United StatesHealthcare and life sciences2024 – ongoingVirtual Dental Care
Smart Scan dental screening
Virtual Dental Care cuts school screening paperwork 75% with an AI photo scan
Problem
About 60% of people in the US do not see a dentist regularly, and school screenings carried heavy paperwork.
Approach
The teledentistry firm built Smart Scan on Azure. Patients send five photos, and models trained by dentists look for decay and gum inflammation. Permission forms and digital records were automated.
Results
75%Reduction in administrative paperwork for school scans
Takeaway
The company says admin paperwork for scans fell 75%. A 2024 study scanned several hundred students and compared the results with an in-person exam.
Categories
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Product and service innovation
- AI technology
- Computer visionPredictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Vendor's case study
Sources
Source summaries
[1]Microsoft23 Oct 2024
Microsoft described Smart Scan, which reads patient photos for dental issues. It reports a 75% cut in school paperwork.
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Added 25 Oct 2026 · Updated 25 Oct 2026
