# AI in dentistry: what the studies and FDA clearances show

URL: https://howdentistsuse.ai/research
Last checked: 2026-10-23
Published by Svarvik, a Gothenburg agency that builds AI automations for dental practices.

One peer-reviewed paper was opened for this page: Revolutionizing Dentistry: The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Dental Health Care, Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, DOI 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1290_23, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11426822/ . It is a narrative review. It does not report an original patient sample, an accuracy percentage, or a practice time or money result. The page states that financial support was nil and that the authors declared no conflicts.

A fetch of https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7770315/ returned 403. Numbers from that paper are not used.

## What studies don't tell a practice owner

The review does not say what a named practice paid or which practice management system it runs. A 510(k) clearance is not a result in a named office. Vendor case studies on this site stay labeled vendor-reported.

## FDA records opened

- Pearl Second Opinion, K210365, 2022-03-04, Decision letter. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf21/K210365.pdf
- Pearl Second Opinion Panoramic, K250525, 2025-11-14, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K250525
- Pearl Second Opinion Periapical Radiolucency Contours, K242600, 2025-04-11, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K242600
- Overjet Caries Assist, K212519, 2022-05-10, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K212519
- Overjet Caries Assist, K222746, 2023-03-27, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K222746
- Overjet Periapical Radiolucency Assist, K231678, 2023-09-21, Decision letter. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf23/K231678.pdf
- Overjet Caries Assist-Pediatric, K233738, 2024-03-04, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K233738
- Overjet Multi-Image Caries and Charting Assist, K261059, 2026-08-06, Database record only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K261059

## Questions

### What does the study we opened show?

We opened Revolutionizing Dentistry: The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Dental Health Care, a narrative review in the Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences (DOI 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1290_23, PMC11426822), on 23 October 2026. It lists applications, including diagnostic imaging, and it lists limits. The text we read does not report an original patient sample, an accuracy percentage, or a time or money result for a practice. The page states that financial support was nil and that the authors declared no conflicts. Correspondence details are not repeated here.

### Which FDA clearances are on this page?

Only the eight records opened on 23 October 2026 and listed in the table. Two decision letters were read: K210365 and K231678. The other rows are database records, and their indications PDFs were not opened. The list is not complete. A 510(k) decision is substantial equivalence, not an FDA approval.

### What do studies not tell a practice owner?

The review we opened does not say what a named practice paid, which system it runs, or whether a vendor's hours-saved claim was measured. A clearance is not a result in your office. The Blue Court and Bridge Mill cases are vendor reports about two different jobs, and this page does not turn the review into a reason to buy either product.

### Why is only one study cited?

A study is cited here only if its full text was opened. A fetch of a systematic review at PMC7770315 returned 403, so its numbers are not used. Third-party prices and performance percentages that were not in an opened 510(k) letter are left out.