Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 35-39
Study on Patient’s Awareness towards Role of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry
Dr. Manshi Jaiswal1, Dr. Neena Gupta2, Akanksha Singh3
1MPH Student, 2Assistant Professor, 3Assistant Professor, Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Manshi Jaiswal
ABSTRACT
Introduction: With AI, the entire process of analysis can be automated to assess the image as a whole to detect dental pathologies more quickly and accurately. Correct diagnosis is the key to a successful clinical practice. In this regard, it was revealed that adequately trained neural networks can be a boon to diagnostician. AI could shape the future of public health and health care delivery. The major objective is to study the knowledge of patient regarding role of artificial intelligence in dentistry among respondents.
Material & methods: Altogether 196 respondents male and female of 15 years of age and above were included in the study. Data collection was done from the dental clinics located in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh by pretested interview schedule. The data analysis was carried out using SPSS program.
Result: The findings include that public understanding of AI is “broad” (75.5% using healthcare apps) but not “deep” (77% don’t know the fact that AI helps in clinical decision making).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that, at present the extent of the opportunities and limitations is just being explored. Majority of patients had satisfactory knowledge and are optimistic towards its increasing involvement in clinics and daily life. It is evident that there also exists misapprehension regarding this emerging technology. AI could shape the future of public health and health care delivery. AI application in dentistry could help clinician provide the best possible care, thus making high quality health care services available to all, and could increase people’s engagement in their own health.
Key words: Artificial Intelligence (AI), dentistry, public health.