, David Andrew

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Recasting of Periodontal Diagnosis.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025
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  19. Artificial Intelligence in Periodontics: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

James ScottSchool of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0679-7474
Alberto M BiancardiDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, Polaris, 18 Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK.
Oliver JonesSchool of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK.
David AndrewSchool of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the development of computer systems whereby machines can mimic human actions. This is increasingly used as an assistive tool to help clinicians diagnose and treat diseases. Periodontitis is one of the most common diseases worldwide, causing the destruction and loss of the supporting tissues of the teeth. This study aims to assess current literature describing the effect AI has on the diagnosis and epidemiology of this disease. Extensive searches were performed in April 2022, including studies where AI was employed as the independent variable in the assessment, diagnosis, or treatment of patients with periodontitis. A total of 401 articles were identified for abstract screening after duplicates were removed. In total, 293 texts were excluded, leaving 108 for full-text assessment with 50 included for final synthesis. A broad selection of articles was included, with the majority using visual imaging as the input data field, where the mean number of utilised images was 1666 (median 499). There has been a marked increase in the number of studies published in this field over the last decade. However, reporting outcomes remains heterogeneous because of the variety of statistical tests available for analysis. Efforts should be made to standardise methodologies and reporting in order to ensure that meaningful comparisons can be drawn.

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artificial intelligenceconvolutional neural networksperiodontologyradiography

Identifiers

PMID36826188
PMCPMC9955396

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