Artificial Intelligent Orthodontic System
Grant Data
Project Title
Artificial Intelligent Orthodontic System
Principal Investigator
Emeritus Professor Wang, Wen Ping
(Project Coordinator (PC))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Ling John Yu Kong
(Co-Investigator)
Mr Lee Danial
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Pan Jia
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Tang Kai
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Choi Yi King
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
24
Start Date
2018-06-01
Amount
4359550
Conference Title
Artificial Intelligent Orthodontic System
Presentation Title
Keywords
Artificial, Intelligent, Orthodontic System
Discipline
Others - Computing Science and Information Technology
Panel
Engineering (E)
HKU Project Code
ITS/411/17FX
Grant Type
Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 2)
Funding Year
2017
Status
Completed
Objectives
Orthodontics treatment is huge demand for health and social reasons, but it remains manual process that is lengthy and expensive. The treatment outcome exhibits great inter- operator discrepancy event among trained orthodontists. American Board of Orthodontics has tried to standardize the treatment outcome by defining a set of quantifiable measurements and indexes. However, the diagnosis and treatment process remains manual until now. Computer technology has long been applied to facilitate Orthodontics treatment. Existing systems allow orthodontists to treat their patients in a more visual and quantifiable way through a digital process, based on digital imaging, computer visualization and friendly user interfaces for analysis and diagnosis, etc. However, though digital, such systems still heavily rely on human input and therefore inefficient; in other words, digital, but not smart. This proposal aims to elevate the process beyond digital by incorporating AI and state of the art simulation technology to achieve automatic analysis, diagnosis, and treatment. Based on these new technologies, our system will provide cloud-based services of intelligent orthodontic treatments, that are orders of magnitude faster and more accessible than the existing practice. This will bring about tremendous benefits to the society, especially Mainland China where there is a severe shortage of qualified orthodontists to cope with the increasing number of people in need of proper orthodontic treatments. The outcome of this project will elevate Hong Kong to the forefront of intelligent orthodontics and tele-dentistry. Upon successful commercialization, Hong Kong will become the hub of high value-added precision manufacturing center of digital orthodontic appliances.