ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DENTISTRY: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE.

The last decade has marked the evolution of artificial intelligence which has been ushered in with tremendous hype and enthusiasm and dentistry is no exception. The tremendous amount of patient data requires intelligent software for computation. In dentistry artificial intelligence holds lot of importance including patient diagnosis,storage of patient data,asessment of genetic information which will provide better health care for patients. The robotic surgery techniques have made a big impact in surgery. Artificial intelligence helps dentists in providing better orthodontic and prosthodontic treatment. Inspite of these many advances ,artificial intelligence is still in itsteething stage but the potential is unlimited.