Kuwaiti medical project ranked among top innovations at 'Arab Innovators Conference'
A Kuwaiti medical project using AI for dental restoration was ranked among the top seven Arab innovations at the conclusion of the Arab Innovators and Creators Conference in Muscat, Oman. The project supervisor, Professor Al...
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A Kuwaiti medical project that relies on artificial intelligence for dental restoration has been ranked among the top seven Arab innovations, following the conclusion of the Arab Innovators and Creatives Conference in the Omani capital, Muscat.
Dr. Kawsar Ali, Assistant Professor at the College of Dentistry, Kuwait University, and supervisor of the project, told KUNA yesterday that her project, which placed sixth in the Inventions and Innovations Structures competition during the conference, is an application that uses artificial intelligence to determine a tooth’s suitability for restoration.
She added that the application is built on research foundations and evidence drawn from clinical data and radiographs of patients whose outcomes were monitored to train the algorithm. She noted that the experimental application achieved a high accuracy rate of 90% following an internal validation study.
Dr. Ali pointed out that the project had previously won local Kuwaiti awards in digital solutions, including the Nexus startup competition and a contest organized by the College of Life Sciences for participants in the Fourth Kuwait International Conference on Life Sciences.
Expressing hope that her innovation will win global awards in the future, Dr. Ali said she aims for the application to be implemented across all countries, starting with Arab Gulf states, and to contribute to improving diagnostic accuracy, accelerating treatments, and streamlining workflows in clinics, laboratories, and entities linked to the medical sector.
She also mentioned her participation in other conference activities hosted by the Arab Open University in Muscat, including discussion panels aimed at promoting the application and addressing challenges facing innovation.
Dr. Ali expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the Research Authority of Oman for hosting the scientific event and providing a platform for Arab innovators and creatives to meet, exchange ideas, and share experiences.
