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Digital Oral Health beyond Professional Dental Care Settings: A Scoping Review of Technologies and Applications from Prevention to Early Detection.

Journal of dentistry · Chen X, Gong Z, Ling Z, Yu OY, Schwendicke F, Lam WYH · 2026-08-19

Researchers reviewed 305 studies on digital technologies for preventing and detecting oral diseases outside clinical settings, finding that apps and smart devices focus on education and behaviour change for prevention, while detection tools using artificial intelligence and imaging require further validation before widespread use.

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