Precision diagnostics meets ethics and data safety: How AI:D approaches the design of artificial intelligence tools for dental industry

AI tools need to be precise, safe and ethical. That's what we believe in, and that’s how we're designing our applications to be.

Safety above all

X-rays are sensitive medical information. We keep patient data anonymised, encrypted and stored only with informed consent – treating others the way we’d like to be treated ourselves. 

We are making sure that patients and dentists are clear about what happens with their data, where it flows and for what purposes. 

Precision

Diagnostics must be accurate and precise. We collect data from people of all demographics, with all kinds of oral health conditions, so that our AI learning algorithms can learn from the widest research sample possible.

Ethics & responsibility

AI is just a tool and it can only replicate what it has been taught. It lacks the ability to think for itself, but it is very good in repeating what we think – including our biases. To prevent AI from repeating our possible prejudiced behaviours and thought patterns, we take good care in examining our own thinking and only then – design the AI accordingly.

Some more things we care for

Inclusion

Education should be for everyone, not only those who can afford it. We’re striving to address the balance, improving access to education in places where it is often less easy.

Affordability 

The full-fledged versions of our AI tools will be affordable for students and universities around the world.

The story, in brief 

For the past 20 years, as dentists and dentistry entrepreneurs, we have been advocating the prevention philosophy of Dr. Jiří Sedelmayer. Our focus has been on educating dentists, dental students, teachers and the general public on how to prioritise prevention over restoration.

Through our close interactions with students, we observed that many of them struggle with reading X-rays and, despite their motivation to learn, universities lack the resources to support their X-ray reading skills adequately.

To address this issue, we developed an AI-powered app that can provide instant and accurate feedback to students' findings. This tool is free and accessible from anywhere, making it a perfect learning solution for aspiring dental professionals – without direct supervision. 

It was only later that we realised the potential of our technology for dental practices. As a result, we also developed X-ray diagnostic software that leverages AI technology for practicing dentists.

Who's behind AI:Dental

Blazena Ambroz Sedrovicova

CEO 

With her deep-rooted commitment to social responsibility and innovation, Blazena plays a pivotal role in advancing AI:Dental's mission to provide equal dental care opportunities for everyone.

In the past, Blazena was a managing director of PS:Digital, a member of the international network Digital Europe, and a PR manager for Košice: European Capital of Culture 2013.

She is an experienced CEO with a history of work in running a marketing agency and managing dozens of CSR projects. 

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Dr Pavel Andel Jr.

Co-founder & Member of the Board

Pavol is the co-founder of AI:Dental, Curaden Slovakia and Andel Elite Dental Centre. 

A dentist and a specialist in orthodontics, he lectures at various international events and cooperates with multiple medical faculties. 

Pavol has been Lucia’s business partner in several other projects centered around dental health prevention, such as Dental Alarm, the preventive program for children.

Lucia Paskova 

Founder & Member of the Board 

Lucia co-founded AI:Dental with ambition to shape the dental industry segment and improve access to education for students. 

Besides being company's member of the board, she is strongly involved in the civic sector and cooperates with many non-profit organisations to support sustainability, diversity, education and trust in society.

 In 2005, together with dentist Pavel Andel Jr., she started a Slovak subsidiary of Curaden, making Curaprox a love brand and a no.1 in oral care. 

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AI:Dental cares about ethics in dentistry

AI:Dental aims to be a responsible AI provider in the healthcare industry. Together with KInIT we analyse ethical and societal impacts of our system on stakeholders. We anonymise X-ray data to protect patient privacy while still allowing our app’s AI to use the user data for learning purposes.