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Artificial intelligence-assisted detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders on smartphone images: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of dentistry · Cao R, Ren Q, Xu L, Tang Y, Bao Q, Zhang H, Wang J, Zhu X · 2026-10-12

AI models trained on smartphone images achieved pooled sensitivity of 0.89 and specificity of 0.87 for detecting oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders, suggesting potential utility for screening in resource-limited settings.

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