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Accuracy in Dental Medicine, A New Way to Measure Trueness and Precision

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Innovating dental diagnostics: ChatGPT's accuracy on diagnostic challenges.

Arman Danesh¹, Arsalan Danesh², Farzad Danesh³

¹Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

|July 23, 2024

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ChatGPT demonstrates strong diagnostic capabilities in dentistry. Advanced versions like ChatGPT4 show higher accuracy in diagnosing complex dental cases, suggesting future clinical utility.

Area of Science:

Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry
Clinical Decision Support Systems

Background:

Complex dental diagnoses necessitate integrating clinical data with patient history.
Evaluating artificial intelligence tools for diagnostic support is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the diagnostic performance of ChatGPT (OpenAI) on challenging dental cases.
To explore ChatGPT's potential as a dental diagnostic tool.

Main Methods:

ChatGPT 3.5 and ChatGPT 4 were tested on literature-based complex dental case descriptions.
Statistical analysis included two-tailed t-tests and chi-squared tests.
A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Main Results:

ChatGPT 4 achieved 62% accuracy in generating differential diagnoses, compared to 40% for ChatGPT 3.5.

Keywords:

artificial intelligence decision making diagnostic systems oral diagnosis

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When provided with literature-based differentials, ChatGPT 4 reached 80% accuracy, and ChatGPT 3.5 reached 70% accuracy.

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ChatGPT exhibits significant potential for diagnosing complex dental conditions.
The study highlights ChatGPT's promising role as a future dental diagnostic aid.