Imagine being the guy testing this.
Robot dentist performs first human procedure
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#142Will robot dentists facilitate the option to lay face down for procedures so that the debris and saliva falls out instead of needing the suction tool?
Wow that would be a game changer.
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#143Sometimes the drill is necessary, but imagine how infrequently we'd need it if there were robots in our homes that could do an immaculate job with the daily cleaning.
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#144I’m simply too old and seen too many BSOD to ever allow this to be done on me. Also I just watched the Fallout episode with the Mr. Handy in it. The picture in the article of the robot hand moving a drill into his mouth fills me with intense dread. Maybe the younger generation would feel differently. I didn’t let my Tesla drive either.
It only has to screw up and inflict harm at a lower rate than a human. Human dentists injure patients every day.
I don't think "lower" is enough. Human psychology requires "much much lower".
It's not rational, but that's us.
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#145Will robot dentists facilitate the option to lay face down for procedures so that the debris and saliva falls out instead of needing the suction tool?
What if I like the taste of burning tooth enamel? Can I flip over still?
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#146There is no mention of a feedback mechanism for the patient to express that the pain level is too high and something should be changed in method and/or anesthetic.
And what about soft tissues? Does the robot image those so it knows there is a tongue in the way?
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#1471. I want a human drilling because I want empathy in my care 2. 90% detection rate on cavities isn't great
Have you switched dentists recently? I have little trust in the profession (though I like my current dentist). Around 2008 every time I went in to the dentist she found cavities. I moved states between a bad diagnosis and getting any fillings and when I went to a new dentist I came out with a clean bill of health. I moved back and had a dentist that I trusted, she sold the practice and the new dentist started finding…
Last time I went to see my US dentist, he said I needed another filling. I wasn't feeling it for some reason, I told him not now, and he looked at it again, and said "I agree". Now I sort of regret getting my other "small" fillings.
I've had a dentist in Europe who laughed and said there's no need to come here every year, that's an American thing.
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#148Hopefully they also provide a pair of adult diapers for each test subject :)
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#149I think what's being overlooked here by some commenters is the speed of this machine.
A normal cavity filling can take 20/30 minutes. Imagine if that could be cut down to 1 minute with a perfect filling at the end? Even if we are talking about the dentist messing up the pain killing application it'll all be over pretty damn fast.
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#150Will robot dentists facilitate the option to lay face down for procedures so that the debris and saliva falls out instead of needing the suction tool?
On first blush, this is an interesting premise. And it would seem to make sense once there is no need for human attendants, nor any potential accommodation for them.
I imagine, particularly with V1, there's probably going to be human attendants for a good portion of the procedure. You'd want them for administering the numbing agent and positioning the machine for the procedure.