Dr. Victoria Veytsman on AI and Technology Advancements In Medicine

Definitely a place for AI currently and in the future of both dentistry and medicine.

Dentistry, in some ways, is so much further advanced than facial aesthetics.

It is, it is. And I think it's interesting that. I think there's definitely a place for AI currently in the future of both dentistry and medicine. But there's always still that human element, and especially with what we do with veneers, all of our veneers, despite how much imaging we might do, I still believe there's nothing better than the patient trying it in their mouth, seeing it firsthand, what it looks like. Because you never want to set false expectations with AI. You don't want to show a patient something that looks a little bit like an avatar and have the expectations be off. Exactly. I always believe in seeing it, feeling it.

That's kind of why with rhinoplasty surgery, it's a little artificial for people to take an image, morph it and say, here, this is what we're going to do with your nose. The human body does not heal that precisely. And there is individuality 100%. And you're not a computer program.

You're totally right. I think that everything needs to be tailor made, custom made to the patient's face. There is no algorithm or formula that can possibly reproduce that. You've got your aesthetic eye. Even the veneers that are made, if we don't put them through a machine, they're all handcrafted by our ceramist to get that artistry, to get that natural look, to not have them look opaque. So I still believe that there's always going to be that human.

Touch, human element.

Yeah.