Digital Twins in Dentistry: The Next Frontier in Personalized and Predictive Oral Healthcare

Dr. Ramsha Parwez¹, Dr. Urmi Reshamdalal^2, , Dr. Sruthi Kalakota³, Dr. Santosh⁴, Dr. Mohammad Kashif Noorani⁵, Dr. Shimoli Shah⁶, Dr. Ridhi Bhola⁴ and Dr. Sandeep Singh⁴

¹Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

²Vaidik Dental College and Research Center, Daman, Gujarat, India

³Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India

⁴Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, India

⁵BDS, MDS, Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. Resident, Master of Science in Dentistry [MSD] in Dental Biomaterials, UAB School of Dentistry, The University Of Alabama At Birmingham, United States of America

⁶AMC Dental College & Hospital, Ahmedabad, India. Boston University, United States of America

Cite this paper:
Dr. Ramsha Parwez, Dr. Urmi Reshamdalal, Dr. Sruthi Kalakota, Dr. Santosh, Dr. Mohammad Kashif Noorani, Dr. Shimoli Shah, Dr. Ridhi Bhola and Dr. Sandeep Singh. Digital Twins in Dentistry: The Next Frontier in Personalized and Predictive Oral Healthcare. American Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2026; 14(3):48-54. doi: 10.12691/ajcmr-14-3-1

Abstract

Digital dentistry is rapidly evolving from isolated digital workflows toward integrated, patient-specific systems capable of supporting diagnosis, treatment planning, simulation, and longitudinal monitoring. Digital twins represent an emerging concept in this transition, providing dynamic virtual representations of patients that can integrate multimodal and longitudinal data from CBCT, intraoral and facial scanning, clinical records, artificial intelligence, and other digital technologies. This review explores the concept and technological foundations of dental digital twins and examines their emerging applications across prosthodontics, implant dentistry, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontology, endodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, and preventive dentistry.

Keywords:
Digital twins Digital dentistry Personalized dentistry Predictive dentistry Virtual patient Artificial intelligence Digital workflow Precision dentistry

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