Forbes November 4, 2024
Boston-based startup Overjet is launching an imaging system that turns your X-rays into clear, annotated pictures to help both dentists and patients treat dental health issues.
Sometimes at the end of a dental appointment, the dentist shows you a X-ray, points to an unremarkable spot on it and explains why it means you need a particular procedure. And many of us just nod along, with zero idea of what, exactly, it is we’re looking at.
This is one reason, suggests Overjet CEO Wardah Inam, why patients opt out of recommended dental procedures more than half the time. “Patient’s don’t accept them because they don’t understand what the dentist is saying,” she said.
Her company hopes to change this with the...
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