O uso da inteligência artificial para o planejamento cirúrgico de exodontias de terceiros molares: revisão de literatura

Abstract

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) for planning third molar extractions has been gaining notoriety. Some AI tools can help dentists in planning their cases and measuring the risks of the procedure. The objective of this study was to conduct a literature review on the use of artificial intelligence for surgical planning of third molar extractions. To this end, the following descriptors were searched: <Artificial Intelligence= and <Tooth Extraction= and <Third Molars= in the PubMed, Library Cochrane and Periódicos Capes databases, finding 24 articles. The following filters were used: studies carried out in the last 5 years and performed on humans. After reading the titles and abstracts, 9 articles were selected to compose this review. The articles were excluded if they were duplicates and unrelated to the theme. The literature shows that the use of artificial intelligence in surgical planning for third molar extractions can help estimate the degree of impaction and predict surgical difficulty, in addition to measuring the risk of possible postoperative complications. The inclusion of artificial intelligence in the surgical planning of third molar extractions in the daily life of dental surgeons seems promising. The lack of standardization in the segmentation and processing of images, in the training of AI models, and the quantity and nature of the sample were factors that influenced the results obtained, which made comparison and generalization difficult. It is concluded that AI, through its models, contributes significantly to the planning of clinical cases of third molar extractions.