The New Era of Holistic and Precision Dentistry with Integration of Digital Twin Technology: A Scoping Review.

Abstract

Technology has embraced all sectors of mankind with its trailblazers extending to exponential growth and development at an infinite arena of futuristic advancements. The education system has also undergone a progressive reformation and hyper-realistic transformations by incorporating these technological innovations, thereby creating the concept of education at your pace, possible in the most acceptable manner. However, in developing countries like India, where health care continues to be a booming sector with augmented growth and developments, the inclusion of these technological advancements still remains as an interest of concern and viability. The lack of financial investments, inability to obtain individual patient data and screening records from both urban and rural medical care settings, lack of connectivity with cities and villages within the country, and providential glitches of communication all continue to barrel as a hindrance in incorporating technological progression within one of the highly anticipated sectors of the nation. Digital twin technology is also expected to cater both the health care professionals as well as the patients with an extremely well-defined treatment plan, schedules, and a multitude of options incorporating highly efficient consultants from across the country in a speck of second. Hence, this article will discuss in detail the strategic and sequential advancements that will forefront on the application of the concept of digital twin technology into the Indian health care system, thereby creating a more simplified treatment environment with highly effective disease diagnosis and treatment strategies.

How to cite this article: Thribhuvanan L, Saravanakumar M, Panikkar P, et al. The New Era of Holistic and Precision Dentistry with Integration of Digital Twin Technology: A Scoping Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2025;18(8):1046-1050.