LA Unimed Dental dental operator at Unimed System, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp), São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the technology company infinite has constituted an unprecedented partnership in Brazil for the development of a virtual oral health and artificial intelligence (AI) consultation. The digital platform assesses the risk of oral pathology, offers personalized advice and can indicate professionals who are most likely to solve the user’s problem. In this first step, Tina will assess the risk of developing caries and dental erosion, however, new features are already planned to be available.
Funded by Papesp (Innovative Research in Small Business – and Encouragement for Research and Technology) FAPESP and Unimed Odonto, the platform will be integrated into the Unimed Odonto Super App and, in this first phase, will be available to everyone. application user.
The creation of the tool was organized by researchers in dentistry and technology linking Unesp, which structured the questionnaire and the decision algorithm that will be used by users to obtain specific information and guidelines. Questions will include questions about hygiene, food habits and health care.
According to Fábio Nogi, Superintendent of Dentistry and Master of Social Dentistry at the University of São Paulo, Tina will have intuitive navigation and will enable users through their self-knowledge of oral conditions and provision of qualified information, contributing to people assume a greater . the role of oral self-care, avoiding diseases such as cavities, dental erosion, as well as more serious pathology in the next stages of the project. “This is a public-private partnership of dentists that connects academic research with the private sector, which is innovative in the dental plan sector. It is important to emphasize that, in a second moment, through the tool, the user will also be able to find the nearest dentist in our accredited network, in the indicated specialty, for clinical evaluation and treatment ”, adds Nogi.
“We will have an unprecedented map on the oral health conditions of unimed clients and those interested in better dental health. This is revolutionary, because in addition to empowering people through their own knowledge, it allows the development of personalized and potentially more effective health promotion programs, ”says Osmir Batista de Oliveira Jr., PhD and professor of dentistry at Unesp Araraquara.
The project has Professor Tamara Carolina Trevisan as responsible researcher and had the participation of Fábio Nogi, MSc and National Manager Unimed Odonto; Denis Henrique Pinheiro Salvadeo, PhD; Dennis Nakamura, startup advisor; Fábio Leite Gastal, PhD and Superintendent of New Business at Seguros Unimed; Stephen Kunihiro, MSc; and Osmir Batista de Oliveira Jr., PhD and free professor of dentistry from Unesp Araraquara, all as associate researchers.