Bromley and Beckenham Section: Artificial intelligence in your practice

What to expect

Join us for an interesting and insightful lecture exploring the applications of AI in dentistry and consider its clinical, ethical potential and the professional risks. Raj Rattan MBE will examine the benefits and limitations of AI, the importance of critical evaluation of its outputs, and approaches to risk management. He will discuss a strategy for safe adoption of AI in general dental practice.

This lecture explores the growing role of artificial intelligence in dentistry, from clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. It examines the benefits, limitations and emerging risks of AI, and considers how professional judgement, accountability and structured risk management can support its safe and responsible use.

Timings

18:45 Registration and refreshments

19:30 Lecture - Raj Rattan MBE

20:30 Networking

21:00 Close

Learning objectives

• Identify appropriate applications of AI in dental practice and recognise their limitations

• Evaluate and identify potential clinical, ethical and professional risks

• Apply a structured risk-management approach to AI use.

Develepment outcomes

B, C and D

Meet the speaker

Raj owned and operated a small practice group and was a programme director, then Strategic Associate Dean at the London Deanery. He has provided consultancy services to the NHS, Denplan, dental corporates and the Department of Health where he has served as a Policy Adviser. He is currently a Clinical Risk and Ethics consultant to an AI company, and a tutor at Cambridge University. He is the author/co-author of numerous textbooks and articles. Raj has lectured extensively throughout the UK and internationally for many years. He was a part-time dento-legal consultant at Dental Protection for over 20 years, then Dental Director for 10 years and is currently the first Global Adviser at MPS.