Boo-tiful Smiles: Protect Your Pediatric Patients’ Teeth This Holiday Season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for kids – less so for their teeth. As kids chow down on their favorite Halloween treats, Thanksgiving pies, and holiday sugar cookies, dental offices are bracing for the uptick in cavities.   

And in recent years, there has been an uptick. According to ADSO, more children with tooth decay or cavities – up to 12.2% in 2020-2021 from 11.6% in 2018-2019. Only 48% of lesions in the dentin in kids is detected, though -- less than half -- increasing the risk of more severe dental challenges down the road.  

But detecting those cavities, especially in little ones, often proves challenging for dentists and hygienists. VideaHealth’s AI technology is the first dental AI with FDA clearance for children 3 years and older.  

Detect AI, powered by VideaHealth, is seamlessly integrated into Dentrix and delivers superior accuracy in identifying dental decay in children – leading to brighter, healthier smiles.  

In fact, Dentrix Detect AI exhibits an 80% improvement in true pediatric caries identification. 

Beyond the enormous increase in caries detection for your pediatric patients, AI technology has proven to increase overall case acceptance and patient satisfaction. Parents now have a better understanding of what’s being shown on the x-rays, are more engaged in their child's oral health, and are more likely to accept treatment because Detect AI verifies what the team is seeing.  

In fact, one study found that offices using AI saw a 13% increase in annual net production, translating to an additional $78,268 in annual growth per practice. 

Dentrix Ascend Detect AI helps doctors make early, accurate diagnoses that make great patient care possible. With objective AI x-ray analysis at their fingertips, clinicians can make informed decisions that go beyond the limitations of their own experience. 

And when you choose a PMS that has integrated digital X-rays and AI caries detection functionality built right into the image capture workflow, there’s no need to integrate with a separate system for image acquisition or AI processing for assisted decay diagnosis -- it’s simply an optional part of your solution.  

Ready to treat your team this holiday season? Learn more about how Detect AI enhances treatment acceptance, profitability, and patient satisfaction.