Dr Martin Gale

BSc, BDS, MDSc, PhD, FRACDS (Endo)

Martin Gale is a qualified dentist who graduated from The University of Newcastle, UK in 1989. He worked in general dental practice for several years before completing a PhD in restorative dentistry at The University of Hong Kong in 1997. Martin acquired the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons fellowship in 1998 and later completed a masters program in endodontics at The University of Melbourne in 2000. Since then, Dr Gale has been working as a specialist endodontist in Ivanhoe, Melbourne, while continuing his research.

He has coded a software application that collects and predicts the infection status of pulp spaces from clinical and radiographic signs. The software uses a machine learning technique with a proprietary neural network. Dr Gale continues to research the further implementation of artificial intelligence into dentistry.

Dr Gale is a committee member for the Australian Society of Endodontology (Victorian Branch) and for the Federal ADA’s Dental Informatics and Digital Health Committee (DIDHC). More recently, he has joined a working group at the International Standards Organisation (ISO). This working group is developing an ISO standard for diagnosing two-dimensional dental radiographs by artificial intelligence. Dr Gale enjoys full-time clinical endodontic specialist practice in Ivanhoe, Melbourne.

Lecture Synopsis 

It is no secret that endodontics can be demanding.  Of course, disinfecting and sealing root canals will always be a physical job.  But endodontics also involves much intellectual reasoning to make the diagnosis and decide on the treatment plan and treatment method.   Skilled judgement is required for this reasoning and it can be hard; especially for new graduates and non-specialists, and sometimes even for us endodontists.  Fortunately, the required intelligence can now be bottled!   Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new game in town and has the potential to aid or even automate diagnostic and treatment planning decisions.  In the next decade, this technology will dramatically change the way we practice dentistry, as indeed it is already impacting many other aspects of our lives.  Some headway has already been made in applying artificial intelligence to endodontics. Come and find out what’s new, what works and what could make your day much easier 

Key References:

1.   Comparative analysis of diagnostic accuracy in endodontic assessments: dental students vs.artificial intelligence  Abubaker Qutieshat*, Alreem Al Rusheidi, Samiya Al Ghammari, Abdulghani Alarabi, Abdurahman Salem and Maja Zelihic.  Abubaker Qutieshat*, Alreem Al Rusheidi, Samiya Al Ghammari, Abdulghani Alarabi,  https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2024-0034

2.  The efficiency of artificial intelligence methods for finding radiographic features in different endodontic treatments – a systematic review.  Shaqayeq Ramezanzade, Tudor Laurentiu, Azam Bakhshandah, Bulat, Ibragimov, Thomas Kvist, EndoReCo & Lars Bjørndal.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00016357.2022.2158929

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