Home Dental Check-Up Device Using Machine Learning and Image Processing Through Python

Abstract

Maintaining good oral health is extremely
important in our lives. With good oral health, we can
prevent the formation of plaque, tartar, dental cavities, and
periodontal diseases on our teeth. In our busy lifestyle, we
often neglect dental check-ups because we cannot find time
in our schedule to visit dental check-up facilities. Bad oral
health can potentially lead to life threatening diseases, such
as sepsis. Worldwide, billions of people face oral health
diseases. My project, DENTIN provides an inexpensive,
efficient, and portable solution to these problems. DENTIN
uses a raspberry pi camera to analyse our oral health by
detecting plaque, tartar, and cavities in our mouth. DENTIN
does this by using image processing and machine learning,
through python. The DENTIN system has been trained with
thousands of images of different severities of plaque, tartar,
and cavities. The DENTIN screen shows you a live feed of
the teeth and after analysing your mouth, it creates a Tooth
Health Report which consists information about the severity
of plaque, tartar, and cavities in your mouth. The DENTIN
GUI assists you in deciding the type of treatment through
online consultancy with your dentist.