Those with a fear of the dentist’s chair should probably look away now because one day a robot might be doing the job. Perceptive, a leader in the AI-driven automated dental technology industry, says that it has completed the world’s first fully-automated dental procedure on a human. If the thought of a robotic arm wielding a dental drill fills you with dread, don’t worry. Perceptive’s tooth-fixing terminator is stuffed to the gills with technology, ensuring that it knows the difference between a lateral incisor and a lobotomy. The dental procedure performed by the robot was a crown — not quite a root canal, but never say never. Crown placements can be performed in as little as 15 minutes, a major reduction from the current method that requires 2 office visits of at least an hour each. It should be noted that Perceptive’s testing has all be done in-house and hasn’t yet taken place in the U.S. under FDA approval. The robot also does not have 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA, and thus is not available for sale. So, you can smile wide, humanity. The robots might be here, but it will be some time before they trouble your pearly whites.
