Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Evaluation of parents’ attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of artificial intelligence in dental practice: a cross-sectional survey
Originally published 2026-07-20 · BMC Oral Health
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12903-026-09320-4 ↗
AI / system type
General dental AI perceptions; no specific model evaluated
Direct parenting evidenceDirectly addresses parents or caregiving, including parent studies, syntheses and audits of parenting advice.
The AI connection
The study measures parent attitudes toward AI use and physician–AI collaboration in pediatric dental practice.
Why this reading matters
Useful for discussing the gap between willingness to accept dental AI and evidence that a family understands its risks.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
What would make AI assistance at the dentist worthy of our confidence?
Parents commonly anticipated time savings and favorable clinician–AI collaboration. Education and gender differences had small effects, and the error/security subscale was weak, cautioning against turning positive attitudes into evidence of informed reliance.
Study context
Three hundred eighty-six parents attending one Turkish university dental school completed a 23-item survey; most had university education.
Age / stage: Pediatric dental patients; exact child ages not specified
Read with three questions
- Which advantages were anticipated rather than demonstrated?
- How large were the reported demographic differences?
- What does the weak reliability of the error/security scale mean for interpreting reassurance?
Keep the limits in view
The online survey excluded parents with low digital literacy and used a three-point response scale at one center. The errors/security subscale had low internal consistency (alpha 0.432), and no clinical or family outcomes were measured.
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Esra Hato; Büşra Çelik Kalaağası; Merve Erkmen Almaz; Volkan Arıkan (2026). Evaluation of parents’ attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of artificial intelligence in dental practice: a cross-sectional survey BMC Oral Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-026-09320-4
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