Application of Robotics in Dentistry

Abstract

The success of applying robotics to the medical field has opened a new frontier with vast areas for expansion and exploration; more specifically, robotics with dental application is a relatively untraveled area to pursue. It was introduced in the field of medicine and dentistry to increase precision, quality and safety of various procedures. The main aim of this paper was to review current research in the field of dental robotics. A review of literature was performed using electronic searching methods of Pub Med database and Google for the applications of robots in Dentistry. Specific keywords were used and the electronic search yielded around 87 articles out of which 30 articles were included based on predetermined criteria in the fields of dentistry. By pooling the extracted data from selected papers, the reviewed data was synthesized.