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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

For dentists, it’s transforming diagnosis, decision-making, and treatment planning. Teledentistry If you are reluctant to go to the dentist, imagine how hard it is for children, patients with special needs or the elderly in nursing homes. This image is then relayed to a machine that manufactures the crown right in the office.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. Are 3D printed and digital contact lenses the future? Yet, it might be a reality soon. A truly disruptive innovation: smart, cheap and potentially life-changing! and specificity of 95.4%.

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change , as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives. The situation today is as follows: One company manufactures software for the radiology department which use a certain format of AI in their daily work.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law Blog

The crux of the proposed rule lies in the addition of ten words: “ including when the manufacturer of these products is a laboratory.” These words would be added to the definition of “ in vitro diagnostic [IVD] products” in 21 C.F.R. In addition, FDA proposes to continue to exercise enforcement discretion (i.e.,