Digital Dentistry Connect is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and clinical application of digital innovation across dentistry and oral healthcare. The journal aims to foster international collaboration and facilitate the dissemination of innovative digital solutions that improve oral healthcare globally. It provides a platform for high-quality research examining how digital technologies improve diagnosis, prevention, treatment planning, clinical care, education, research, and healthcare delivery.
The journal particularly emphasizes translational research that bridges technological innovation with clinical implementation. It seeks studies demonstrating meaningful improvements in patient care, clinical outcomes, healthcare delivery, education, sustainability, and digital workflow integration, thereby accelerating the translation of emerging technologies into routine dental practice.
Digital Dentistry Connect welcomes interdisciplinary research integrating dentistry and oral healthcare with artificial intelligence, engineering, computer science, biomedical imaging, digital health, biomaterials, robotics, data science, health informatics, sustainability, and other advanced and emerging technologies. These areas are within scope when they are clearly connected to digital dentistry, digital oral healthcare, or digitally enabled dental research or clinical practice.
All submissions must demonstrate a meaningful contribution to digital dentistry, digital oral healthcare, or digitally enabled dental research or clinical practice. The digital component should constitute a primary focus of the investigation through the development, validation, evaluation, implementation, or clinical application of digital technologies. Studies in which digital technology is used only as an auxiliary tool for documentation or routine measurement, without substantively contributing to the study objectives, will generally not be considered.
The journal publishes high-quality Original Research Articles, Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, Clinical Trials, Technical Reports, Validation Studies, Short Communications, Case Series, Clinical Protocols, Consensus Statements, Guidelines, Perspectives, Editorials, and Letters to the Editor. Priority is given to scientifically rigorous, clinically relevant, innovative, and reproducible research with the potential to advance knowledge, facilitate clinical implementation, and improve digital dental practice worldwide.
The journal encourages transparent reporting, data sharing where appropriate, reproducible research practices, external validation of digital technologies, and adherence to internationally recognized reporting guidelines, ethical standards, and principles of research integrity.
The topics listed below are representative rather than exhaustive. The journal also welcomes emerging technologies and innovative interdisciplinary approaches that advance digital dentistry and oral healthcare beyond the areas explicitly listed in the scope.
Scope
- Digital Diagnostics and Oral Imaging
- Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)
- Digital radiography
- Intraoral, extraoral, and facial scanning
- Digital photography and stereophotogrammetry
- Optical imaging technologies
- Virtual patient creation
- Three-dimensional imaging and image fusion
- Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Clinical Decision Support in Dentistry
- Machine learning and deep learning for dental and oral health applications
- Generative AI and large language models in dentistry and oral healthcare
- Predictive analytics
- Precision and personalized digital dentistry
- Clinical decision-support systems
- AI-assisted and automated diagnosis, image interpretation, and treatment planning
- Explainable AI and model validation
- Federated learning for dental and oral health data
- Multimodal AI
- Foundation models
- Synthetic data generation
- AI agents for clinical workflows
- Digital biomarkers for oral health
- Ethical, regulatory, and governance aspects of AI in dentistry
- Digital Prosthodontics and CAD/CAM Dentistry
- Digital impressions
- Chairside and laboratory CAD/CAM
- Digital occlusion and mandibular movement analysis
- Fixed, removable, and implant-supported prostheses
- Full-mouth rehabilitation
- Virtual articulators
- Digital Dental Biomaterials and Additive Manufacturing
- 3D printing technologies for dental applications
- Printable ceramics, polymers, metals, and biomaterials
- Material characterization for digital dental applications
- AI-assisted dental material development
- Bioprinting for oral and craniofacial applications
- Additive manufacturing workflows in dentistry
- Sustainable materials, manufacturing, and life-cycle considerations in digital dentistry
- Digital Implant Dentistry and Oral Surgery
- Guided implant surgery
- Dynamic navigation
- Virtual surgical planning
- Digital implant impressions
- Patient-specific implants
- Bone regeneration planning
- Surgical guides
- Three-dimensional surgical simulation
- Digital Orthodontics and Craniofacial Care
- Clear aligner therapy
- Digital cephalometric analysis
- AI-assisted orthodontic treatment planning
- Three-dimensional tooth movement
- Growth prediction
- Orthognathic surgery planning
- Digital monitoring of orthodontic treatment
- Digital Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry
- Digital smile design
- Shade analysis
- Digital workflow for esthetic rehabilitation
- Tooth wear assessment
- Minimally invasive digital dentistry
- Digital occlusal analysis
- Digital Periodontology and Peri-Implant Care
- Digital periodontal diagnosis
- Periodontal charting technologies
- Intraoral scanners for periodontal assessment
- Peri-implant disease diagnosis and monitoring
- AI-based periodontal risk assessment
- Digital treatment planning and maintenance
- Digital Public Health, Epidemiology, and Oral Health Services
- Digital oral epidemiology
- Population-based oral health surveillance
- Mobile health (mHealth) for oral healthcare
- Telehealth and teledentistry
- Remote patient monitoring in oral healthcare
- Digital oral health promotion
- Health informatics for dental and oral health services
- Big data and population analytics in oral health
- Health economics and cost-effectiveness of digital oral healthcare
- Digital Education and Professional Training
- Learning analytics in dental education
- AI-assisted dental education
- Adaptive learning
- Digital assessment platforms
- Immersive technologies, including VR, AR, MR and XR, for dental education and clinical training
- Haptic simulation
- Digital curriculum development
- Competency assessment
- Remote education
- Continuing professional development
- Clinical Research, Validation, and Implementation Science
- Clinical trials of digital technologies
- Comparative effectiveness research
- Validation and accuracy studies
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Digital workflow optimization, automation and implementation
- Clinical guidelines
- Consensus statements
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Real-world evidence
- Emerging Technologies in Digital Dentistry and Oral Healthcare
- Cloud-based collaboration in dental care and research
- Cybersecurity and data privacy in digital oral healthcare
- Blockchain applications in dental data and care delivery
- Digital interoperability across dental systems
- Robotics in dentistry and oral surgery
- Digital twins for oral healthcare and dental workflows
- Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in dental and oral health applications
- Smart dental devices
- Wearable technologies for oral health monitoring
- Digital therapeutics for oral healthcare
- Other advanced and emerging technologies with a clear application to digital dentistry or oral healthcare