Artificial intelligence (AI) and design innovation are enhancing dental offices to provide better care and experience when you go to the dentist. In particular, millennials are being courted since they are a demographic that is growing more important to our global economy and have specific expectations when it comes to products and services.

1. Artificial Intelligence And
Other Tech Innovations
Are Transforming Dentistry

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If you’re like the majority of humans on the planet, going to the dentist isn’t on
the top of your list of things to do for fun. But with artificial intelligence (AI)
and new tech and innovative design, it might start to be a bit more intriguing.
AI might not be able to do the actual brushing and flossing for you (yet), but it
will certainly change your experience the next time you’re sitting in the
dentist’s chair.
Artificial Intelligence And Other Tech Innovations
Are Transforming Dentistry

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How AI is Altering Dentistry
From analyzing X-rays to documenting the results of your visit, artificial intelligence will be
relied upon to make your dental appointment more efficient and to enhance your care.
Dentem created a platform that integrates machine learning APIs, including the ability to
auto-populate tooth charting. It offers dental practices software services that synchronize
appointments across all platforms and maintains all patients' records electronically. They
currently offer Dx Vision that uses machine learning to assess dental images for areas of
concern and soon will offer D Assistant, a virtual assistant that will respond to a dentist’s voice
commands.
As with other healthcare applications, artificial intelligence will be able to support dentists as a
virtual second opinion when they determine a care plan. In the future, you might be able to
expect customized dental care based on your genetic makeup or a dentist wearing smart
glasses that not only protect them from your saliva but allows them to see your bone and
dental root structure.

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Changing Dental Insurance with Technology
Beam, a dental PPO insurance provider for small- and medium-sized companies, promises
smarter dental care. Members of Beam receive all they need to take care of their teeth
including a Beam Brush, toothpaste, refill heads and floss delivered to their doorstep with free
shipping every six months. The brush records the time and frequency of the person's brushing
and then syncs that data with the company's app. This data is used to determine premiums
for dental insurance, so the better people brush, the lower the cost for the insurance. This new
approach to dental care is touted as "the most innovative thing to happen to the dental
insurance market, ever."
Machine learning is critical for assessing all the claims information that comes into insurance
providers to identify patterns and potential fraud. This is also how patient data can be used by
algorithms to see and learn critical information from the aggregate data that can ultimately
inform care decisions.

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Millennial Makeover
Since millennials (18- to 35-year-olds) are becoming a significant segment of the economy,
companies are trying to adapt products and services to appeal to them. According to the
Euromonitor 2018 Oral Care in the US report, the same goes for dentistry. And, since this
demographic is generally not following the guidelines for proper dental care set forth by the
American Dental Association, the industry has its work cut out for them. And, to add to the
conundrum, this demographic is experiencing more dental issues plus are more afraid to visit
the dentist than other age groups.
So, new dental products such as the Quip toothbrush and services and technological
enhancements are designed and marketed in part to get millennials to take care of their teeth.
The Quip toothbrush was developed in collaboration with dentists to create an affordable
electric toothbrush to help simplify better brushing (and offers an optional refill plan that will
send new brush heads to your door every three months). Quip makes what Racked called a
“goddamn sexy toothbrush,” Forbes described as "the Tesla of toothbrushes," and BuzzFeed
called it “hipster.” Upping the coolness factor of dental products is just one strategy to appeal
to millennials. There are other companies such as Colgate and Kolibree, a French start-up,
offering connected toothbrushes. Cocofloss makes dental floss the color of the tropics, and
that tastes like, you guessed it, coconut.

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Millennial Makeover
Lydian Dental is “changing trips to the dentist to be more convenient, affordable, and fun”
through a mobile office that stops at major companies to offer convenient dental care to
employees in treatment rooms equipped with Netflix. Other innovations in dental care include
lower-cost and time commitment orthodontia, dental offices designed with interior
decorating that’s the epitome of cool, and connecting brushes to apps or games to encourage
good oral hygiene.
With all this tech and innovative design, good dental hygiene might not quite make it on top
of your fun list, but it will certainly up the cool factor of taking care of your teeth.

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Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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