{"title":"Bioethical Implications of Emerging Technologies in Dentistry: A Literature Review.","authors":"Paridhi Garg, Tulika Srivastava","doi":"10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2025062112","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, teledentistry, 3D printing, and genetic diagnostics is reshaping modern dental practice. These innovations promise improved diagnostic accuracy and efficiency but raise significant ethical challenges surrounding transparency, consent, equity, and data privacy. This review synthesizes current literature on the ethical implications of these tools, with particular emphasis on AI in clinical decision-making. It highlights the need for informed consent, professional oversight, and equitable access. Ethical implementation will require interdisciplinary collaboration and proactive policy frameworks to safeguard patient welfare.</p>","PeriodicalId":16125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of long-term effects of medical implants","volume":"36 2","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of long-term effects of medical implants","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2025062112","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, teledentistry, 3D printing, and genetic diagnostics is reshaping modern dental practice. These innovations promise improved diagnostic accuracy and efficiency but raise significant ethical challenges surrounding transparency, consent, equity, and data privacy. This review synthesizes current literature on the ethical implications of these tools, with particular emphasis on AI in clinical decision-making. It highlights the need for informed consent, professional oversight, and equitable access. Ethical implementation will require interdisciplinary collaboration and proactive policy frameworks to safeguard patient welfare.
期刊介绍:
MEDICAL IMPLANTS are being used in every organ of the human body. Ideally, medical implants must have biomechanical properties comparable to those of autogenous tissues without any adverse effects. In each anatomic site, studies of the long-term effects of medical implants must be undertaken to determine accurately the safety and performance of the implants. Today, implant surgery has become an interdisciplinary undertaking involving a number of skilled and gifted specialists. For example, successful cochlear implants will involve audiologists, audiological physicians, speech and language therapists, otolaryngologists, nurses, neuro-otologists, teachers of the deaf, hearing therapists, cochlear implant manufacturers, and others involved with hearing-impaired and deaf individuals.