{"title":"Greater Than the Sum","authors":"Jared I. Fine, Baharak Amanzadeh, Larry J. Platt","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2289689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2289689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"28 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139452183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric Coy, William Santo, Bonnie Jue, Helen Betts, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Stuart A Gansky
{"title":"Among Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Methods, Automated Gradient-Boosting Models Accurately Score Intraoral Plaque in Non-Standardized Images.","authors":"Eric Coy, William Santo, Bonnie Jue, Helen Betts, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Stuart A Gansky","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2422146","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2422146","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous automated models inaccurately scored non-standardized plaque images. The objectives were to develop and test automated image selection and intraoral plaque-scoring (primary outcome measure in a prevention trial for preschoolers).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Evaluating 1650 plaque-disclosed primary teeth (teeth D, E, F, G) from 435 photographs from UCSF/UCLA clinical trials, data were cleaned, transformed, and modeled with statistical and machine learning (ML) algorithms; data visualizations utilized Jupyter Notebooks, Python, OpenCV, and Sci-kit Learn libraries, with Laplacian filter preprocessing. Image selection and plaque-scoring used 8 ML classification models. Mean plaque-scoring used 8 ML regression models. Models were tuned with 80:20 train:test split, stratified 5-fold cross-validation (5-CV) (unstratified in regression models), and hyperparameter optimization. Area-under-the-curve receiver operating characteristic (AUC-ROC) curve and R<sup>2</sup> determined the best classification and regression models, respectively, compared to calibrated dentist researcher ratings. Training time was a secondary metric. Manual segmentation used Photoshop's lasso tool. Average and dominant hue, saturation, and brightness values were features for training plaque-scoring algorithms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Best performing models were: Support Vector Machine-Gaussian for image selection, 5-CV AUC-ROC of 0.99 and 0.76s of training time; Gradient-Boosting classification and regression models for individual teeth (5-CV AUC-ROC of 0.99 with 105s training); and mean plaque-scoring algorithms (5-CV R<sup>2</sup> of 0.72 with 1415s training).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Accurate automated plaque-scoring is attainable without the high computational and financial costs of deep learning (DL) models. Automated plaque-scoring is attainable with little user-manipulation.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Implementing automated tooth segmentation and synthetic sample generation with DL training may strengthen reliability, validity, and efficiency for clinical, research, and teledentistry applications by eliminating manual image preprocessing.</p>","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dentistry: Our Sustainable Future.","authors":"Nader A Nadershahi, David M Ojcius","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2442587","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2442587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11719921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142974140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical-Dental Integration in Medicare: Where are We Now?","authors":"Lisa Simon, Elizabeth Alpert","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2249012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2249012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83075775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Update on Vital Pulp Therapy","authors":"Keith R. Boyer, Jan Trang Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2244707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2244707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90110720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Root Submergence by Decoronation and Root-End Resection of a Maxillary Incisor with Concrescence: A Case Report","authors":"Keith R. Boyer, James Ywom","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2244714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2244714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84450398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gen-AI","authors":"M. Watanabe","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2251192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2251192","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83292782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical–Dental Integration: Exploring Our Role in Collaborative Health Care","authors":"Richard W. Graham","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2250020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2250020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76628981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleena Khan, Ranna Alrabadi, P. Glassman, Jenny Kattlove
{"title":"Home Visiting Programs at the Front End of an Oral Health System: Background and Program Design","authors":"Aleena Khan, Ranna Alrabadi, P. Glassman, Jenny Kattlove","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2243014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2243014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87499169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"8 Steps for Creating an Annual Business Plan for Dental Practice Success","authors":"Debbie Castagna","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2023.2246832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2246832","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74279939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}