[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":439},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-the-amazing-future-of-dentistry-and-oral-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":213,"relatedBooks":342},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":42,"project_category":56,"contact_email_category":62,"yst_prominent_words":63,"class_list":70,"better_featured_image":106,"acf":143,"yoast_meta":158,"_links":160},14484,"2025-06-17T10:12:28","2025-06-17T08:12:28",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=14484","2025-06-17T10:12:29","2025-06-17T08:12:29","the-amazing-future-of-dentistry-and-oral-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-amazing-future-of-dentistry-and-oral-health",{"rendered":17},"9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most common childhood fears is going to the dentist. Who would not relate? Sitting in a huge chair illuminated by blinding light, enduring lengthy seated sessions with someone looking and poking inside your mouth using edgy and frightening devices, producing sounds like the screams of tortured souls from hell. And finally, when the misery is over, that same someone tells you not to eat your favourite sweets and instructs you to brush your teeth regularly. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ve all been through this as a kid and childhood memories stick with us, just recalling this might send a shiver down your spine. No one likes to go to the dentist although everyone knows how crucial oral health is and how strongly it is connected to our overall health. But an armada of new technologies\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from virtual reality through artificial intelligence (AI) to CRISPR will revolutionise dentistry and our whole attitude towards oral health in the future.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fsitting-in-the-dentist-s-chair.jpg\" alt=\"Sitting in the dentist's chair - Future of Dentistry\" class=\"wp-image-14485\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fsitting-in-the-dentist-s-chair.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fsitting-in-the-dentist-s-chair-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fsitting-in-the-dentist-s-chair-512x268.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fsitting-in-the-dentist-s-chair-458x239.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like in the case of \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-specialties-with-the-biggest-potential-in-the-future\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other medical specialties\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. Can you imagine that you might get your 3D-printed prosthesis in an hour instead of 4-5 sessions at the dentist? How about having a teledentist consultation? Or being able to grow new teeth at the age of 80? \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s see how these can be the case in the future thanks to the following 9 technologies.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>1. Artificial intelligence\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already, dentists \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS1991790220301434#:~:text=AI%20has%20been%20used%20mainly,with%20superior%20quality%20patient%20care.\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employ software\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get insights into clinical decision-making, but \u003C\u002Fspan>AI is changing the face of dentistry, just like it is in many other fields. For dentists, it’s transforming diagnosis, decision-making, and treatment planning. For patients, it promises more accurate care and better outcomes. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffdmed.2023.1085251\u002Ffull\" target=\"_blank\">This study\u003C\u002Fa> summarises how AI is adding value to various segments of the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Operative dentistry: finding cavities earlier\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even with X-rays, dentists sometimes miss small cavities, especially in tricky spots like between teeth. AI can detect early-stage dental caries and vertical root fractures more accurately than traditional methods in a cost-effective way. Problems that get treated earlier, prevent the need for major work later – a huge win for all of us as patients. This is not science fiction, using neural networks can better \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rdhmag.com\u002Fcareer-profession\u002Farticle\u002F14185563\u002Fartificial-intelligence-ai-in-dentistry\" target=\"_blank\">detect dental decay\u003C\u002Fa> (and periodontal disease) from radiographs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Periodontics: protecting your gums\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Gum disease (periodontitis) can be hard to spot in its early stages, but it’s a major cause of tooth loss. AI helps dentists catch it early, so treatment can be simpler and more effective. It’s like adding an expert gum specialist to the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Orthodontics: planning the perfect smile\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Creating the ideal orthodontic treatment plan (braces and Co.) is time-consuming and takes lots of measurements and analysis. AI models help orthodontists create the best treatment plans, and predict how the result will look like. This means faster results and less guesswork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>AI in oral and maxillofacial pathology: early detection, targeted treatments\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Oral cancers and other serious issues can lurk undetected with biopsies being the only way to diagnose them. AI is getting good at analysing scans and microscope slides. It can identify suspicious areas that need closer examination and can help distinguish between tumor types. This can lead to earlier cancer detection and more targeted treatment. Researchers in 2019 \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41598-019-49710-z\" target=\"_blank\">developed a machine learning method\u003C\u002Fa> to accurately quantify immune cells in the vicinity of oral cancer cells. This gives better insights into the spread of and resistance to cancer; thereby \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalxpress.com\u002Fnews\u002F2019-09-ai-chances-surviving-oral-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\">helping in determining\u003C\u002Fa> the chances of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Prosthodontics: designing better restorations\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Crowns, dentures, and other restorations have to be custom-made for a perfect fit – a time-consuming process. Various AI models can assist this process by generating perfect dental crowns and dentures through CAD integration and improving shade matching. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To think even more ahead: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Frise-in-population-genomics-local-government-in-india-will-use-blockchain-to-secure-genetic-data\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">genomic data\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can offer a \u003C\u002Fspan>deeper understanding \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for personalised care. With AI tools having access to such information, they can instantly offer the best treatment options and probabilities of success.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. Smart toothbrush\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. Our home will be filled with connected, smart devices in the future, so why would our bathroom be an exception?\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At first, it might feel a bit strange to let a sensor into one of your most intimate activities, tooth brushing, but it makes a lot easier to maintain oral hygiene and prevent plaque or cavities. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kolibree.com\u002Fen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolibree smart electric toothbrush\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes sure you are brushing your teeth the right way through its app and offers kids fun games to keep up the good habit of regularly cleaning their teeth. Philips’ \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usa.philips.com\u002Fc-m-pe\u002Felectric-toothbrushes#triggername=color_white\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonicare smart toothbrush\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes packed with sensors in its handle. These provide real-time feedback via a companion app warning you if you are applying too much pressure, where you are brushing and even coach the user as to how to brush properly. And there are so many such devices \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fs?k=smart+toothbrush&crid=1MFD8ISN5WMO0&sprefix=smart+tooth%2Caps%2C180&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_11\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the market\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002Fsmart-toothbrush-768x439.jpg\" alt=\"smart toothbrush\" class=\"wp-image-56057\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002Fsmart-toothbrush-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002Fsmart-toothbrush-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002Fsmart-toothbrush.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While having a personal coach to optimise your daily oral hygiene might sound enticing, not everyone is enthusiastic about the technology. Firstly, dental experts emphasise \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002Fwirecutter\u002Fblog\u002Fsmart-toothbrushes-dont-recommend\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the need for proper brushing techniques\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002Fwirecutter\u002Freviews\u002Fbest-electric-toothbrush\u002F#what-about-smart-toothbrushes\" target=\"_blank\">these devices won’t improve upon\u003C\u002Fa>. Rather, it’s a dental professional who can demonstrate the proper techniques at your next appointment. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, by buying smart toothbrushes from companies like\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pg.com\u002Fprivacy\u002Fenglish\u002Fprivacy_statement.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procter & Gamble\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usa.philips.com\u002Fa-w\u002Fmobile-privacy-notice\u002Fsonicare-connected-app-gdpr.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philips Oral Healthcare\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you agree to their privacy policies that enable them to share your data with third parties. Now that \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fyour-privacy-in-the-digital-health-era-the-medical-futurists-guide\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">health data is the new oil\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, companies will want to profit off of these in as many ways as possible. So you might want to adopt a smart toothbrush from a company that gives you more control over your data or one that doesn’t share it with third parties at all.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Augmented Reality\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be familiar with \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Faugmented-reality-in-healthcare-will-be-revolutionary\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augmented Reality\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (AR) through social media apps; it’s the same technology that Snapchat uses to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Pc2aJxnmzh0&ab_channel=Vox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">superimpose filters\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your face during your guilt trip selfie with a dog face filter. But AR also found a home in dentistry for both educational and clinical purposes.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Navigation’s \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fimage-navigation.com\u002Fhome-page\u002Fdentsim\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DentSim Simulator\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pairs AR with a mannequin on which students can perform procedures while receiving immediate feedback as their movements are tracked. This helps them identify faster where they should improve and develop their skills in the process. It’s already in by 8,500 students in dental schools around the world.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30911\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In dental practice, the technology is more prevalent in reconstructive and aesthetic procedures in order to help patients know what they will look like after the treatment. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsmartteksas.com\u002Faugmented-reality-smile-application\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SmartTek\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed an AR app that uses a phone or tablet’s camera to overlay virtual depictions of the improved set of teeth prior to the procedure. This allows patients and dentists to configure features of their teeth such as height and spacing to their liking before they even enter the surgery room.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. Virtual Reality in dentistry\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to be confused with AR, Virtual Reality (VR) completely closes off the outside world with a dedicated headset and immerses the user in a virtual environment. By slipping such a headset on their head, students and aspiring dental surgeons \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voanews.com\u002Fa\u002Fepisode_absence-person-classes-dentistry-courses-use-virtual-reality-4725316\u002F6117310.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be transported to the OR from their couch\u003C\u002Fa>; while patients can visualise a calming landscape while seated at the dreaded dentist’s chair to improve their experience.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, only a few students can peek over the shoulder of the surgeon during an operation and it is challenging to learn the tricks of the trade like that. With a virtual reality camera, surgeons can stream operations globally and allow medical students to actually be there in the OR using their VR goggles. Dentistry even outpaced other fields of medicine in adopting this method. Back in 2015, Nobel Biocare \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fvrscout.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdental-surgery-virtual-reality\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held the first dental surgery\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filmed through VR and allowed observers to virtually assist the whole procedure from the surgeon’s perspective. In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2016\u002Fapr\u002F14\u002Fcutting-edge-theatre-worlds-first-virtual-reality-operation-goes-live\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Royal London Hospital\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2016. The technology can further be used to help dentists \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-ways-medical-vr-is-changing-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build on their empathy skills\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through simulations putting them in the shoes of their patients or in challenging situations. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F105_Do-scalable-simulations-prepare-for-medical-realities-scaled.gif\" alt=\"medical virtual simulation\" class=\"wp-image-24685\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the patient side, VR might be the solution to our dentist’s office anxiety. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fjournals.plos.org\u002Fplosone\u002Farticle?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0091276\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An experiment showed\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that VR can be used as an effective distraction tool in dentistry. Patients wore goggles which displayed calming natural scenes, and remembered the treatments more positively afterwards. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Teledentistry\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are reluctant to go to the dentist, imagine how hard it is for children, patients with special needs or the elderly in nursing homes. Another issue is distance: people living in rural areas rarely get access to a dentist and hardly ever have the possibility of choice. This can change significantly with the spread of teledentistry. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teledentistry services offered by companies like \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theteledentists.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Teledenists\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mouthwatch.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MouthWatch\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide easier access to oral and dental care; are significantly cheaper for patients; shift towards cheaper prevention practices; and allow patients to consult with otherwise unavailable medical professionals. For instance, MouthWatch’s TeleDent service offers an all-in-one teledentistry platform allowing patients to capture images, send relevant information to a dentist remotely, and do a live consult. The dentist might start a video chat with the patient and the caregiver so that the medical professional can actually see and talk to the patient, build rapport, help connect them and bring them into the office (if necessary).\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30913\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F0625_berlin_teledentistry-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Dental Association issued \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ada.org\u002Fabout\u002Fgovernance\u002Fcurrent-policies\u002Fada-policy-on-teledentistry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a policy on teledentistry\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that offers guidance on the modalities that such services can follow. This sets the pace in making teledentistry a general practice.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. Computer-assisted design and 3D-printing \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3D printing does not need any introduction considering the buzz it generated in healthcare a while ago with \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the technology’s potential to print\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> medicines, prosthetics and even organ replicas. Its importance was \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-tech-here-to-stay-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to bypass supply chains to meet hospitals’ demands. As the technology is set to become an integral part of healthcare practice, it will also become incorporated into dental labs.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer-assisted design (CAD) and computer-assisted manufacture (CAM), including 3D-printing, are \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">already revolutionising the sector; \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they are turning them into low-cost, more effective digital labs. Traditionally, when a patient needs a crown, a dentist must make a mould of the tooth and fashion a temporary crown, then wait for the dental laboratory to make a permanent one.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30915\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.webmd.com\u002Foral-health\u002Fadvances-in-dental-care-whats-new-at-the-dentist#2\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAD\u002FCAM technology\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the tooth is drilled to prepare it for the crown and a picture is taken with a computer. This image is then relayed to a machine that manufactures the crown right in the office. With a 3D printer doing the hard work, dental labs eliminate the bottleneck of manual modelling and let the business grow. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.stratasys.com\u002Findustries\u002Fdental\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stratasys\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealth.desktopmetal.com\u002Fdental-3d-printing\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Desktop Health,\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fformlabs.com\u002Fblog\u002F3d-printed-teeth\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FormLabs\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offer such high-tech solutions for dental labs.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3D printers \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdental.formlabs.com\u002Feu\u002Fblog\u002Fdigital-dentistry-dental-3d-printing\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are also able to produce\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> orthodontic models, surgical guides, aligners, retainers and more dental equipment faster and more precisely; tasks that would take longer with traditional methods. This helps improve workflows, reducing error and the amount of labor needed, which ultimately endows the technology with time and cost-efficiency.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. Intra-oral camera\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the greatest inconveniences\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while being seated in\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the dentists’ chair is \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that sometimes, no matter how wide you open your mouth, the dentist still\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cannot see what they would like to see, even by using the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trusty \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dental mirror. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such situations are not only uncomfortable \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for both the patient and the doctor\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but also painful. However, the advent of\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intra-oral cameras \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can remedy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this exact problem.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mouthwatch.com\u002Fintraoral-cameras\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MouthWatch\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.duerrdental.com\u002Fen\u002Fproducts\u002Fimaging\u002Fvistacam-intraoral-camera-systems\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dürrdental\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.carestreamdental.com\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002Fintraoralcamera\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carestream Dental\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are some of the many companies to have launched intra-oral cameras on the market. The cameras’ unique liquid lens technology works like the human eye to ensure effortless image capture to deliver clear, detailed images patients can really understand.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>8. Regenerative dentistry\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ve come to expect to have our teeth fall off with age or with damage and have them replaced by prostheses. However, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fsj.bdj.2014.961\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regenerative dentistry\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> challenges this preconceived idea with developments that can lead to self-healing teeth and biological therapy for damaged teeth. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A Japanese startup, Toregem Biopharma will launch clinical trials in September of what is believed to be the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fasia.nikkei.com\u002FBusiness\u002FPharmaceuticals\u002FWorld-s-first-tooth-regenerating-drug-to-enter-testing-in-Japan\" target=\"_blank\">first-ever treatment that can regrow teeth\u003C\u002Fa>. The drug is designed to help patients missing some or all of their teeth from birth – a condition named congenital anodontia. However, the Kyoto University-affiliated startup hopes to eventually offer a solution to patients who lost their teeth later in life as well. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, researchers from the University of Nottingham and Harvard University\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Feurope.newsweek.com\u002Fdental-fillings-heal-teeth-stem-cells-harvard-cavities-477415?rm=eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed dental fillings\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that allow teeth to heal themselves. These fillings stimulate stem cells to promote the growth of dentin, or the main constituent of our teeth. This effectively enables patients to regrow teeth damaged through dental disease and potentially eliminate the need for root canals!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discoveries from researchers at Karolinska Institutet \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fscitechdaily.com\u002Fregenerative-dentistry-breakthrough-biological-therapy-for-damaged-teeth\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can accelerate development\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the field of regenerative medicine. They were able to map the differentiation pathways of the cells that make up human teeth. They also discovered new cell types and cell layers in teeth that can impact tooth sensitivity.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isn’t it exciting to think that you might not need to have false teeth to replace your own when you are old, but you might grow new ones? The tooth fairy will be very excited for sure!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9. CRISPR\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRISPR is a ground-breaking genome editing method offered by Mother Nature herself, but researchers have discovered its immense potential only recently. As explored in our dedicated articles, it might \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcrispr\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">become the ultimate weapon against cancer\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or, more controversially, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-could-crisprcas9-do-tomorrow\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">help design babies in the future\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And the field of dentistry will also benefit from the technology as well.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-22535 is-style-default\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FCRISPR_Gene-Editing.jpg\" alt=\"digital health technologies\" class=\"wp-image-22535\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FCRISPR_Gene-Editing.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FCRISPR_Gene-Editing-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FCRISPR_Gene-Editing-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FCRISPR_Gene-Editing-512x289.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.verdict.co.uk\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what could CRISPR achieve in dentistry? Well quite a lot, in fact. Chinese researchers \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.todaysrdh.com\u002Fwhat-is-crispr-and-how-could-it-change-dentistry\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are conducting studies\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the technology to isolate and switch off oral cancer-associated genes. Other researchers are \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F30329221\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">using CRISPR\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to alter the functioning of bacteria responsible for plaque formation. Their endeavour could even lead to the reduction or outright prevention of dental caries and periodontal disease. But please don’t give up on brushing your teeth just yet!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>The bright future of dental medicine\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is amazing how more and more disruptive innovations will be at our disposal – either for improving oral health (and getting rid of the dentist-related fear and anxiety) as a patient or upgrading your practice as a professional. Our task at The Medical Futurist is to follow the latest innovations and keep pace with the growing possibilities in healthcare.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Be sure to pick up a copy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our e-book\u003C\u002Fa> to learn more about the technological future of medical specialties!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png\" alt=\"future of medical specialties\" class=\"wp-image-23819\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>One of the most common human fears is going to the dentist, although we all know  how crucial oral health is and how strongly it is connected to our overall health. Let’s see what new technologies can do to  revolutionise dentistry – and our attitudes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,30915,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41],498,504,500,491,521,490,488,496,516,494,514,[43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55],570,597,130,598,134,671,145,206,262,275,425,445,517,[57,58,59,60,61],947,948,949,950,951,[],[64,65,66,67,68,69],1631,1715,1719,1725,1833,2261,[71,14,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105],"post-14484","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-artificial-intelligence","category-biotechnology","category-empowered-patients","category-future-medicine","category-future-of-pharma","category-genomics","category-health-sensors-trackers","category-medical-education","category-telemedicine","category-virtual-reality","tag-crispr","tag-dentistry","tag-3d-printing-2","tag-oral-health","tag-ai","tag-machine-learning","tag-augmented-reality-2","tag-digital","tag-genomics","tag-healthcare","tag-technology-2","tag-virtual-reality","tag-gc1","project_category-company","project_category-developers","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":107,"media_type":108,"media_details":109,"post":5,"source_url":142},"An armada of new technologies from virtual reality through A.I. to CRISPR will revolutionise dentistry in the future. ","image",{"width":110,"height":111,"file":112,"sizes":113,"image_meta":140},1920,1080,"2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo.png",{"medium":114,"large":120,"thumbnail":125,"medium_large":129,"1536x1536":130,"2048x2048":135},{"file":115,"width":116,"height":117,"mime-type":118,"source_url":119},"3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-370x208.png",{"file":121,"width":122,"height":123,"mime-type":118,"source_url":124},"3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png",{"file":126,"width":127,"height":127,"mime-type":118,"source_url":128},"3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-150x150.png",{"file":121,"width":122,"height":123,"mime-type":118,"source_url":124},{"file":131,"width":132,"height":133,"mime-type":118,"source_url":134},"3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-1536x864.png",{"file":136,"width":137,"height":138,"mime-type":118,"source_url":139},"3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-2048x1152.png","2048","1152","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":141,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":141,"copyright":27,"focal_length":141,"iso":141,"shutter_speed":141,"title":27,"orientation":141},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F3d-printing-dentistry-with-logo.png",{"related_posts":20,"related_posts_footer":144,"cta_type":148,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":149,"key_takeaways":153},[145,146,147],13061,13172,13916,"subscribe",[150,151,152],30419,24762,24759,[154,156],{"title":155},"\u003Cp>Disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of their oral health in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":157},"\u003Cp>These technologies will result in better and more personalized care, faster solutions, often at lower costs than today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":17,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":159,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Let's look at the top digital technologies from virtual reality through A.I. to CRISPR that will revolutionise dentistry in the future.",{"self":161,"collection":167,"about":170,"author":173,"replies":176,"version-history":179,"predecessor-version":183,"wp:featuredmedia":187,"wp:attachment":190,"wp:term":193,"curies":209},[162],{"href":163,"targetHints":164},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F14484",{"allow":165},[166],"GET",[168],{"href":169},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[171],{"href":172},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[174],{"embeddable":26,"href":175},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[177],{"embeddable":26,"href":178},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=14484",[180],{"count":181,"href":182},66,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F14484\u002Frevisions",[184],{"id":185,"href":186},58855,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F14484\u002Frevisions\u002F58855",[188],{"embeddable":26,"href":189},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F30915",[191],{"href":192},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=14484",[194,197,200,203,206],{"taxonomy":195,"embeddable":26,"href":196},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=14484",{"taxonomy":198,"embeddable":26,"href":199},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=14484",{"taxonomy":201,"embeddable":26,"href":202},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=14484",{"taxonomy":204,"embeddable":26,"href":205},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=14484",{"taxonomy":207,"embeddable":26,"href":208},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=14484",[210],{"name":211,"href":212,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[214],{"id":147,"date":215,"date_gmt":216,"guid":217,"modified":219,"modified_gmt":220,"slug":221,"status":13,"type":14,"link":222,"title":223,"content":225,"excerpt":227,"author":23,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":230,"categories":231,"tags":234,"project_category":240,"contact_email_category":241,"yst_prominent_words":242,"class_list":252,"better_featured_image":261,"acf":283,"yoast_meta":297,"_links":300},"2024-05-23T15:54:29","2024-05-23T13:54:29",{"rendered":218},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=13916","2024-05-23T16:07:34","2024-05-23T14:07:34","healthcare-in-2060","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-in-2060",{"rendered":224},"Looking Back At Today’s Healthcare In 2060",{"rendered":226,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>I receive many questions after my talks and on my online channels about the not-yet-visible future. People want to know what healthcare will be like in the next decades. But throwing around predictions will not help us design better healthcare. However, showing a utopian future for healthcare might do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On a chilly October afternoon in 2060,\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>after having watched the leaves falling off the trees in our garden for too long to get bored, my beautiful and overtly curious grandchild, Nina, came to me and started asking me questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy-768x432.png\" alt=\"digital health literacy\" class=\"wp-image-24112\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FTeaching-Kids-Health-Literacy.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She pointed at one of the many sensors in the living room – small, simply designed cubes measuring air quality, temperature, humidity, noise, light, air pressure, that optimize our home environment based on our personal information. Nina asked whether I had ever lived in a house without sensor cubes. When I said yes, she looked at me with wide, marveling eyes and asked me to tell her how I had lived when I was young. She liked to ask about the past. I told her about the unbearable heat in third-floor apartments during hot summer nights without proper air-conditioning and the inconvenience it caused when you could not set the right amount of light for working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nina was satisfied with my responses, but I had the impression she still had something on her mind. I asked her about it. She told me that she heard a word from her fellow first-graders and she did not know what that was, but one of her friends, Lyanna, told her it was from the age when people did not use smart cubes at home, so she wanted to ask me and make sure I can answer the question. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, I asked her, what that mysterious word was, and she said, hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I laughed out loud. Hospital. I have a grandchild who does not know what a hospital is. Isn’t she the sweetest (and for that matter the luckiest) girl in the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And isn’t it amazing that she doesn’t know what a hospital is?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, I told this charming little lady to come over and listen to her old, wrinkle-faced grandpa who will tell her the story of hospitals, doctors, nurses, pills – and pretty much how healthcare used to look like in the 2020s, in the barbaric, pre-technological era of medicine. Here is what I said: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“More than 40 years ago, patients had to go to huge and unfriendly buildings called hospitals to receive any kind of care and to measure vital signs or health parameters, for example how hearts and brains work. So when people fell sick, they had to go to that specific building instead of just getting care at home or wherever. And there, at the doctor’s office, you could not just go and see the physician. Sometimes you had to wait in line for hours while other people got checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_eliminating-waiting-times-hospital-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47078\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_eliminating-waiting-times-hospital-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_eliminating-waiting-times-hospital-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_eliminating-waiting-times-hospital.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember, Nina, how mommy called up the doctor, she appeared on the screen and mommy showed her your ear when you said it hurt? And she also told her whether you had a fever, and what the device put into your ear for checking it properly, showed? And everything happened in your room, and also your friend, Gregor, the little salamander could be there? I wish it was so easy back in the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And by the way, back then, all doctors were actually humans\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I know that sounds very funny now, but back in those days, all doctors, and nurses I talked about were actually humans. There were no health robots, like Docco, in homes, no Dr. A.I. at your service 24\u002F7. When you needed a blood test, you had to go to a specific building, where a specific human took a lot of your blood with syringes. No, not just a few drops how Docco does it. A full vial!   \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mommy told you that this method of how you speak with a doctor through the screen is called telemedicine, right? You know, back in the day it was just a shiny new thing which not many believed in. People had to travel from their homes to a different place to receive care. And as doctors were not as widely available as nowadays, sometimes people had to travel a lot. Sometimes by real ambulance cars with real drivers – no driverless cars and no drones delivering medical equipment were available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No robo surgeons, either\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And there were no \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mayoclinic.org\u002Ftests-procedures\u002Frobotic-surgery\u002Fabout\u002Fpac-20394974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">robo-surgeons\u003C\u002Fa> either, those were all real people, with no help from artificial intelligence or robots. I know it sounds scary, but they managed somehow. People obviously did not live that long, but even then they could cure a lot of diseases. Considering how these human doctors had to remember everything themselves, without the A.I. analysing all the patient data real-time, they actually did quite well.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You know, Nina, nowadays computers can send each other every health data that you have within a blink of an eye. In the 2020s not every device could communicate with each other, so sometimes physicians did not know about the patients and they had to ask for all the data and information that the other doctors and nurses already had. Again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And records on paper! \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they had to write down all the information, they used keyboards to type down information, not even looking at the patient or talking to them. And I think you are not going to believe this but some medical records were on paper. Yes, people wrote by hand on paper, like you draw those butterflies with the lilac pencil, and those were not even stored or analyzed later on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52083\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383.png 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nina, look at grandpa’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwiki\u002Fdigital-tattoo\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital tattoo\u003C\u002Fa> on his arm!\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Can you imagine that instead of this tiny and shiny metal lamina, doctors used as huge and expensive equipment as this living room? Measuring the electrical activity of your heart (ECG) or measuring blood pressure took time and effort – even for physicians. Medical devices were huge and scary like computers a century ago and patients had to travel to the machines to have very complex examinations, such as the so-called CT scan, by which various photos are taken from the otherwise not visible parts of your body or the MRI which examines parts of the body with the help of a magnetic field. There was also the problem called radiation, which means that invisible but harmful energy waves reached the body of the patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Printing organs was just an idea for the future\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And back then doctors could not even print an organ if you needed one. A malfunctioning heart or kidney was considered a life-threatening condition, and new organs could only come from other human beings. So, please don’t get scared, but people had to use the hearts and livers and lungs and kidneys of others who just died. And as these organs were not specifically printed for you, sometimes they did not even work properly. The scientists had been thinking about printing tissues but had a hard time figuring out \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwyss.harvard.edu\u002Ftechnology\u002F3d-bioprinting\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">how to do it\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And some people could even go blind. Forever\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember when Mr. Simmith had all that trouble with his eyes last year? And he had to have his neurons checked, and the lab has grown him a bionic chip with his neurons populating it, and he had it implanted. And now his eyes are working as well as before, and he can read everything easily. This was not like that when I was young. Some people could actually have so much trouble with their vision that they went completely blind. Oh, that means that they don’t see anything at all. Nothing. It was because in the 2020s, they could not just easily connect the biochips with your neurons. Some scientists have been \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mayoclinic.org\u002Fdiseases-conditions\u002Fdry-macular-degeneration\u002Fmultimedia\u002Fbionic-eye-video\u002Fvid-20133293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dreaming about it\u003C\u002Fa>, but nobody could do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No supercomputers analysing all the data in seconds\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You know, Nina that you can ask things from your little tablet, and it will eventually find you an answer? Right, I told you already that there is a technology called artificial intelligence through which devices learn a lot about you – like you do about the letters in first grade – and they eventually will give you the solution to problems that might arise. It takes just seconds to find those answers. Now, can you imagine that doctors back in the day had to do searches in huge databases (like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\" target=\"_blank\">Pubmed\u003C\u002Fa>) to find the information somewhere in hidden studies? They had to mine the database themselves and artificial intelligence could not help them? That it would last days or even weeks to read through the irrelevant data to find the right answer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And the same pill for everyone, without it being personalised to your genome\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Also, do you remember that the other day mommy and I went to the pharmacy with you and you observed how the 3D printer machine \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fphys.org\u002Fnews\u002F2024-05-easy-pill-swallow-3d-paves.html\" target=\"_blank\">printed the pills prescribed by your doctor\u003C\u002Fa>? Now, listen. In the 2020s, medicine was produced by pharma companies who had made the same drugs for decades and made the same dosage for millions. Everyone received the same pills – there was no personalized medicine. So, you and Gregor would have got the same, even if you had some kind of allergy and Gregor wouldn’t. Back then \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS0378517324003740?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers believed in 3D-printed drugs\u003C\u002Fa>, but most everyday folks have never heard of them. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Kind of Medications Can 3D Printers Create? - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fg0jkNl7Dj3Q?start=3&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I think I also told you some stories about the tiniest bits of our body, the DNA and how with the technique of genome sequencing as they call it, you can get to know more about hidden weaknesses in your organism and use that “secret” data in healing you. Right, Nina? But there was no chance of knowing so much medical information about the person in the 2020s, thus grandpa could have received a drug in a dosage that would have led to serious side effects if he were too sensitive to the particular treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New drugs were tested on animals and humans\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I remember how the invention and innovation of new treatments and healthcare methods took forever and the authorization of regulatory agencies even more – some patients literally died while waiting for a new cure. Back in the day, clinical trials were long and unbelievably expensive. Moreover, drugs were tested on patients – not on algorithms and physiological models, but on real people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And hospitals were run by humans, not supercomputers\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You not only had to stay in hospitals but infections were commonly acquired while being hospitalized. As there was no algorithm to supervise the process of care, people made mistakes repeatedly. In the 2020s, medical errors were the third most common cause of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospitals were run by managers, not supercomputers. Every decision was subjective and not backed by huge amounts of data. Also, physicians worked in an unquantifiable way. Actually, nobody knew whether they were successful or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I recall that epidemiology studies were slow and it took a lot of time to deal with a new infection and develop vaccines in case of epidemics. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cancer was considered dramatic\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cancer was considered a dramatic life event and not a chronic disease for decades. There was no effective cure or treatment for a long-long time. And even if there were some personalised treatments, people had to pay for them, and only rich people could get them. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Health insurance companies mostly lacked any kind of quantified data. They only knew the age and gender of their insured patients and that’s how they made business decisions. And one of the most important factors: patients were not equal partners of physicians, as they prescribed treatments without asking them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nina? Are you listening?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How come she always falls asleep when I talk about the past? I think these stories are better for her than fairy tales. As I was looking at her face with her eyes shut, breathing smoothly in and out, I thought maybe it is for the best that she fell asleep, I have some information about the 2020s which I could not share with this sweet child anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Well, that’s how I imagine\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>it will be when my future self talks to my grandchild about healthcare and medicine in ‘the barbaric era’ of the 2020s. Okay, sometimes she won’t fall asleep but asks me to bring her some ice cream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The point is that I’m optimistic that when I will talk about healthcare in the early 21st century to my grandchildren, they will find many of my stories amusing because they are so unrealistically remote from their experiences. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Today, patients are still not equal partners with their caregivers; innovative treatments are not affordable in many places worldwide; and prevention is not even in the top 3 priorities. People do not use cheap sensors to get to know their own health better. Physicians still have to dive into dozens of publications to stay up-to-date when there are millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To sum it up, all the technological progress I see as The Medical Futurist makes me say we still live in a barbaric era of healthcare and we have a lot of work to do – such as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-promise-of-crispr-gpt-specialized-chatgpts-could-transform-medicine\" target=\"_blank\">embracing disruptive technologies\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3-reasons-why-patient-design-must-replace-the-patient-centricity-illusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">empowering patients\u003C\u002Fa>, digitizing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-clinical-documentation-from-paper-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare information\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flifestyle-medicine-could-be-the-key-for-digital-health-adoption\" target=\"_blank\">shifting focus from treatment to prevention\u003C\u002Fa> – to fulfill at least some of the fantasies above so that the conversation with my granddaughter decades from now might have a similar tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":228,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Can you image there were times when people had to wait for other people’s death to have a new liver instead of just printing it? When drugs are not personalised to your genome, and peple could die of cancer?! \u003C\u002Fp>\n",30365,{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[232,233],499,515,[235,236,52,237,238,239,53],519,246,308,313,355,[],[],[243,244,245,64,246,247,65,248,249,250,251],4103,4111,1583,1683,1693,1723,1979,2281,2605,[253,14,72,73,74,75,76,254,255,256,257,97,258,259,260,98],"post-13916","category-healthcare-design","category-science-fiction","tag-gc4","tag-future","tag-medical-education","tag-medicine","tag-personalized-medicine",{"id":229,"alt_text":27,"caption":262,"description":263,"media_type":108,"media_details":264,"post":281,"source_url":282},"Medical drone on its way to the hospital","We collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine.",{"width":110,"height":111,"file":265,"sizes":266,"image_meta":280},"2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations.png",{"medium":267,"large":270,"thumbnail":273,"medium_large":276,"1536x1536":277},{"file":268,"width":116,"height":117,"mime-type":118,"source_url":269},"reverse_innovations-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations-370x208.png",{"file":271,"width":122,"height":123,"mime-type":118,"source_url":272},"reverse_innovations-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations-768x432.png",{"file":274,"width":127,"height":127,"mime-type":118,"source_url":275},"reverse_innovations-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations-150x150.png",{"file":271,"width":122,"height":123,"mime-type":118,"source_url":272},{"file":278,"width":132,"height":133,"mime-type":118,"source_url":279},"reverse_innovations-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations-1536x864.png",{"aperture":141,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":141,"copyright":27,"focal_length":141,"iso":141,"shutter_speed":141,"title":27,"orientation":141},null,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F09\u002Freverse_innovations.png",{"cta_type":148,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":284,"related_posts_footer":286,"related_posts":20,"key_takeaways":290},[152,151,285],37033,[287,288,289],55791,15279,13255,[291,293,295],{"title":292},"\u003Cp>To shape the future we desire, it’s worth occasionally “looking back,” considering which aspects of the present need change when viewed from an ideal future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":294},"\u003Cp>In today’s healthcare system, we can identify numerous practices that our (great)grandchildren might perceive as incredibly barbaric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":296},"\u003Cp>Let’s explore what might astonish a child born a few decades from now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":298,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":299,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":222},"Looking Back At Today’s Healthcare In 2060 - The Medical Futurist","Can you image people had to wait for other people's death to have a new liver? And drugs were not personalised and you could die of cancer?!",{"self":301,"collection":306,"about":308,"author":310,"replies":312,"version-history":315,"predecessor-version":319,"wp:featuredmedia":323,"wp:attachment":326,"wp:term":329,"curies":340},[302],{"href":303,"targetHints":304},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F13916",{"allow":305},[166],[307],{"href":169},[309],{"href":172},[311],{"embeddable":26,"href":175},[313],{"embeddable":26,"href":314},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=13916",[316],{"count":317,"href":318},48,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F13916\u002Frevisions",[320],{"id":321,"href":322},56239,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F13916\u002Frevisions\u002F56239",[324],{"embeddable":26,"href":325},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F30365",[327],{"href":328},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=13916",[330,332,334,336,338],{"taxonomy":195,"embeddable":26,"href":331},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=13916",{"taxonomy":198,"embeddable":26,"href":333},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=13916",{"taxonomy":201,"embeddable":26,"href":335},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=13916",{"taxonomy":204,"embeddable":26,"href":337},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=13916",{"taxonomy":207,"embeddable":26,"href":339},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=13916",[341],{"name":211,"href":212,"templated":26},[343],{"id":152,"date":344,"date_gmt":345,"guid":346,"modified":348,"modified_gmt":349,"slug":350,"status":13,"type":351,"link":352,"title":353,"content":355,"excerpt":357,"author":359,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"template":27,"yst_prominent_words":361,"class_list":363,"better_featured_image":366,"acf":384,"yoast_meta":408,"_links":410},"2019-09-06T21:56:27","2019-09-06T19:56:27",{"rendered":347},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_type=book&p=24759","2023-03-12T18:06:35","2023-03-12T17:06:35","the-technological-future-of-medical-specialties","book","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fbooks\u002Fthe-technological-future-of-medical-specialties\u002F",{"rendered":354},"The Technological Future of Medical Specialties",{"rendered":356,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>In this e-book we specify in detail how the appearance of artificial intelligence, sensors, wearables, VR\u002FAR or robots affect each medical specialty in order to be able to discern what skills physicians will need in the future. We aim to show how physicians of the various professions can successfully prepare for the sweeping changes coming with the waves of technology. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":358,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>In this e-book we specify in detail how the appearance of artificial intelligence, sensors, wearables, VR\u002FAR or robots affect each medical specialty in order to […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",10,49971,[362],2015,[364,351,365,73,75,76],"post-24759","type-book",{"id":360,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":108,"media_details":367,"post":152,"source_url":383},{"width":368,"height":369,"file":370,"filesize":371,"sizes":372,"image_meta":382},320,414,"2019\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties.png",24785,{"medium":373,"thumbnail":378},{"file":374,"width":375,"height":117,"mime-type":118,"filesize":376,"source_url":377},"future-of-medical-specialties-320x208.png","320","52681","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties-320x208.png",{"file":379,"width":127,"height":127,"mime-type":118,"filesize":380,"source_url":381},"future-of-medical-specialties-150x150.png","26567","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties-150x150.png",{"aperture":141,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":141,"copyright":27,"focal_length":141,"iso":141,"shutter_speed":141,"title":27,"orientation":141},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties.png",{"leanpub_url":385,"buy_button_text":386,"preview":387},"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties","Get it on Leanpub",[388,390,392,394,396,398,400,402,404,406],{"image":389},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-01.png",{"image":391},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-02.png",{"image":393},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-03.png",{"image":395},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-04.png",{"image":397},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-05.png",{"image":399},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-06.png",{"image":401},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-07.png",{"image":403},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-08.png",{"image":405},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-09.png",{"image":407},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002FThe-Technological-Future-of-Medical-Specialties-2021-Preview-10.png",{"yoast_wpseo_title":409,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":27,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":352},"The Technological Future of Medical Specialties - The Medical Futurist",{"self":411,"collection":416,"about":419,"author":422,"replies":425,"wp:featuredmedia":428,"wp:attachment":431,"wp:term":434,"curies":437},[412],{"href":413,"targetHints":414},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fbook\u002F24759",{"allow":415},[166],[417],{"href":418},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fbook",[420],{"href":421},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fbook",[423],{"embeddable":26,"href":424},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F10",[426],{"embeddable":26,"href":427},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=24759",[429],{"embeddable":26,"href":430},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F49971",[432],{"href":433},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=24759",[435],{"taxonomy":207,"embeddable":26,"href":436},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=24759",[438],{"name":211,"href":212,"templated":26},1785696741592]