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RT2C: Predicting Time-to-New Caries with Structured Dental Data Using RNN

Journal of Dental Research · X. Liu, K.K. Kookal, R. Brandon, D.B. Rindal, J. Mullins, J.M. White, M.F. Walji, L. Rasmy · 2026-07-18

Researchers developed RT2C, a neural network-based model that predicts both the likelihood and timing of new caries diagnoses using patients' longitudinal dental records, outperforming traditional risk assessment approaches across diverse population groups.

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