aceArtificial Intelligence as a Digital Consultant: Evaluating Large Language Models for Patient Inquiries on Dental Caries
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the clinical accuracy, usefulness, global overall quality (GQS), and readability of ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek responses to patient questions regarding dental caries. Materials and Methods Fifty‐nine simulated patient questions concerning caries diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and prevention were queried in Turkish. Three restorative dentists independently evaluated the responses for accuracy, usefulness, and GQS. Readability was assessed using the Ateşman index. Statistical ana…
Gemini produced the most accurate, useful and highest-quality answers to simulated patient caries questions, suggesting it could serve as a digital preconsultation aid.
The questions were simulated rather than from real patients and were asked in Turkish, so the findings may not carry over to actual patient use or other languages.
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- Peer-reviewedJournal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry2026-10-22
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2189, v1: “Artificial Intelligence as a Digital Consultant: Evaluating Large Language Models for Patient Inquiries on Dental Caries.” Truvace, 2026-10-22. /record/TRV-2026-2189 (accessed at citation time). sha256 b225eab0d2314b1b…
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