AI-initiated second opinions: a framework for advanced caries treatment planning

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Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into medical and dental applications can be challenging due to clinicians’ distrust of computer predictions and the potential risks associated with erroneous outputs. We introduce the idea of using AI to trigger second opinions in cases where there is a disagreement between the clinician and the algorithm. By keeping the AI prediction hidden throughout the diagnostic process, we minimize the risks associated with distrust and erroneous predictions, relying solely on human predictions. The experiment involved 3 experienced dentists, 25 dental students, and 290 patients treated for advanced caries across 6 centers. We developed an AI model to predict pulp status following advanced caries treatment. Clinicians were asked to perform the same prediction without the assistance of the AI model. The second opinion framework was tested in a 1000-trial simulation. The average F1-score of the clinicians increased significantly from 0.586 to 0.645.

Original languageEnglish
Article number772
JournalBMC Oral Health
Volume24
Issue number1
Number of pages10
ISSN1472-6831
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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    Research areas

  • Artificial intelligence, CAD, Caries, Computer vision/convolutional neural networks

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