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Can Artificial Intelligence Make Dentists' Work Easier?
Written By Kevin Kerfoot / Reviewed By Ray Spotts
For dentists to plan a dental implant operation, the implant size and position, dentists must know the exact location of the mandibular canal - a canal located in both sides of the lower jaw that contains the alveolar nerve. Since the lower jaw is an anatomically complex structure and medical experts use X-ray and computer tomography (CT) models to detect and diagnose such structures, dentists and radiologists typically define the location of the mandibular canals manually from the X-ray or CT scans.
Can New Biomaterial Re-Define Root Canal Procedure?
Reviewed By Ray Spotts
Scientists recently announced the development of a peptide hydrogel designed to stimulate the growth of new blood vessels and dental pulp within a tooth after a root canal procedure. What you end up with after a root canal is a dead tooth, says Vivek Kumar, Ph.D., the projects principal investigator. Its no longer responsive. There are no nerve endings or vascular supply. So the tooth is very susceptible to subsequent infection and, ultimately, falling out.
Scientists recently announced the development of a peptide hydrogel designed to stimulate the growth of new blood vessels and dental pulp within a tooth after a root canal procedure. What you end up with after a root canal is a dead tooth, says Vivek Kumar, Ph.D., the projects principal investigator. Its no longer responsive. There are no nerve endings or vascular supply. So the tooth is very susceptible to subsequent infection and, ultimately, falling out.