Oral Mucosal Diseases in the Era of Intelligence: Current Status and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Research

doi:10.13701/j.cnki.kqyxyj.2025.01.001

Abstract

Abstract: With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its integrated application in the medical field has received widespread attention. Medical artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in image recognition, disease diagnosis, risk prediction, and provision of health consulting services. The diagnosis and evaluation of oral mucosal diseases are highly dependent on morphological characteristics, and AI has broad application prospects in this field. This article reviews the application of AI in auxiliary diagnosis and risk prediction of oral mucosal diseases, and analyzes and prospects the current challenges and future development trends, in order to provide reference for future AI-related research on oral mucosal diseases.

Key words: artificial intelligence, deep learning, oral mucosal diseases, auxiliary diagnosis, risk prediction

YANG Qingmo, WEI Pan, HUA Hong. Oral Mucosal Diseases in the Era of Intelligence: Current Status and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Research[J]. Journal of Oral Science Research, 2025, 41(1): 1-6.

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