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Robot dentist performs first human procedure
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#30290% accuracy for diagnosing cavities doesn't seem that great to me, would be good to see dentist's accuracy in comparison. Otherwise very impressive.
I'd be surprised if dentists even make an attempt to be 90% accurate.
Why be accurate when your goal is to make money, and suggest procedures, rather than be accurate?
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#303Re: Robot dentist performs first human procedure
#304Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a dropshipping site for AliExpress products shipping from China. You'll save money if you buy the product straight from AliExpress without a middleman in between. However as you said, the toothbrush doesn't actually work.
Why is it now a trend to point this out? Marketing foreign-made inventory in your country is a long-standing legitimate business. Most individuals do not want to personally deal with a Chinese outlet.
Dropshipping is when you order from a merchant and all the merchant does is make an order with your name and address from someplace else. In other words, you could have simply made that second order yourself and saved yourself whatever margin the merchant added on top.
Do note that dropshipping is a very specific term, which does not mean "importing things from another country and then selling them locally", but rather "taking orders from customers and then just ordering a shipment from someone else directly to the customer". For example it would be dropshipping if I made an eBay listing for some product and, whenever someone bought the eBay listing, just ordered the product from Amazon to their address. I never touched or shipped the product; I just made another order posing as the customer.
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#305I'm way more interest robotic diagnosis than robotic treatment. It's so hard to trust dentists have your interest above their financial interest
This sounds more like a systemic issue than a technological one. New tech will most likely only support the current system (profit over people, in your case), and not magically make things fairer or more social.
On the flip side, if you're waiting for society to change for your problem to be solved, you'll be waiting for a long time.
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#306Will 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?
Traction beams for example.
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#307Its cool tech, don't get me wrong. But maybe, before we remove any amount of comfort with another human being we look at wether all of the dental practices are actually backed by science (which there is some scruitiny over). But also going to the dentist already isn't exactly pleasant, the pokes, scrapes, drill noises, etc. Maybe we improve that first before sticking it in a robot? People already have a ton of anxiet…
Does it say "Sorry, my bad" in a cool robot voice when it screws up?
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#308I'm way more interest robotic diagnosis than robotic treatment. It's so hard to trust dentists have your interest above their financial interest
Using robots does not change any financial incentives. This is true for operations as well as diagnosis.
Re: Robot dentist performs first human procedure
#309I'm way more interest robotic diagnosis than robotic treatment. It's so hard to trust dentists have your interest above their financial interest
Using robots does not change any financial incentives. This is true for operations as well as diagnosis.
Diagnosis is currently extremely subjective. I believe that GP is suggesting that robotic diagnosis will be more objective and determinant. Ostensibly, because financial considerations will not be part of the input to the diagnosis routine.
That said, financial considerations will probably still be a big part of the treatment routine.
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
Using robots does not change any financial incentives. This is true for operations as well as diagnosis.
Diagnosis is currently extremely subjective. I believe that GP is suggesting that robotic diagnosis will be more objective and determinant. Ostensibly, because financial considerations will not be part of the input to the diagnosis routine. That said, financial considerations will probably still be a big part of the treatment routine.
> Ostensibly, because financial considerations will not be part of the input to the diagnosis routine.
Devices that overreport are likely to be more popular and more common than devices that underreport. That is in part due to the financial incentives associated with diagnosing.