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Introduction: Robotics (R) is concerned with the linkage between perception and action, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in enabling this intelligent relationship. In dentistry, AI has primarily been utilized to enhance diagnostic procedures, which are crucial for achieving favorable treatment outcomes and providing excellent patient care. Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of dentists towards R and AI in oral health and preventive dentistry. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at the Department of Public Health Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. The duration of the study was three months, from March 2022 to June 2022. A closed-ended, self-administered questionnaire using Google Forms was distributed among 161 dental professionals in South India. The questionnaire included items related to KAP towards the use of R and AI in preventive dentistry and oral health. Descriptive analysis was performed, and oneway Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare mean values. Tukey’s post-hoc test was employed for group comparisons. Results: The mean age of the participants was 30.17±9.18 years. Out of the 161 participants (70 males and 91 females), 133 (82.6%) had heard about R and AI in dentistry, but only 78 (48.4%) were aware of the differences between R and AI. Among the dentists, 74 (46%) believed that AI might have a future in India, and 145 (90.6%) responded that R and AI were useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, 97 (60.6%) participants expressed willingness to be treated by R and AI if necessary, and 107 (66.9%) would prefer to receive lectures or workshops from a robot. Tukey’s post-hoc test revealed that the staff’s knowledge and attitude were significantly higher than those of interns, postgraduates, and private practitioners (p

The future of healthcare delivery keeps evolving and mobile phone technology may have a huge role to play. Mobile health (mHealth) is a facet of Electronic Health (eHealth) that involves the use of mobile phones and other wireless devices in medical practice. The effectiveness of mHealth has been proven in different studies as well as in different aspects of medicine and dentistry. Text messaging has made significant progress in delivering health education for maintaining oral hygiene, especially for orthodontic patients as well as tobacco cessation counseling. Mobile phone applications incorporate various features like gaming, audio, and video messages to engage smokers in several behavioural change strategies. Mobile health technology has made an immense contribution to contact tracing, screening, and tele-consultation during the Novel Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandaemic. Given that mHealth is a low cost, easily accessible, and widely available means of communication, it has the potential to play a significant role in public health dentistry.

Biosensors are small, integrated, self-contained and self-analysing scientific devices that are used to identify and measure topics of interest. Biological detection components (e.g., enzymes, antibodies and nucleic acids) are closely related to transducers (e.g., optical, electrochemical, piezoelectric) that makes the concept of biodegradation more complex and quantitative. As a general rule, the strength of the output signal corresponds to a group of analysers. Finally, the results are created using applied gadgets and the programming framework that are involved. These provide an easier and advanced visualisation that can be handled even by a non expert. In simpler words biosensor can be termed as an ‘easy-to-use’ tool for diagnostic purposes, that are developed to help in the early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Early diagnosis is the key to successful treatment of many diseases. Biosensors utilise the unique properties of biological and physical materials to recognise a target molecule and effect transduction of an electronic signal. The key advantages of biosensors are fast responsiveness and high sensitivity. Also, the basic advantage for ‘Point of Care’ (POC) devices such as biosensors would include integration of nano materials, microfluidics, automatic samplers and transduction devices on a single chip. Biosensors are also being used as new analytical tools to study medicine related diagnostic aspects. This paper reviews the significance of biosensors for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic applications in the field of dentistry and its application during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic era. It provides a comprehensive account of progress in biosensors for dental applications.