The Predictive,Preventive and Personalised Medicine in Dentistry

Abstract

Nowadays we are moving from reactive or curative medicine to preventive medicine. The medicine is undergoing a paradigm shift to strive from the diagnosis and treatment for prediction and prevention. Dental Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how dentists diagnose and present treatment. Overjet's AI algorithms can detect calculus, cavities, bone loss and other oral health problems. Moreover, major biotechnological and genetic advances such as DNA sequencing, have provided us with new tools that facilitate the application of more patient-oriented medicine, which considers the specific characteristics of each patient and aims to prevent the diseases to which they are most at risk. Furthermore, in PPPM (predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine), the first objective is the drug-based correction of the abnormalities detected under the heading of preventive measures. The second objective is the detection of subclinical abnormalities with a selection of suitable targets for the next step of PPPM protocol, i.e., drug-based prevention. Thus, PPPM is a medical model being tailored to the individual and dictates a construction of PPPM algorithms to diagnose, to predict, and to prevent in time. This is an exciting and rapidly evolving field, and I am thrilled to share with you some of the latest developments and insights.