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ArticleCureus2026

The Impending Obsolescence of Traditional Dentistry: A Forecast of Artificial Intelligence Integration and Its Transformative Impacts.

Aleksandar Naydenov, Todor Uzunov, Ilia Liondev

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aleksandar NaydenovDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.
Todor UzunovDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.
Ilia LiondevDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into dentistry is revolutionizing oral healthcare and is evolving from narrow, task-specific models to potentially artificial general intelligence (AGI)-led practices. We hypothetically outline four stages describing the possible evolution of AI in dentistry: (1) competing in diagnostics (2025-2035); (2) competing in virtual planning and construction (2025-2040); (3) competing in real work execution (2025-2040); and (4) AGI may take the lead in some task-specific dental procedures (2025-2047).

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artificial intelligenceautomationdentistryforecastjob displacement

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PMID41625047
PMCPMC12859680

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