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Development and clinical validation of an artificial intelligence-assisted radiographic system for predicting periodontal pocket severity using full-mouth radiographs.

Journal of dental sciences · Ho YT, Huang TH, Shie CH, Chang TW, Ho CT, Kao CT · 2026-10-01

Researchers developed and tested an artificial intelligence system that uses full-mouth radiographs to automatically classify periodontal bone loss severity and predict probing depth. The AI system achieved 90% accuracy in categorising disease severity and showed moderate correlation with clinical probing measurements.

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