Examining the diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence for detecting dental caries across a range of imaging modalities: An umbrella review with meta-analysis

• Sarah Arzani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sa.arzan@yahoo.com (SA); kolahi_jafar@yahoo.com (JK)

  Affiliation Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-471X

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• Ali Karimi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Maxillogram Maxillofacial Surgery, Implantology and Biomaterial Research Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey

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• Pedram Iranmanesh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Dental Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

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• Maryam Yazdi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Diabetes Research Centre, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3961-6702

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• Mohammad A. Sabeti,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Advanced Specialty Program in Endodontics, UCSF School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mohammad Hossein Nekoofar,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Jafar Kolahi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sa.arzan@yahoo.com (SA); kolahi_jafar@yahoo.com (JK)

  Affiliation Independent Research Scientist, Founder of Dental Hypotheses, Isfahan, Iran

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• Heejung Bang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Paul M.H. Dummer

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emeritus Professor of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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