For everyone who doesn’t trust dentists, I have some good news.
However, if you’ve had a bad experience with a dentist before, it’s understandable that you may never trust one again. If you don’t like opening your mouth and letting someone work inside it without even seeing what they’re doing, maybe one day you won’t have to.
We all know that dental MedTech offers innovative solutions that improve our lives.
Part of every medical student’s education involves studying patient psychology.
Studies show that much of the anxiety patients feel at the dental clinic comes from childhood trauma.The sound of the dental handpiece or even the smell of the clinic can make patients feel unsafe..
All these things and more have been developed to brand trust in the dentist, but most of the people of the younger generation, especially those with more technology than humans, which leads us to what I will say now.
We all know that the robot has been made to replace the human in a lot of fields, which includes dentistry.
Actually, robots have been developed for dental implant placement,cleaning scanning, However most of them are still in labs as demos and haven’t been released to the market yet, but that doesn’t mean they do not function. In addition, they have demonstrated a high-level of precision that may one day allow them to replace dentists.
For example, the robot yomi .Yomi is a robot designed for dental implant surgery . The robot can place an implant twice as fast as human dentist. Of course, not only does this development make it able to replace the bone graft in some cases in order to prepare the bone for the implant. The robot has the approval of the FDA and today over 70 clinics and hospitals use it.
You can have your demo by pressing on the link https://www.neocis.com/
At the University of Pennsylvania, a researcher developed a nanorobot for dental hygiene. it uses nano sized -iron oxide particles controlled by magnetic field to brush and clean teeth. Maybe better than humans, so I think in the future we can’t say (I don’t have the time to brush my teeth, or I can’t brush correctly !! Because nanorobots may handle brushing for us
Indeed , dental robots have achieved remarkable results in the past few years.and for sure they have a promising future.
But Is it wise to place such blind trust in robots?
I think we should all keep an eye on those robots, because whatever you say, machines make mistakes too, especially when it comes to working with humans…
If machines work with a machine, maybe there is more guarantee than
But in our case, we need not forget the patient. He can move or show an expected reaction to something. How can I anticipate or avoid such unexpected changes if the robot is not programmed for them???
A lot of times, doctors record cases of errors made by robots during treatments.
In dental implants, robots have been developed to solve major problems like hand tremors for example…
But instead of solving problems, the case record shows other problems when robots are left alone with a patient.
A study involving 152 implants placed in100 patients shows a problem such as deviation in angles, forgotten instruments or algorithms issues.and other errors can lead to death.
Not only that technical side, we need to consider. But the human said that robots can’t do it for us.
Picture yourself laying down on a hospital bed, trying to rest with your heart full of hope that you will be discharged soon. A robot with a screen inter to your room to tell you (will guess what!! You will die )!!!
It’s not imagination… that’s what happened to
Ernest Quintana a 78-year-old patient at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fremont, California With his granddaughter in the room.
The robot entered his hospital room and told him he would die in a few days because we couldn’t do anything more. The story went viral after the granddaughter recorded part of the meeting and published it later, which caused a public outcry. But the hospital defended the situation by explaining that the use of the robots for telemedicine was urgently needed.
In the time you need a real dentist or a real doctor holding your hand and telling you ,,,
(we always have hope)
(You can always do it)
Only humanity is the greatest invention that we can ever develop..
Final call.
I’m not demonizing or vilifying robotic technology but I think it should not eliminate humanity side totally.
If used wisely combining both, we can achieve the maximum benefit for patients and dentists as well.
And you…
Do you think we should use both ?or do you still
You don’t trust your dentist?
Dr.Maha Legris