Large AI Models in Dental Healthcare: From General-Purpose Systems to Domain-Specific Foundation Models

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Researchers analyzed nearly 100 studies to evaluate how general-purpose AI and dental-specific foundation models handle oral health data. The review highlights a shift from basic chat models to specialized vision systems built to identify pathologies in X-rays and scans. While the tech is scaling, the industry still lacks a unified framework to merge text and image capabilities for actual clinical use.