MedTech Dive June 7, 2023
Using artificial intelligence to examine dental X-rays can nearly double diagnostic accuracy, and help detect other diseases.
Florian Hillen is a medical school dropout, artificial intelligence enthusiast, former MIT graduate student and Harvard doctoral candidate, as well as an entrepreneur. Now, he wants to look at your teeth — specifically your dental X-rays. He believes that with the application of artificial intelligence, not only will dentists catch early signs of tooth decay and gum disease, but they also will be able to detect other diseases, from arterial plaque to hypertension and diabetes. His AI firm, VideaHealth, has enrolled more than 1,000 dental practices in his AI X-ray reading program, and Hillen vows to make manual X-ray reading a thing of...