Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Prognostic Clinical Predictive Models for Dental Caries Using Artificial Intelligence: Methodological Considerations / doi.org/10.1159/0005... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AI in hospital billing adds ~ $1 billion in extra costs www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass... It's difficult to keep the promise that AI will increase coverage if it ends up raising patients' and plans' bills. There are definitely better ways to develop/deploy/implement AI in healthcare #TuringTrap 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reporting guidance for #ArtificialIntelligence research papers. From doi.org/10.1016/j.jd... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Do most new AI models actually improve caries prediction? Here are some tips to build models clinicians can trust and patients can use dentalresearch.substack.com/p/can-we-pre... From Caries Res doi.org/10.1159/0005...dentalresearch.substack.comCan we predict caries? And is AI useful?For the first, yes, and we already have tools: CAMBRA, Cariogram (my favorite), the ADA Risk Assessment, and more. 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What are the main reasons why #dentistry journal editors reject #artificialintelligence research papers? Read the full paper doi.org/10.1016/j.jd... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Sugar restriction in the first 1000 days shapes lifelong health. An analysis of 64,761 adults shows early sugar restriction reduces adult cancer incidence by 36% to 69%. It also slows biological aging by 2.2 years. Early nutrition drives long-term outcomes www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgEarly-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging | PNASExcess sugar consumption is implicated in multiple cancers through insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and metabolic reprogramming, yet wheth... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Are you reading an #artificialintelligence research paper in #dentistry and unsure whether it is valid and trustworthy? Ask the paper these 4 questions to find out. #dentalAI #criticalAppraisal Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Unpopular opinion: We need CLINICAL TRIALS in AI. 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026testing AI models... #claude #chatgpt #Gemini #Grok 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026ups, that's me. I rarely used slides in my classes, just the old blackboard and chalk :P 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Reading: The rise of AI-generated presentations at scientific meetings #aislop www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026European leaders social medial total followers and adjusted per country population 020
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Tim de Dombal, 1993. What would he say if he were alive today?? 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026" some students now view reading as an unnecessarily burdensome way of acquiring knowledge. " Source: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... #generationAI 020
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026We *can't* blame AI for the students performance drop in everything 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026After having been invited by Stalin, nothing impress me #predatorypublishing 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026RSU Resident of the Year 2025 Ilze Maldupa: Children's teeth can be treated without drilling @ilzemal / @RigaStradinsUni / @RSUinfo www.rsu.lv/en/news/rsu-... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026More evidence of AI scientific slop writing #aislop Source: Gartenberg et al. More vs Better: AI, incentives and the emerging crisis in peer review pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/... 021
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026How do we restructure our dental courses in the AI era? Students can now submit sophisticated treatment plans (Level 6) without basic anatomy knowledge (Level 1). The risk? "Never-skilling." Bloom's Taxonomy for GenAI in Dent Ed (fulltext): doi.org/10.1002/jdd.... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Latvia’s children’s oral health crisis: ~100% have caries (vs ~50% globally), 70% large cavities, 60% early decay by age 6–8, and 30–40% of parents struggle to afford care — incentives are misaligned, prevention starts too late. eng.lsm.lv/article/soci... 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The Sugar Trap: Why Sugar Is Damaging Our Children’s Future Sugar is everywhere and harms health. Nearly all Latvian kids now suffer dental caries from long-term dietary habits. RSU expert Ilze Maldupa calls for cutting sugar and prioritizing prevention. vecakuorganizacija.lv/podkasts/cuk...vecakuorganizacija.lvCukura slazdā: kāpēc mēs barojam savu nākotni ar indi? - Vecāku OrganizācijaZobārste Ilze Maldupa: cukurs grauj bērnu mikrobiomu un zobus – 90% Latvijā ir kariess. Kāpēc pirmie 2 gadi ir izšķiroši bērna nākotnei? 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Oral health is general health. The Cyprus Declaration, signed in Athens on May 16, calls on Europe to shift from rehabilitation to prevention. More info about our research: www.oralhealthresearch.lv/ieva-flpp 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Discover how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping dentistry at the FDI World Dental Congress in Prague 2026.world-dental-congress.org 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Almost all children in Latvia are affected by dental problems. New research highlights an alarming situation: while brushing is essential, diet plays an even bigger role in oral health. Insights from RSU researcher Ilze Maldupa on “Rīta Panorāma.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHJ...youtube.comPētījums: Latvijā gandrīz visiem bērniem ir zobu bojājumiLatvijā bērnu mutes veselības situācija ir satraucoša, liecina jaunākie pētījumi. Lai gan regulāra zobu tīrīšana ir būtiska, vēl lielāka nozīme ir bērnu uzturam, "Rīta Panorāmā" uzsvēra RSU… 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Finishing the course content. 'Storytelling with Data Using R', next semester in the www.rsu.lv/studiju-prog... RSU program Digitālās stratēģijas un mākslīgā intelekta vadība Spoiler: don't use pie charts or radar graphs. 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026reading: This manuscript presents a viewpoint-informed heuristic framework... The main argument is constructive... The evidence-calibrated framework ... provides illustrative upgrade criteria and bridge rules for guideline panels.... #AIslop 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Gaps in AI knowledge among dental professionals: average score on AI metrics: 17.1% Difficulties with IoU & Dice Coef Issues: terminology confusion & accuracy bias Risks ineffective AI & reduced dx accuracy. Fix: Edu on metrics + better reporting standards. Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.id...doi.orgKnowledge and Awareness of Performance Metrics in Dental Image Analysis With Artificial Intelligence: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Researchers and CliniciansAppropriate performance metrics are essential for evaluating machine learning (ML) algorithm performance in dental image analysis. A broad variety of … 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026what's wrong with the EU? What's next? Pubmed for disinformation? 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I just read this in a paper: Data availability The dataset is very extensive and not directly relevant to the reader. #opendata 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Risinājums bērnu zobārstniecībā jau pieejams: SDF, silanti, fluorīdu laka = īsāki apmeklējumi, lielāks aptvērums. 65k bērnu aprūpe par €6.5M (<20% budžeta). @ilzemal #flpp #FLPP-ieva tv3.lv/zinas/latvij...tv3.lvGaras rindas, zobārstu trūkums… Bērnu zobu veselība Latvijā joprojām ir nopietna problēmaValsts apmaksāta zobārstniecība bērniem Latvijā ir pieejama, taču praksē to joprojām ierobežo garas rindas, attālums līdz speciālistiem un zobārstu trūkums, īpaši reģionos. Rīgas Stradiņa… 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 16/04/2026How can we bridge the gap between dental research and national health policy? 🦷🇱🇻 Join us for the "From Evidence to Policy" conference to discuss the future of children's oral health in Latvia. 📅 April 17, 14:00 📍 RSU Stomatoloģijas institūts 🔗 stomatologijasinstituts.lv/aktualitates...stomatologijasinstituts.lvAicina uz konferenci par bērnu mutes veselības nākotni Latvijā - Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes stomatoloģijas institūtsAicina uz konferenci par bērnu mutes veselību Latvijā – pētījumu rezultāti, izaicinājumi un risinājumi nozares ekspertu diskusijā RSU Stomatoloģijas institūtā. 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Papers with "Caries" and " systematic review" or " Clinical Trial" in Title in PubMed 100
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026International Forum on AI in Oral Health Munich, September 9, 2026 Agentic AI, AI foundations, AR, AI in dental research & AI in education. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026EpiSMILE is Latvia's first epidemiological study of dental health in 6–8-year-old children. Primary outcomes: prevalence of caries in primary dentition + frequency/severity of MIH, a developmental enamel defect with no info prevalence data in Latvia. Info: www.oralhealthresearch.lv/newsroom 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Researchers in healthcare robotics overinterpret insignificant results (at least in the abstract). The problem is that this obscures the genuine benefits that some devices provide. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comNinety‐Seven Percent of Trials Investigating Robotic Interventions in Physiotherapy Contained Abstract Spin: A Meta‐Research ReviewBackground Abstract spin involves misrepresenting or misreporting study findings in the abstract of an article. The abstract is the most easily accessible part of the article and may determine if… 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026The global burden of papers using the global burden of disease dataset... 020
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026AI in paediatric dentistry: I’m pleased to serve as the new Section Editor for AI at the Eur Arch Paediatr Dent link.springer.com/journal/40368 . We welcome AI research addressing *real clinical problems* and *clear clinical impact*. Author guidance here doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...link.springer.comEuropean Archives of Paediatric DentistryEuropean Archives of Paediatric Dentistry is a journal committed to publishing research in all aspects of dentistry for children and young adults with special ... 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Are dental students prepared for AI in clinical practice? Short answer: No. Survey of 508 students (9 countries) shows limited understanding of dental AI, >50% feel unprepared, and strong support for mandatory, case-based AI and ethics training. doi.org/10.1186/s129... 001
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This is extraordinary #measles #USA #vaccines #EvidenceBasedMedicine Source: www.cdc.gov/measles/data... 100
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 31/01/2026What happened @openevidence.bsky.social ? you used to be cool.... (any chance to filter out any helyion, mdpi, etc journals?)🙏 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Happy to read this in the new ADA/AAOMR guidelines for CBCT use #ALARA #ALADA #EBD #CBCT #OralRadiology #rationality 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Happy to read the JDR and JDR CTR are moving from "encouraging" data sharing to **mandating** it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Next conferences Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry www.sergiouri.be 000
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Bridging research and practice: a new book on scientific writing for oral health professionals @RSUinfo www.rsu.lv/en/news/brid... 010
Sergio Uribe @sergiouribe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025AI in dental imaging often means using black-box models trained on unknown data. What if clinicians could build their own AI models: no coding, using local data and clinical criteria? This is what we tested. Full text: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 010