Caries,Dental
Conditions
Keywords
Artificial intelligence, Dental students (years 2-4), Dental resident or junior faculty
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of artificial intelligence on proximal caries detection and subsequent treatment decisions of early learners and compare those with outcomes of experienced learners.
Interventions
OTHERReview of Radiograph Images
Participants will be asked to attend two visits and view a randomized series of dental radiographs (10 at each visit). Participants will answer a set of questions for each image reviewed. Some of the radiographs will have an Artificial Intelligence enhancement and some will not. Participants will be asked to return within about one week of the first visit to view the second set of x-rays and answer the survey questions.
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Delta Dental Plan of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Radiographs will be selected from an ongoing longitudinal cohort study pool comprised of 1172 de-identified mixed dentition (up to the age of 12) images. Participants will view and diagnose a randomized set of x-rays in a clinical environment. There will be 30 early learners and 30 late learners enrolled.
Intervention model description
This proposed study is designed to compare a binary outcome (overall diagnostic accuracy, and surgical restorative intervention vs. non-surgical restorative/no intervention) between evaluations with AI and without AI. The comparisons are made separately for early learners and late learners.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Early learner Inclusion Criteria: * Provide informed consent * Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study * Dental student in second, third, or fourth year of dental school at University of Michigan School of Dentistry Late learner Inclusion Criteria: * Provide informed consent * Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study * Dental resident or junior faculty having at least 2 years of clinical experience outside of a dental education setting
Exclusion criteria
for participants: * Dental students who do not have previous experience with caries detection (such as first year dental students) * Residents that do not have frequent exposure to caries detection, such as orthodontic, periodontic, oral surgery graduate residents.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lesion severity | approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | Levels for this outcome will be sound, outer enamel, inner enamel/outer dentin, inner dentin. |
| Diagnostic accuracy | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
| Specificity | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
| Overall sensitivity | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
| Sensitivity for outer enamel | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
| Sensitivity for inner enamel/outer dentin | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
| Sensitivity for inner dentin | Approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | approximately 1 week (2 sessions) | (levels for this outcome will be none, non-restorative, restorative) |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTCarmen Boren, DDS, FAGD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMargherita Fontana, DDS, PhD
University of Michigan
Outcome results
None listed