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Detection of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer with white light through deep learning: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Clinical oral investigations · Soto Ayén N, Rodríguez Molinero JA, Navarro Lorente PJ, Ruiz-Roca JA, López-Jornet P · 2026-08-26

AI models using white-light digital images showed reasonable sensitivity for detecting oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer, though specificity varied substantially across different deep learning algorithms studied.

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