Periodontal disease, which affects the gums and bone surrounding the teeth, is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. Cariology, the study of dental decay, is also an important area of focus for AI research. AI algorithms can be used to analyze dental images and detect early signs of decay that may be missed by human dentists.

The review first discusses the history of AI in healthcare and then highlights some of the ways technology has improved dentistry and then describe some basic AI models such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and random forest.

The article then delves into how AI is involved in periodontal disease, cariology, endodontics, prosthodontics, and orthodontics including classifying different types of periodontal disease, identifying areas of bone loss, determining the severity of the disease, analyzing dental images, and detecting early signs of diseases. On the other hand, the application of AI in dentistry is relatively uncommon because implementing AI technologies in dentistry presents several challenges that need to be addressed for successful implementation of AI technologies in dentistry.

Future applications of this technology were considered in relation to scheduling, patient care, drug-drug interactions, prognostic diagnosis, and robotic endodontic surgery. In endodontics, in terms of disease detection, evaluation, and prediction, AI has demonstrated accuracy and precision. AI can aid in the advancement of endodontic diagnosis and therapy, which can enhance endodontic treatment results.

However, before incorporating AI models into routine clinical operations, it is still important to further certify the cost-effectiveness, dependability, and applicability of these models.

Consequently, this AI system facilitates the acquisition of familiarity with this technology for every dentist, as it possesses the potential to synergistically complement forthcoming revolutionary advancements in the field of dentistry. This review aims to explore and analyze the several applications of AI within the field of dentistry.